TABLE OF CONTENTS

• About Announcements
• Create an Announcement in Ultra Course View
• Create an Announcement in Original Course View

About Announcements

Announcements are a great way to post time-sensitive information or notifications to your students. When sending the announcement you also have the option of sending it as an email to your students, allowing them to receive the information even if they are not logged into the course.

Create an Announcement in Ultra Course View

Ultra courses display an Announcement as an overlay, requiring the student to dismiss the pop-up before they can access the course content. Announcements can also be emailed as well as viewed in the Activity Stream.

To create an Announcement, click on Announcements in the top navigation menu to go to the Announcements page. Click on the Plus sign (+) to create a new Announcement.

Enter a title for your Announcement, select the Recipients, and enter your message. Use the Text/Content Editor (Ultra Course View) to format your content, add links, etc.

Once you have created your Announcement you may decide to email a copy to the users and/or schedule the announcement for a future date.

Click Post to send your Announcement immediately or on the scheduled date. Or click Save Draft to save a draft of your Announcement that you can edit or post at a later time.

For more information, refer to the Announcements in Ultra Course View support page or watch the Create Announcements in Ultra Course View tutorial video.

Create an Announcement in Original Course View

By default, the Announcements area is the default landing page in Original Course view. You may also navigate to the Announcements area from anywhere in your course by clicking on the Announcements link in your course menu.

To create a new Announcement, click on the Create Announcement button at the top of the page.

Enter a subject for your Announcement and type your message using the Text/Content Editor. For more information on using the Text/Content editor, see Using the myLesley Text/Content Editor (Original Course View).

In the Web Announcement Options, select Not Date Restricted to send the Announcement immediately or Date Restricted to select a date/time the Announcement should appear. You may also send a copy of the Announcement as an email to your students by selecting Send a copy of this announcement immediately.

Click Submit at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

For more information, refer to the Create and Send Announcements in Original Course View support page or watch the Create Announcements in Original Course View tutorial video.