Announcements and Notifications
Announcements and Notifications are a great way to communicate with students. Brightspace provides options to use both in conjunction with each other and individually. Let us dive into this topic further.
Announcements widget in Brightspace
The Announcements widget can help you to boost engagement by scheduling announcements for frequent and regular communication to all learners enrolled in a course. Learners can set notification preferences to be made aware of important updates.
Create an announcement using the Announcements widget
- From your Course Homepage, locate the Announcements widget.
- Click the drop-down menu next to Announcements.
Click New Announcement.
New Announcements
4. Add a Headline and Content for your announcement.
Note: A Headline and Content are required to create an announcement. Optional settings include Availability, Attachments, and Additional Release Conditions. For information on creating content in Brightspace Editor, see the article Create Course Content.
- Do one of the following:
- Click Publish to publish the announcement to your course.
- Click Save as Draft to save your progress and return later to publish your announcement.
Click Cancel to remove your draft announcement.
Publish, Save as Draft, Cancel
Your announcement is posted to the Announcements widget and available to learners from the course homepage.