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Your instructor may have also created a Home Page that displays notifications for that course only. The Home Page notifications may include announcements, tasks, and a To Do list. View Blackboard's Navigate Inside a Course page for full instructions.
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When your course instructor or classmates have sent you a message, you will see a number in the upper right corner of the screen by your namenext to the Messages tool on the main eCampus page.
You can click this number and see the title of the message. You Messages to see all of your courses. You can then click Open on any course to view the contentyour inbox for that course.
You can also send a message through eCampus to any of your classmates and instructors if your instructor has made this option available to you. View Blackboard's Messages page for full instructions.
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You can also send email to any of your classmates and instructors if your instructor has made this option available to you. View WVU’s guide for Sending Email, or Blackboard's Email page for full instructions.