Brightspace/Classes: Create a Course Announcement

Introduction

This article shows you how to create a course announcement in Classes.

Instructions

1. Go to Tools on the navbar and click Announcements.
   
2. Click New Announcement.
   
3. Enter a headline for your Announcements item.
   
4. Enter the content of the announcement.
   
5. Decide if you would like the start date of the announcement to show to students by checking or unchecking the Show Start Date check box.
   
6. Announcements are posted immediately.  If you want to delay the posting, use the Start Date field.
   
7. To remove the post from student view on a particular date, check the check box to add an end date in the End Date field.
   
8. In the Attachments section, add attachments, audio recordings, and video recordings.
   
9. To include release conditions to make the visibility of the announcement contingent on meeting a condition first, click Attach Existing or Create and Attach.
   
10. To release the announcement, click Publish.  To save it without publishing, click Save as Draft.