Reducing Overload By Combining Messages

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Applicable Learning Management System(s): Blackboard Ultra, Blackboard

Campaign Description: Reduce message clusters on a page by combining them into one message. This uses advanced context creation to be able to monitor the state of more than one-page element. This example is around course availability and the solution – combine the two into one with differing wording depending on course availability.

Success Criteria: Combining messages

Submitted by (and on behalf of, if applicable): Annelise Ewing Goodman on behalf of Danny from Instructure 

Did you know?

Information on the items in the top right corner in Bb for instructors

Location: In a course

Audience: Instructors

Content Type: hint message

Copy Message Content: 

The unlock icon shows your course is available so your students have access.

The ON icon shows that edit mode is on so you can work with your content. If you turn it off will give you a reasonably good idea of how the course will look to your students, however, we recommend using the Student Preview icon because this gives you a true view from a students point of view, and you can submit to assessments and other tools as well as view the course content available to students.

Did you know?

Instructor Message

Location: Inside of a Course

Audience: Instructor

Content Type: hint message

Copy Message Content: 

The locked icon shows your course is not available, which means students will not be able to get in to take a look at your content.

The ON icon shows that edit mode is on so you can work with your content. If you turn it off will give you a reasonably good idea of how the course will look to your students, however, we recommend using the Student Preview icon because this gives you a true view from a students point of view, and you can submit to assessments and other tools as well as view the course content available to students.

Student Preview

Student preview button explanation

Location: Inside a course

Audience: Student

Content Type: hint message

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Hi Student

Student preview gives you the total student experience of your course, and we recommend using it to check everything out before your course goes live.