The pages for adding and modifying an Announcement contain the same fields and functions. The page for adding an Announcement opens with empty fields while the page for modifying an Announcement opens with the fields populated with information on a specific Announcement. To modify an Announcement, edit the information on the Modify page and click Submit.
Follow these steps to open the Add Announcement or Modify Announcement page.
Step 1 Click Announcements from the System Tools section on the System Control Panel.
Step 2 Click Add Announcement or Modify next to a specific announcement on the Announcement page.
The table below details the entry fields on the Add Announcement or Modify Announcement page.
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Announcement Information |
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Subject:[r] |
Enter a subject for the message. |
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Message: |
Enter the body of the announcement. The following options are available: · Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user.
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Options |
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Always show this announcement: |
Click an option to select whether or not this Announcement is always displayed. |
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Restrict Dates to Show this Announcement: |
Select Display After to make the Announcement available on a certain date. Click the drop-down arrow and select time values. Select Display Until to stop displaying the Announcement after a certain time. Click the drop-down arrow and select time values. |
The following is the order in which Announcements are displayed on the My Institution page:
· Permanent system Announcements are displayed first
· System Announcements that fall into the display range appear next. For example, an Announcement that was created in the last week if the user views the View Last 7 Days tab will be displayed.
· Permanent Course and Organization Announcements display next.
· Course and Organization Announcements that fall into the display range are listed last.
· Within each of the above categories, Announcements are displayed in order of creation with the most recently created Announcements displaying before older Announcements.