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Posting Announcements

Adding | Modifying | Removing

The Announcement page is the first thing your students will see when they log into an online course. As such, this is the ideal place to post time-sensitive material.

Adding an Announcement

  1. screen capture of control panel buttonLog into your course site.

  2. Click the Control Panel.


  3. screen capture of manage course menuUnder Course Tools, click Announcements.


  4. Click the Add Announcement button. 

    screen capture of add announcement button

  5. Type a subject and message.

    screen capture of announcement page

     
  6. Under the Options section, you may select when you want this announcement to appear.

    screen capture of options part of announcements page

    Note:  By default, students will just see announcements that have been posted within the past seven days.  Students may view announcements older than seven days by clicking on the corresponding tab.

  7. Under the Course Link section, you also may choose to link to other areas within your course site by clicking the Browse button and selecting the appropriate area.

  8. Click the Submit button.

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Modifying an Announcement

  1. Log into your course site.

  2. Click the Control Panel.

  3. Under Course Tools, click Announcements.

  4. Locate the announcement you want to change.

    screen capture of modify announcement button

    Note:  If the announcement was originally posted over 7 days ago, click the View All tab at the top of the page.

  5. Click the Modify button located to the right of the announcement.

  6. You can now edit the subject and message text and set the options just as you would if you were adding an announcement.

  7. When you have finished making changes, click the Submit button.

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Removing an Announcement

Note:  The only time an announcement should be deleted is when the information presented in it is incorrect. In that case, inform your students that the original announcement has been deleted and replaced. If your announcement only has a small typo, follow the steps for Modifying an Announcement above.

  1. Log into your course site.

  2. Click the Control Panel.

  3. Under Course Tools, click the Announcements link.

  4. Locate the announcement you want to remove.

    screen capture of removing announcments button

    Note:  If your announcement was originally posted over 7 days ago, click the View All tab at the top of the page.

  5. Click the Remove button located to the right of the announcement.

  6. A dialog box will appear asking if you are sure you want to remove the announcement. (Once you remove an announcement, it cannot be restored. You would need to manually enter it again.) Click OK.

    screen capture of confirmation dialogue box

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