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<p>Use the Announcements tool to read instructor messages, course information, and other Announcements updates.</p>
<p>Announcements items appear in the Announcements widget, but you can also receive instant notifications about postings through email, SMS, and RSS feeds.</p>
<p>Global Announcements items appear in the same My Home, Course Home pages, and Announcements widgets as course-related Announcements items.</p>
<h2 data-id="visual-tour-of-the-announcements-tool">Visual tour of the Announcements tool</h2>
<p><br><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6036482/uploads/KF1MTAMX1XF5/announcements-visual-tour.png" alt="Overview of the Announcements tool" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img><br></p>
<p>Figure: Overview of the Announcements tool.</p>
<p>Help 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.</p>
<p>When instructors land on the Announcements tool, the first page that they will see will display all announcements created within the course.</p>
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<p><b>New Announcement</b>: Create new course announcements.</p>
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<p><b>More Actions</b>: Reorder announcements, access notification settings, and restore deleted items.</p>
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<p><b>Delete</b>: Remove announcements from a course if they are no longer needed.</p>
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<p>After clicking on the drop-down menu next to the title of an announcement, instructors are given the options to edit, view, delete, or copy the selected item as needed.</p>
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</ol><h2 data-id="video-announcements-overview-instructor">Video: Announcements Overview | Instructor</h2>
<p><iframe title="Announcements Overview | Instructor" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IPg--c_gJng?" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" width="560px" height="315px" class="importedEmbed-iframe"><br></iframe></p>
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