Instructors view the announcements in the Control Panel in a fashion that more closely resembles what the students see. Instructors can create a set of tasks for students to complete throughout the semester, such as homework assignments. The tasks will be shown to students on the Blackboard Portal as the due date approaches. Students will have the ability to store files in their drop box before they submit them to the instructor. Instructors now have naming options for the navigation buttons on the left side of the course Web site using a pull-down menu.
Many new settings are now available and are listed in separate categories.
Instructors can control the availability of their course by setting a duration period in which the course will be accessible to students. Enrollment can also be limited to a pre-determined set of dates. The Course Recycler has been expanded to give instructors more choices for saving and removing course components when recycling a course for the following semester. Instructors can also backup their course materials on their personal computer now using the Archive Course function.