how to customize an announcement for individual students

Yuankun.Y.9679

how would I start an announcement by using "Hi" followed by each individual student instead of "everyone"?

Chris.S.534

Hi Yuankun.Y,

You can use replace strings to customize course content and communications in Brightspace. Replace strings automatically incorporate your learner's personalized information.

To answer your specific question the replace string to use in the Announcement tool is {FirstName}

The following Community resource highlights the replace strings available to you in different tools and widgets available to you throughout Brightspace. See https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/6105-automatically-customize-course-content-using-replace-strings

Hope that helps!