CTL: Blackboard Creating Community Through Communication

Communicating with one’s students is critical when creating and supporting online student/faculty communities. Thankfully, there are a several ways to communicate with your students within Blackboard that will enable one to build a powerful, interactive online culture. Course Messages, Email, Announcements, the Discussion Forums and Chat functionality are all powerful, easy-to-use means of communicating with students. Learn how to effectively communicate and get your students more involved with your course with this introductory workshop to Blackboard’s suite of communication tools.


  • Register here: Jan. 9, 2017, North: D225J (Lab), 10:45 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.
  • Register here: Jan. 9, 2017, North: D225J (Lab), 6:05 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  • Register here: Jan. 10, 2017, Lake: D112 (Lab), 3:20 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.