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Only teachers and administrators may post to the Latest News and Announcements forum.

  • The News Topic item can be accessed on the course summary page by clicking its link. 
  • On the News forum, click Add a new topic to start adding an announcement

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Adding an announcement

 

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  1. On the new discussion topic page, enter the Subject of the announcement,
  2. Add more details in the Message box if needed
  3. Discussion subscription is set because the News forum forces everyone to be subscribed
  4. An Attachment of one or more files can be added. An image will show below the message text.
  5. If an announcement is Pinned then it will appear at the top
  6. Checking the Send forum post notifications with no editing-time delay box will send a notification to everyone subscribed to the forum with no editing time delay. (Users normally have 30 minutes to edit their posts.)

 

Edit/Delete/Reply to an announcement

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  1. On the News forum page, click the announcement title. The post displays.
  2. Click Edit at the bottom right of the post.On the Edit page, make changes as desired and click Save changes.
  3. Click Delete at the bottom right of the post. A confirmation message displays above the post.
  4. Click Reply at the bottom right of the post. On the Reply page, follow the same directions for adding an announcement.