One- or Two-Way Communication

Use Announcements when you want to inform students about something directly on the home page. Most often, this is one-way communication that students are expected to read on their own; however, you can make it possible for students to comment on the Announcements page. In the course room template, the three most recent announcements are by default visible on the home page. If you want more or fewer to be visible, you do so under Settings.

Screenshot shows Announcements

Click on Announcements to see all your announcements and publish new ones.
If you have announcements that you want to read or edit, click on the title of the respective announcement.
Click on the three dots, to remove announcements that have already been published.
If you want to add a new announcement, click on +Announcements at the top of the page.

Edit Announcements

Screenshot shows menu for Annoncements.

To edit an announcement and all settings, click on the three dots and then Edit at the top right.
To remove an announcement or use it in another course room, click on the three dots at the top right.
If you have made it possible for students to comment on an announcement, you can follow the conversation under Announcements or post a response as a follow-up to an announcement.

Settings

Screenshot shows settings for posting an Announcement

Most course rooms have only one section. If you have several sections in your course room, you can post announcements to every section, to one section or to several sections.
If you want to attach one file to an announcement, do so as an attachment. If you have several files, you can insert them into the text editor instead, just like on a page.
You can also set different options for an announcement: for example, you can set a specific date for the publication.