This article refers to the Original Course View. If you are in an Ultra course, please refer to the Blackboard Ultra Course View Faculty Quick Start Guide.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Announcements
• Send Email
• Discussion Board

Announcements

Announcements allow you to post timely information and reminders to your students. When sending the announcement you also have the option of sending it as an email to your students, allowing them to receive the information even if they are not logged into the course.

To add an Announcement, select Announcements on the course menu.

You will be brought into the Announcements section of your course. At the top of the page, click Create Announcement.

Enter a subject for your Announcement and type your message using the Text/Content Editor. For more information on using the Text/Content editor, see Using the myLesley Text/Content Editor.

In the Web Announcement Options, select Not Date Restricted to send the Announcement immediately or Date Restricted to select a date/time the Announcement should appear. You may also send a copy of the Announcement as an email to your students by selecting Send a copy of this announcement immediately.

Click Submit at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

For more information, see Create and Send Announcements or watch the Create Announcements tutorial video.

Send Email

The Send Email tool allows you to easily send email to students, faculty and TA's in your course without ever leaving myLesley. 

You may access the Send Email tool by clicking the Class Email link in your course menu. 

Don't see a Class Email link in your course menu? Click on Course Tools in the course menu. This will bring you into your Course Tools. Select Send Email.

See Send Email in myLesley for more information or watch the Send Email tutorial video.

Discussion Board

The Discussion Board serves to replace or augment classroom discussions in a digital format. Discussions can serve as an online meeting place, a medium for collaboration, or a way to demonstrate the understanding or application of course material. A Discussion Board forum is an area where participants discuss a topic. Within each forum are threads (or discussion topics), which contains each participant's post and replies to the post. 

To create a discussion forum in your course click on Discussion Board in the course menu.

At the top of the page click Create Forum. 

Enter a Name for your discussion. Enter your discussion prompt and instructions for the Description using the text/content editor. For more information on using the Text/Content editor, see Using the myLesley Text/Content Editor.

Click Submit at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

For more information, including optional settings, see Setting up and Managing the myLesley Discussion Board.