How to Use the Announcements Forum
Every course site includes an Announcements forum
- Click on the title, Announcements, to enter the forum
- Click on Add a new topic
- Type in the Subject line
- Type your message in the text editor
- You can also make an audio or video recording with a maximum length of 5 minutes
- Click on Advanced settings to
- Select Pinned to Pin your topic to the top of the Announcements topics list
- Select Send forum post notifications with no editing-time delay, if you would like to cancel the 30-minute period in which you can edit your posting before it is sent to Participants' George Fox email.
- Click Post to complete the process.
NOTE: In the Announcements forum students will not see a Reply button. They will not be able to make a reply to your posting. For this reason you will want to limit your message to statements that do not prompt students to reply.
See the guide, Posting in a Forum, for more information on general forum features.