Announcements (Admin)

Announcements are a way for Admins to communicate important information to Learners. They can include text, a description, an attachment or a URL, and an image. Learners will see these on their dashboard and in their notification tray until they expire.

Create an Announcement 

1. Select the Announcements tab.
2. Select the create icon, which looks like this: +
3. Write your exciting announcement!
4. When you're done, set an expiration date and select save.
   1. Note: An expiration date is required because Learners can't dismiss announcements. They only disappear when you they hit the expiration date. 

Write, Edit, or Delete Your Announcement 

Writing an Announcement

When you write your announcement, you'll see the following subsections under the "details" tab:

Basic info

This is where you put the announcement's title and description. 

Attachment

Here, you're able to attach any existing content item or folder to the announcement. You can also add a custom URL that does not exist as a content item.

Availability

This is where you set the announcement's publish date and expiration date. The publish date is the date the announcement will appear to users, and the expiration date is the date that the announcement will no longer be visible.

• Tip: You can create announcements for upcoming events well in advance using a future publish date and they'll appear to Learners on the designated date.

Notifications

You can choose to send in-app and email notifications when the announcement is published. Those people that have view access to the announcement will receive the notifications.

Owner

When you create the announcement, the owner will default to you. If that's not correct, you can transfer ownership to another Content Admin within your group.

Preview

The preview section will allow you to check out how the announcement will be displayed to learners.

• You can upload/edit an image.
• If a content item was selected as an attachment, a field to customize the button text will appear.

Tab: View & edit access

Contains a table listing the groups currently associated with the announcement and their access type.

Editing an Announcement

To edit from the announcement table:

1. Select the Admin primary tab at the top of the page.
2. Select the Announcements tab.
3. Find the announcement you wish to edit with the table controls and hover over the table row.
4. Select the edit button that appears on the right side of the row.

To edit from the detail view:

1. Select the Admin primary tab at the top of the page.
2. Select the Announcements tab.
3. Find the announcement you wish to edit with the table controls and select its row.
4. You're now in the detail view of the announcement. From here, select the edit button located near to the top right of the detail area.

Deleting Announcements

Announcements can be deleted from either the announcement table or the detail view of the announcement by selecting the option in the additional action menu. If you're in the table view, this button appears when you hover over the row of the announcement you wish to delete. Any published announcements will be removed from the user’s view if they are deleted. 

Announcement Management

An announcement’s visibility to any given person is based on two things: the person's group and the announcement's publishing status. So to be visible to a Learner, the announcement must have both a published status and share a group with the Learner. Once an announcement expires, it will still exist in your announcement table but remain invisible to the Learner.