Adding a Task:

This guide will walk you through the process of adding a Task in your Blackboard course. The Tasks page organizes projects or activities (referred to as tasks) by defining task priority and tracking task status.

Step 1:  Click on the Control Panel link and click on Tasks.

Step 2: Click on the Add Task button.

Step 3: Enter the Title of the task and the Description or the requirements of the task in the appropriate text boxes. Then select the due date from the drop down boxes.

**Note: There is a difference between Smart Text, Plain Text, and HTML. 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. We would recommend that you leave it selected as Smart Text.

Step 4: Next, set the priority of the task. There are three levels of priority: Low, Normal, and High.

Step 5: Click on the Submit button to submit the task information.

Step 6: You will receive a receipt that notifies you that the new task was added successfully to the task list.  Click on the  button to close the receipt page.

Step 7: You will be brought back to the task list page where you will now see your newly added task. You will have three options from here. The first option is to Modify the task, done by clicking on the Modify button. The second option is to Remove the task, done by clicking on the Remove button. The final option is to accept the task by clicking on the  button. This completes the process of adding a task.