From the Announcements area, you can create important messages for your students about your course or course section. Your announcements are posted to the class bulletin on students’ Course dashboard and in their Communication area.
To create an announcement:
1. Click “Create announcement.”
NOTE: Make sure you are working in the course or course section for which the announcement is intended.
2. Enter a Title and Announcement text.
3. If you plan to include a website address, enter the link title (name of the website) and link URL (web address).
4. If you plan to post this on the course calendar, select a date in “show announcement on calendar”).
5. If you plan to send a file to your students, click “Choose File/Browse.” (Button name is browser dependent.)
6. Browse your hard drive or other locations for the file.
7. Select the file.
8. Click “Open/OK.”
9.Click “Save.”
To edit an announcement:
1. After locating the announcement, click its “edit” link.
2. Make changes to title, announcement text, link title, and link URL.
3. Click “Save.”
To replace the attached file in an announcement:
1. After locating the announcement, click its “edit” link.
2. Click “Replace current file.”
3. Click “Choose File/Browse.” (Button name is browser dependent.)
4. Browse your hard drive or other location for a new file.
5. Select the file.
6. Click “Open/OK.”
7. Click “Save.”
To delete an announcement:
1. After locating the announcement, click its “edit” link.
2. Click “delete.”
3. Click “OK” to confirm deletion.