Announcements
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Viewing Announcements in Courses
Announcements are short messages that instructors often use to remind students of due dates or events in the course. In the left navigation of a course click Announcements. On the announcement page there are several options. (1) Use the search bar to locate an announcement by title, body, or author OR click Unread to view announcements you have not viewed. (2) Click the RSS feed to pull the RSS feed into a program that supports RSS (What is RSS?). (3) Click the title of announcement to view. You can decide how and when you will receive announcement messages via your notification settings.
Creating Announcements in Student Groups
If you belong to a group in a course, you may also be able to create announcements in the group. To visit a group page click Courses & Groups on the global menu. To Create an announcement in a group click Announcements from the left navigation OR click New Announcement in the right sidebar.
How to View Announcements
- How are Announcements listed? Links to an external site.
- How do I view an Announcement RSS feed? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to an Announcement Feed? Links to an external site.
- How can I get Announcements on my phone? Links to an external site.
- How can I get Announcements through my email? Links to an external site.
How to Create Announcements
Note: If your instructor creates groups in the course you can create announcements for the group.
- How do I create an Announcement? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit an Announcement? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an external (RSS) feed to my Announcement? Links to an external site.
- How do I add content to my Announcement? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to an Announcement? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete an Announcement? Links to an external site.