Add or Modify Announcement

Overview

The Add Announcement page is used to add Announcements to the Course. The Announcements will appear in the order posted with the most recent Announcements appearing first.

Find this page

Follow the steps below to open the Add Announcement page.

  1. Click Announcements in Course areas of the Control Panel.

  2. Click Add Announcement or Modify.

Fields

The table below details the fields on the Add Announcement Page and Modify Announcement page.

 

Field

Description

Announcement Information

Subject

Enter a subject for the announcement. This will appear as the title of the announcement.

Message

Enter the announcement by either typing directly into the field or copy and paste text from another word processing document.

Options

Permanent Announcement

Select Yes to create a permanent Announcement. This Announcement is automatically displayed after the time and date it is created. There is no end date for this Announcement, unless the Display Until option is selected.

Choose date restrictions

Use these options to display an Announcement for a specific period of time. Select the date the Announcement begins in Display After and the date the Announcement ends in Display Until.  

Course Link

Link Location

Click Browse to locate content in the course to link to the Announcement. If the link points to a content item that is not available the link will not appear in the Announcement until the content is available.

Note that removing the content will remove the link to the content in the Announcement but The Announcement itself will remain.

Email Announcement

Select this option to send an email to all Course users with the contents of the Announcements. This will ensure that all users are aware of the Announcement even if they do not login to the Course.