Blackboard Home Page Information
May 8, 2017
The Home Page has several different modules. A module is a section, block or area on a page; an example of modules is My Announcements or What’s New.
Instructors’ Homepage View
- My Announcements module shows current Announcements for the Course
- My Tasks module displays personal tasks you have created (this module is personalized and tasks are not visible to students)
- What’s New module lists new content inside the course such as, assignments, tests, newly graded items, and unread discussion messages.
- Needs Attention module displays notifications about items which need your attention in the courses, for instructors (this module will be empty for students)
- To Do module is populated from the Due Date (from Grade Center or content) and lists all items with a due date inside the course (this module will be empty for instructors)
- Alerts module will display notifications if a student(s) has overdue assignments, retention center alerts (if setup), for instructors (this module will be empty for students)
Student’s Homepage View
- My Announcements module shows current Announcements for the course
- My Tasks module displays personal tasks created by you (this module is personalized and tasks are not visible to the instructors)
- What’s New module lists new content inside the course such as, assignments, tests, newly graded items, and unread discussion messages.
- Needs Attention module displays notifications about items which needs the instructor’s attention (this module will be empty for students)
- To Do module lists all items with a due date inside the course, (this module will be empty for instructors)
- Alerts module will display notifications if a student(s) has overdue assignments (this module will be empty for students)