Add an Announcement

To get started, first go into your course. Your course should open automatically to the Announcements page. Click Create Announcement.

Create announcement selection button

Write a Subject (title) for your announcement.

Then fill in your “message.”

Compose announcement window

Note: You can only send an announcement to the entire course roster. If you wish to send information to only a select group, use the Messages feature.

To get started, first go into your course, and click on the link below "Announcements" in the "Details and Actions" menu.

Announcements menu selection

Note: If this is your first announcement in this course, the page will automatically open to create a new announcement. If this is NOT your first announcement, the following page will open first:

 

Messages landing page item

 Click on the plus sign in the upper right corner on the course announcements page, which will open the "new announcement" page.

Add (plus sign) announcement item

Write a title for your announcement.

Add a message title item

Note: You can only send an announcement to the entire course roster. If you wish to send information to only a select group, use the Messages feature.

Then fill in your “message.”

Compose announcement item

Be sure to save your changes.