From the Dashboard, click 'Manage Announcements' or select 'Announcements' from the dropdown menu in the upper right.
Click 'Add New' to create a new announcement.
All fields are required:
- Announcement Content: Enter up to 500 characters of text.
- Priority: Set the priority for your message as Normal, Important, or Urgent to determine the color it will display in.
- Visibility Dates: Choose the dates that the message will remain active. (After the specified end date, the announcement will no longer appear on users’ Teaching Dashboards.)
Note
Users are not sent email notifications for announcements.
When finished, click 'Add Announcement.' You will be returned to the Manage Announcements screen. The announcement will be visible to users when they sign in to their accounts during the chosen visibility date range.
Priority levels will be indicated in the TYPE column:
- Messages with Normal Priority will have no icon.
- Important Messages will display a yellow exclamation mark.
- Urgent Messages will display a red exclamation mark.
From Manage Announcements, click 'Edit' to modify any announcement details, and click 'Delete' to remove the announcement.