Announcements are messages that you place on your Blackboard course site. You can use them to remind or tell students about due dates, exams, or anything else that you might want them to know about. 

All announcements must be entered as text. To place an announcement on your course site, do the following:
1. Go to you Control Panel.
2. Click on "Announcements" in the Content Area.
3. Click on "Add Announcement".
4. Type in a title in the subject area and then the content in the message area.
5. Select "Yes" for the Option "Always show this announcement on the course's main page" if you want the announcement to remain as current permanently. Otherwise click on "No".
6. Click "Submit" and then "OK".

Task items that an instructor adds are posted both to the instructor's and the students' My Learning Net page. Along with announcements, these items can be used to remind students of upcoming events and deadlines.

In order to add a task:
1. Go the Control Panel.
2. Click on "Tasks".
3. Click on "Add Task"
4. Fill in the information and click "Submit" and "OK" to complete the process.

To edit or remove a task:
1. Go to the Control Panel.
2. Click on "Tasks".
3. Select the task you want to edit or remove, and click "Modify" or "Remove".