Blackboard Academic Suite
Overview
User Manual
The Tasks page organizes projects (referred to as Tasks), defines task priority, and tracks task status. Instructors and organization leaders can post tasks to users participating in their course or organization.
From the Tools Box users can view all of their tasks, including those from the courses and organizations they are participating in, tasks posted by the System Administrator and their personal tasks. Users can create their own tasks and post them to the Tasks page. When Tasks is accessed through the Course menu users view Tasks for that specific course or organization.
Find this page
Follow the steps below to open the Tasks page.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Open a course Web site.
Click
Tools
Select
on the course menu.
Tasks.
OR
Select
Tasks
in the Tools box of a common area.
Functions
The table below details the functions available on the Tasks page.
To . . .
sort the list of tasks add or modify a task
click . . .
the drop-down arrow and select a task category.
Categories include:
All Tasks
My Tasks
Tasks by course
Add Task
or
Modify
to access the Add / Modify Task page for a particular task.
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remove a task
Remove
to remove a task. A box will appear asking to verify that a task should be removed. This action is irreversible. the task to view details. view the details of a particular task
View task details
Click on a task from the Tasks page to view course task details. The task details display:
the task name the due date the task priority the task status a description of the task
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Overview
The Add or Modify Task pages allow users to create and modify personal tasks. These pages function in a similar manner. The difference being, the Add Task page opens with empty fields and the Modify Task page opens with populated fields. To modify a task, click
Modify
.
Note:
The only tasks that can be added or fully modified by the user are personal tasks created by that user. Users may adjust the Status for Tasks created by an
Instructor or organization Manager.
Find this page
Follow the steps below to find the Add Task or Modify Task page.
Step 1
Step 2
Click
Tasks
in the Tools box.
Click
Add Task
or
Modify
.
Fields
The table below details the fields on the Add Task page.
Field
Task Information
Task Title:
Description
Enter the title of the task.
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Description:
Due Date:
Task Options
Priority:
Status:
User Manual
Enter a description of the task. The following options are available:
Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if
an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item.
Plain text: Displays text as written.
HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags.
√ x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor .
< >x: Opens the MathML Equation Editor .
Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user.
Select the date the task is due from the drop-down list.
Click the drop-down arrow and select date values or click the icon to select a date from the calendar interface.
Select a priority. The options are:
Low (task appears with a blue arrow pointed down)
Normal
High (task appears with a red arrow pointed up)
The selected priority appears on the Tasks page.
Select a status. The options are:
Not started
In progress
Completed
The selected status appears on the Tasks page.
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