Hello,
To ask a separate question on the same theme - is it possible on v6.2 to
include a reference (the name) within the home page announcement module to
the actual Bb site on which the announcement has been placed ? We do not
seem to get this and it would be helpful to the users initial understanding
of the relevance of the flagged announcements and decision whether to follow
them up or not.
Thanks John

-----Original Message-----
From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Henk van Rijssen
Sent: 21 February 2005 18:05
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Announcements customisation

Hi Peter,

I don't know which version of Bb you've running, but after aplication pack
2 a permanent announcement will be shown for ever and ever. To solve that
problem we have set in the database all announcements to not-permanent. The
most recent announcements will still be shown (depending if they are one
day, 7 or 30 days old), all others will be hidden from the startpage. These
hidden announcements can of course still be found in the courses they belong
to.
Besides this we also informed all instructors NOT to use the option of
permanent messages.

Henk





At 17:26 21-2-2005, you wrote:
>hi
>
>Yes but the announcements module does not seem to do this.
>
>We need something that will show on the students home page, but only
>shows the titles for the announcements of say the last week forward.
>
>Our problem is the tutors set their announcements to show permanently
>so the students end up with hundreds of out of date announcements.
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist on behalf of Wanadoo
>Sent: Mon 21/02/2005 16:04
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Announcements customisation
>
>Hi Peter,
>
>The announcements module on the My Blackboard tab already has this
>functionality (at least in Bb 6.2 Learning and community system)  when
>you allow users to personalize this module. They can select if they
>want to see announcements only made today, last 7 days or 30 days.
>
>Henk van Rijssen
>ROC Midden Nederland
>
>
>
>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>Van: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Peter Rayment
>Verzonden: maandag 21 februari 2005 16:47
>Aan: [log in to unmask]
>Onderwerp: Announcements customisation
>
>Hello
>
>I wondered whether any one has built or knows how to build an
>announcement module which only shows say for example the last weeks
>announcements for a user?
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter Rayment

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