Announcements - Quick Tips

Have you tried setting end dates and dismissing announcements from the announcement widget?

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Have you tried setting end dates and dismissing announcements from the announcement widget?

Talhah Diwan May 31, 2023

Announcements are a way of providing information which alerts students via email (provided students have not switched their email notifications off).If you use announcements frequently, you will know that announcements within the announcement widget can start taking a lot...

Did you know you can reorder the announcements in the announcement widget?

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Did you know you can reorder the announcements in the announcement widget?

Talhah Diwan May 24, 2023

Announcements are a key feature of Brightspace modules. They are a way of providing information which alerts students via email (assuming students have not turned email notifications off) but is also displayed on the module homepage. The announcement widget...

Did you know you can archive old announcements?

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Did you know you can archive old announcements?

Lucy Thacker November 10, 2021

Without adding end dates to your module announcements, your module homepage can become cluttered with out of date announcements. This can be stopped if end dates meaning announcements will be removed automatically but not deleted. Below is a short...

Did you know you can send the same announcement to more than one channel at once.

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Did you know you can send the same announcement to more than one channel at once.

Lucy Thacker April 14, 2021

When sending an announcement from any channel you can also send it to any other channel in any other module team with your Teams environment. This could be great if you have to send the same announcement to all...