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.