1. The Early WarningThe Early Warning
SystemSystem
Blackboard 8

2. What is the Early WarningWhat is the Early Warning
System?System?
It is a tool that can communicate
performance concerns or achievement to
students and their learning partners
It communicates the concerns or
achievement based on rules or criteria
that the instructor sets.

3. Why use it?Why use it?
It helps instructors to identify students
with low or high grades, absences and
late submission of work.
It helps to maximize student retention
and success.

4. How does it work?How does it work?
Set the
warning
rules
Run
status
checks
Notify
users

5. The Warning Rules for yourThe Warning Rules for your
purposespurposes
Receiving a PA or FA (from the attendance
reporting requested by Enrollment
Services in SPIRIT Online)
Accumulating 3 or more absences (at any
point in the semester)
Receiving less than a ‘C’ in any
Quiz/Test/Exam/Mid-Term/Final
(All of these rules are the same as
applying a grade rule)

6. Creating the RulesCreating the Rules
Click on Early Warning System under the
Assessment box in the Control Panel.
Select the ‘Grade Rule’
Complete all the information

7. Communicating with StudentsCommunicating with Students
Early Earning System is not constantly
running in the background and so you will
need to regularly refresh to show the
accurate results to trigger a warning.
Place a check mark to the left of the rule
you wish to refresh
Then click on the ‘refresh’ icon in the
toolbar

8. View the results and select the student
you wish to send the notification to