Found on the Course Home page, the Announcements tool allows you to post messages. Your students will see these messages when they first enter your course. These messages can be released or removed based on a specific date and time.
For time sensitive information, consider sending an email to the entire classlist rather then posting an Announcement. Students will only receive notifications when new Announcements are posted in their courses if they have already subscribed to receive these notifications. If they have not subscribed to receive these notifications, they will not be alerted that a new Announcement has been posted in your course.
You can find more information about sending an email to the entire class on our Email page.
- In the Course Home page, click the downward arrow next to the Announcements heading. Select New Announcement from the dropdown menu.
- Give your Announcement a title in the Headline field.
- Insert your message and any media elements you wish to include (images, videos, etc) into the Content field.
- If you wish for this Announcement to be published and visible students on a specific date, insert that specific date into the Start Date field.
- If you wish for this Announcement to be removed from your students view after a certain date, insert that specific date into the End Date field.
- Insert any attachments or Release Conditions you wish to include.
- Once you have finished editing, click the Publish button or Save as Draft button.
- In the Course Home page, click on the Announcements heading.
- Pick the Announcement you wish to edit by clicking on the name of the item.
- Make any changes to your Announcement
- Scroll down to the bottom and click the blue Update button
- On the Course Home page, click on the Announcements heading.
- Pick the item you wish to delete and click the arrow to the right of its title. Choose Delete from the dropdown menu.
- Confirm the deletion by clicking the Yes button.