{"id":939,"date":"2022-05-03T11:31:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=939"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:31:55","slug":"announcements-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/chapter\/announcements-2\/","title":{"raw":"Announcements","rendered":"Announcements"},"content":{"raw":"By default, every course in https:\/\/moodle.unbc.ca comes with an <strong>Announcements forum<\/strong>. Anything posted in this specific forum also gets sent to student UNBC e-mails (every student has a forced subscription to this one forum). An announcement generates a post and an email to student UNBC email addresses, however students cannot reply back to these messages - it is only a one-way communication.\r\n\r\nWhen you create a post, not only is the post created in Moodle but an email is also sent to your students. Therefore, if they accidentally delete or misplace their email, they can always go back to post within Moodle to review.\r\n\r\nIf you would like your students to be able to reply back to you please reach out to the CTLT team to help you set this up!\r\n<h2>How do I add an attachment and how do I send Announcements right away without the editing time delay?<\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Go into your course, click on the <strong>Announcements<\/strong> forum at the top of the course home page. This is a special type of Discussion Forum where the posts will be sent to student's UNBC e-mail addresses.\u00a0 Students will not be able to reply to Announcements.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2007\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-1024x492.png\" alt=\"announcements link\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n2. To create an Announcement, Select the <strong>Add Discussion Topic<\/strong> button.\r\n\r\nPlease be aware that once you make an announcement, by default the message will be sent 45 minutes after you post it unless you disable the time delay.\r\n\r\nTo send the announcement immediately, create a new announcement by clicking into the Announcements forum.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-2008\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-1024x640.png\" alt=\"announcement add discussion topic\" width=\"462\" height=\"289\" \/>\r\n\r\nThen click the \"Advanced link\" below the announcements message text box.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2009\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-1024x783.png\" alt=\"announcement advanced link\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCompose your announcement.\r\n\r\nMake sure to check the checkbox that says <strong>\"send forum post notifications with no editing time delay\".<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/compose_announcement_disable-delay-801x1024.png\" alt=\"compose announcement and disable time delay\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe announcement will be posted to the forum and sent to your student's UNBC e-mail addresses.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>By default, every course in https:\/\/moodle.unbc.ca comes with an <strong>Announcements forum<\/strong>. Anything posted in this specific forum also gets sent to student UNBC e-mails (every student has a forced subscription to this one forum). An announcement generates a post and an email to student UNBC email addresses, however students cannot reply back to these messages &#8211; it is only a one-way communication.<\/p>\n<p>When you create a post, not only is the post created in Moodle but an email is also sent to your students. Therefore, if they accidentally delete or misplace their email, they can always go back to post within Moodle to review.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like your students to be able to reply back to you please reach out to the CTLT team to help you set this up!<\/p>\n<h2>How do I add an attachment and how do I send Announcements right away without the editing time delay?<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go into your course, click on the <strong>Announcements<\/strong> forum at the top of the course home page. This is a special type of Discussion Forum where the posts will be sent to student&#8217;s UNBC e-mail addresses.\u00a0 Students will not be able to reply to Announcements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2007\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-1024x492.png\" alt=\"announcements link\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-1024x492.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-1536x738.png 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-65x31.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-225x108.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link-350x168.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcements-link.png 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. To create an Announcement, Select the <strong>Add Discussion Topic<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p>Please be aware that once you make an announcement, by default the message will be sent 45 minutes after you post it unless you disable the time delay.<\/p>\n<p>To send the announcement immediately, create a new announcement by clicking into the Announcements forum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2008\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-1024x640.png\" alt=\"announcement add discussion topic\" width=\"462\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-65x41.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-225x141.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion-350x219.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-add-discussion.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then click the &#8220;Advanced link&#8221; below the announcements message text box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2009\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-1024x783.png\" alt=\"announcement advanced link\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-1536x1174.png 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-65x50.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-225x172.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link-350x268.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/announcement-advanced-link.png 1622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Compose your announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to check the checkbox that says <strong>&#8220;send forum post notifications with no editing time delay&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/compose_announcement_disable-delay-801x1024.png\" alt=\"compose announcement and disable time delay\" width=\"801\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/799\/2022\/05\/compose_announcement_disable-delay-801x1024.png 801w, 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