By entering your text-enabled phone number in the cell phone field under your personal information in ACES. (See the Help Guide on the right side of this page)

After you sign up and we input your text-enabled phone number into the system, you will receive a text message the following day between the hours of 10am - 6pm CST, to confirm your request.

The confirmation message will read the following:

 ALAMO ALERT: You are set to receive txt alerts per acct settings. For more info reply "HELP". To op out, reply "STOP ALAMOCC" Msg&data rates may apply.

 If you text reply HELP, you will receive the following message:

Bb Connect notifications. Msg freq per acct settings. For more info www.blackboardconnect.com/sms, sms@blackboard.com. To opt-out text STOP

 All confirmation text messages and subsequent alerts will come from 23177 or 63079. Please save these numbers and program them as Alamo Colleges so you can quickly recognize these numbers as the official sources of Alamo Colleges' messages.

 Please check with your cell phone provider to find out if your device accepts text messages. You may also want to check with your provider to see if text messaging has been enabled. You may need to subscribe to a text messaging plan in order to receive or reply to text messages.

 No. If your SMS phone was already submitted to our database, you should be confirmed to receive SMS alerts. However, you can check if you are opted-in by texting the word “SUBSCRIBE” to 23177 or 63079 and you will receive the following reply:

ALAMO ALERT: This phone number has already been opted in. More info text reply "HELP" or "STOP ALAMOCC" to opt-out
 

 You may opt-out at any time by texting “STOP ALAMOCC" or “QUIT ALAMOCC" to 23177 or 63079, and you will receive the following reply:

ALAMO ALERT: You are now confirmed stop receiving messages from us.

 You may request to begin receiving text messages by texting
“SUBSCRIBE ALAMOCC" to 23177 or 63079.

 You are subject to all applicable messaging charges depending on your service provider.

 No. Once your phone number has been opted-in, it stays registered within the system.