Blackboard (Faculty) - Contacts: Add Contacts Tool to a Course
This document provides an overview of how to add a contact to a course.
Once you have created a Contact, you can add it to various locations in your course, such as the Course Menu and within the content areas.
Add Contacts Tool to the Course Menu
Adding your Contact Tool link to the Course Menu will ensure that students can easily find your phone and email address without having to click through many locations. See the KnowledgeBase article Add Links to the Course Menu for instructions on how to add the Contacts Tool to your Course menu.
Add Contacts to the About This Course content area
Adding Contacts to "About This Course" Area rather than the Course Menu will help eliminate the clutter on the Course Menu.
- Click on About This Course content area.
- Click on the Tools button in the toolbar.
- You may have to click on More Tools in the menu to find the Contact link.
- Click on the Contacts link.
- You can accept the title "Contacts" or you can change it to another title, such as "My Contact Information."
- Click Submit at the bottom or top of the page.
Create, Edit, or Delete A Contact
Accessing the Contact Area
From the Control Panel, click Course Tools, then click Contacts.
Create a Contact
- From the Contacts tool, clickCreate Contact button.
- Enter your profile information. The only required information is your email.
- Enter your Office location.
- Enter your Office Hours.
- Under Options, for "Make the Profile Available," click the Yes radio button.
- It is recommended that you add an image, especially if this is for an online class.
- Click Submit at the bottom of the page.
Edit a Contact
- To edit a contact, hover your mouse over the drop-down menu next to the contact's name and click Edit.
- Make the necessary changes.
- Click Submit at the top or bottom of the page.
Delete a Contact
- To delete a contact, hover your mouse over the drop-down menu and click Delete.
- You will be asked to continue, click OK to delete or Cancel to abort.
NOTE: Deleting a contact is permanent. This action is final and cannot be undone.