Announce

Send an announcement to everyone in your course site

Write it ahead of time, schedule it to go out on a specific date, or publish it straight away

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Try drafting a welcome announcement for your course

Step 1: Create an Announcement

1. Click Announcements from the navigation bar in your course site

2. Click the blue New Announcement button

3. In the headline field type the subject of your message

4. In the content box use the text editor to write your message

• Optional: Link directly to an important part of the course by clicking the quick link icon in the text editor

Step 2: Set Availability

Decide when you'd like students to receive the announcement by setting an availability start date/time. If you would like the announcement to stop being visible to students on a particular date/time be sure to also specify an availability end date.

Optional: Attachments and Release Conditions

You have the option to add an attachment to your announcement. You also have the option to specify a release condition for your announcement, this means that students would receive the announcement after they have done something (e.g., after attempting Quiz 1). To set a condition click "Create and Attach" under Release Conditions.

Step 3: Publish or Save as Draft

All done? Click Publish. This will release the announcement either immediately, or on the announcement's start date.

Need to add some finishing touches later? Click Save as Draft. Students cannot see your drafts.

To edit your draft:

• Click Announcements in your course site

• Click the up-arrow next to your draft announcement

• Select "Edit" from the options