On the Announcements homepage you will find all Announcements you have created. You navigate to Announcements via Course Home or via Administration.

Via Course Home:

• Click the arrow next to Announcements.
• Click Go to Announcements Tool.

Via Administration:

• Navigate to Course Admin in your course navigation bar.
• Click Announcements under Communication.

• Click on New Announcement to create a new Announcement.
• Click on More Actions to change the order of the Announcements (Reorder), navigate to Notifications or retrieve deleted Announcements (Restore).
• Use the search bar to find a particular Announcement. Click Show Search Options to select which Announcements to search or to search within a specific data range.
• The table shows the title, the message, the start date (date from which the Announcement is visible), the possible end date and the status (published or draft) for each Announcement.

• Navigate to the Course Home of the course in which you want to post an Announcement.

1. Click on the arrow next to Announcements.
2. Click on New Announcement.

1. Give your Announcement a title under Headline.
2. Write your message.
3. Under Availability you determine when your Announcement is visible:
   • The start date is visible to students by default, unless you uncheck Always show start date. Then you can only see the start date when editing the Announcement.
   • Under Start date, enter a start date (the date from which the Announcement will be visible).
   • If you want the Announcement to be visible for a limited time, check Remove announcement based on end date. Enter the date from which the Announcement is no longer visible.
4. Optionally, add a file (Add a File) under Attachments. You can also record and/or add a sound fragment (Record Audio) or a video fragment (Record Video). To record a clip, your device must have a microphone and/or a webcam.
5. Under Additional Release Conditions, optionally add release conditions that students must meet before they can see the Announcement:
   • Click Attach Existing to add existing release conditions.
   • Click Create and Attach to create new release conditions.
   • Select from the drop-down menu whether students must meet one or all conditions.
   • If you want to know more about release conditions, read the article "What are release conditions and how do I use them?"
6. Click Publish to publish your Announcement or Save as Draft if you want to work on it later. You automatically navigate to the Announcements homepage.

It is also possible to copy an Announcement. With a copy, not only the text of the Announcement is copied, but also the settings such as the Release Conditions.

1. Click the arrow next to the Announcement you want to copy.
2. Click on Copy.

1. Adjust the title of the Announcement.
2. Adjust the content of the Announcement if necessary.
   
   All other functions on the edit page are the same as the functions for creating an Announcement.
3. Click Publish to publish the copied Announcement.