In a campus emergency situation, how can you stay informed?
Palm Beach State College now uses Blackboard Connect to communicate with students and employees in an emergency.
With Blackboard Connect, all employees and students automatically will receive emergency messages via:
- text messages on mobile devices
- audio messages on cell phones and/or home phones that the College has
- emails
You will remain in this system unless you opt out.
STUDENTS:
We strongly encourage you to log in to PantherWeb
to ensure that the contact information on file for you is correct. Please also ensure that the phone numbers on file correspond with the phone number type, i.e., put the cell phone in the cell phone box. After login, click on profile on the top right and click on change contact info.
EMPLOYEES:
We strongly encourage you to go to the Employee Web
to ensure that the contact information on file for you is correct. Please also ensure that the phone numbers on file correspond with the phone number type, i.e., put the cell phone in the cell phone box. After you log in, on the left side of the page under quick links, click on change contact info.
You will receive text messages on your cell phone with the option to opt out.
In addition to the Blackboard Connect emergency messages, updated information will be available on our social media sites and the College homepage.
Thanks for your cooperation as we work to ensure that we provide timely information for our employees and students in the event of an emergency.
Q&A
What do I need to do?
When you get the first message from Blackboard Connect do nothing to stay subscribed or type STOP to opt out.
How do I opt out of text messages?
You may opt out at any time by texting “STOP PBSTATE” to 63079 or 23177.
What if I opted out but later decide I would like to opt in again?
You can text “SUBSCRIBE PBSTATE” to 63079 or 23177.
From what number will these text messages originate?
All confirmation text messages and subsequent alerts will come from 23177 or 63079. These are text message phone numbers owned by Blackboard Connect.
