Announcements: Create and manage

Announcements appear in the order you post them. The most recent announcement appears first.

Create and post an announcement

1. On the Control Panel, go to Course Tools > Announcements. 
2. Select Create Announcement on the action bar.
3. Type a Subject, which appears as the title of the announcement on the Announcements page.
4. Type your message.
5. In the Web Announcements Options section, choose to restrict the announcement by date or not.
   • If you choose Not Date Restricted, the announcement is visible until you remove it.
   • If you choose Date Restricted, select the Display After and Display Until check boxes to enable the date and time selections. Provide the date and time restriction settings.
6. Select the Email Announcement check box to send students an email containing the announcement.
7. The email is sent to all students, even those who choose not to receive announcement notifications through email. Your institution controls if this option is available.
   • Tip: If you are getting an error when creating an announcement, try setting the Course Link location.
     
     • Click Course Link and then select Browse to link and then click Home Page.
8. Select Submit.

Reorder announcements

On the Announcements page, use the bar to re-position and prioritize your announcements.

• Drag the bar to reorder announcements to new positions on the page.
• Move priority announcements above the bar to pin them to the top of the list and prevent new announcements from superseding them.
• Students will see announcements in the order you choose. Students don't see the bar and can't reorder announcements.

Edit and delete announcements

To edit or delete an announcement, select Edit or Delete in its menu.

The delete action is final and irreversible.