Converting Announcements from Angel to Blackboard Learn Using Notepad
- 1. Converting Announcements from Angel to Blackboard Learn using Notepad
- 2. Step One: Open an Angel announcement and copy it. Do not copy the HTML code, just the announcement as it appears to students. Important: Images will be automatically removed in the next step, so you should right click on any images in your announcements and save them to your computer. Then, it is recommended that you upload these images to your personal Content Collection* in Learn so that you can add the images back into your announcements in step three. Copy Angel Announcement *For more on Content Collections see Modules 01 and 06 of the Blackboard Learn faculty training course
- 3. Step Two: Open the Microsoft program Notepad on your computer. Paste your announcement from Angel into the empty box on Notepad. Note: All formatting is removed when your announcement is pasted into Notepad. You will need to reformat your announcement when you paste text from Notepad into Blackboard Learn (see next step). Important: Paste copied Angel text in Notepad prior to pasting in Blackboard Learn to remove problematic background code that can “break” pages and courses when copied and pasted directly from Angel to Blackboard Learn.
- 4. Step Three: Copy the text that you just pasted into Notepad. Open a new announcement in Blackboard Learn and paste the text from Notepad into the Announcement Editor. You will need to insert images using the Insert/Edit images icon (refer back to step one). Additionally, you will need to reformat your font, etc. using the available tools on the HTML Editor tool bar.
- 5. Please Note: After you have entered your announcements into Blackboard Learn, you can use the Copy from Another Course tool to copy your announcements from one course to another. Refer to the Faculty Guide to Blackboard Learn Updates 1.0 for more information about using the Copy from Another Course feature. http://guides.rasmussen.edu/facultyguidetoB lackboardLearn