Posting Announcements will not work if you skip the following steps!
All courses start Inactive until you set them to Active status. Inactive courses have a blue and white “Inactive” label on their tile in the My Courses widget (see previous section). Students cannot see Inactive courses.
To make your course Active:
Find the My Courses widget on the USM landing page in Brightspace.
Hover over the tile for your course, and click the ellipsis button (three periods).
In the menu that appears, select Course Offering Information.
A page with options for your course will appear. Scroll down and click on the empty checkbox labeled, Course is active.
Click the blue Save button at the bottom of the screen.
Optional: You can also get to the Course Offering Information page from the Course Admin link on your course’s Navbar.