Did you know that, in our current version of Blackboard, your students can receive notifications about any changes — a new announcement, a new content item, a new discussion board post, etc. — that you make to your course(s), as well as notifications about work (tests, assignments, discussion boards, etc.) that is due for your course(s)?
Here are the most common ways in which students can receive these notifications:
- If you have a Module Page in your course that includes a notifications module
- If any of your students’ other instructors have a Module Page in their course that includes a notifications module
- If students look at Updates when they select the Notifications drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of your course window
- If students elect to include a notifications module on their My Page in Blackboard
Consequently, if you set due-dates in your Blackboard course(s) for tests, assignments, discussion boards and other assessments, your students will receive a notification whenever an item for which a due-date has been set becomes due. This is a robust feature, which can help your students to stay on track with work that is due for their courses. However, when you import a course from a previous semester, you will need to update all of your due-dates for the current semester. If you don’t, your students will receive notifications about work that was actually due the previous semester, which can cause them unwarranted confusion and/or concern.
Therefore, as part of your preparation for the spring semester, you will want to make sure that the due dates have been updated in the courses in which you have set them.
And as always, don’t hesitate to contact the Distance and Online Learning Office (629-7070/DLHelp@hvcc.edu) if you have any questions about this.
Published: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:29:33 +0000 by m.petersen