Send an Email Copy of Course and Organization Announcements

Modified on Tue, Sep 2 at 5:15 PM

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Creating and Sending Announcements
Emailed Announcements from Ultra Courses
Emailed Announcements from Original Courses

Creating and Sending Announcements

When you create an Announcement, you have the option to send an email copy to recipients. This will send an emailed copy of your Announcement to everyone enrolled in your course or organization, including yourself, as long as they have a valid email address in the system.

While you can add different types of content to your Announcement, including links, embedded images, media, and attached files, this content may not be visible in the resulting email.

Emailed Announcements from Ultra Courses/Organizations

When Announcements are viewed inside an Ultra course/organization, all formatting, links, embedded images, media, and attached files appear as intended.

When this same Announcement is sent as an email, any of the attached or embedded content (images, media, and attached files) will appear as links in the email. You may click on the individual links to view the content in your browser or click View Announcement to view the Announcement in your course/organization.

The table below details the types of content that you may include in an Announcement in your Ultra course/organization and how it displays in the emailed Announcement.

Content Type	Appears in emailed announcement from Ultra course/organization?
Text (including font styles/colors, numbered and bulleted lists, tables, etc.)	Yes
Web links	Yes, and the link opens
File attachments	Appears as a link in the email. Click to open the file in the browser.
Images	Appears as a link in the email. Click the link to open in the browser.
Embedded media (audio/video recordings, YouTube, etc.)	Appears as a link in the email. Click the link to open the media in the browser.

Emailed Announcements from Original Courses/Organizations

When Announcements are viewed inside an Original course/organization, all formatting, links, embedded images, media, and attached files appear as intended.

When this same Announcement is sent as an email, images will display in the email, but any attached or embedded content may not appear or will appear as text-only.

The table below details the types of content that you may include in an Announcement in your Original course/organization and how it displays in the emailed Announcement.

Content Type	Appears in emailed announcement from Original course/organization
Text (including font styles/colors, numbered and bulleted lists, tables, etc.)	Yes
Web links	Yes, and the link opens
File attachments	The text for the attachment appears, but you cannot click on, open, or download the file.
Images	Yes
Embedded media (Kaltura, YouTube, etc.)	No, there is a blank space where the content should appear.
YouTube Thumbnails	Yes, clicking the thumbnail will open the video on YouTube.
Course link	No, there is a blank space where the content should appear.