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Creating an Announcement

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1. In creating an announcement, navigate to the Course Homepage then go to the Announcement's drop-down menu and select New Announcement.

Screenshot of Course Homepage showing to access the Announcement drop-down arrow and to select New Announcement option below the Go to Announcements Tool and before Reorder Announcements

2. The New Announcement window will appear, then enter the desired headline and a message.

Screenshot of New Announcement window showing to enter a headline in the text field under Headline and a description in the Content box below the Headline text field

3. After doing so, navigate to Availability. Select a Start Date and Time for your announcement.

If you choose a day in the future, the announcement will remain hidden from learners until such time.

Space out the deployment of announcements so as not to overload your learners with information.

Screenshot of Availability section showing the start date and time

4. Next, add an End Date to information contained in an announcement that is no longer relevant after a certain date by selecting the checkbox for "Remove announcement based on end date" then select the desired End Date and Time that you want the announcement to be unavailable to learners.

Screenshot of New Announcement screen with one arrow pointing to Remove announcement based on end date below Start Date and another arrow pointing to End Date and Time

5. Lastly, you can attach media to your announcement by adding a file or recording an audio. When done and ready, select Publish or Save as Draft to save your announcement without publishing it. Learners will not see the announcement until the start date.

Screenshot showing the Attachments section with two options: to Add a File and to Record Audio. Then at the bottom, below Additional Release Conditions, select the Publish button or the Save as Draft button next to Publish.

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