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Navigate to your HuskyCT site.
Under Details and Actions, look for On the top navigation menu, click Announcements.
Click the link under Announcements, which indicated the number of posted and total announcements.
A new window will appear titled Course Announcements.
Click the plus sign in the upper right hand corner.
The New Announcement window will appear.
Enter the Title, Recipients, and Message in their respective fields. Optionally, check either Send an email copy to recipients or Schedule Announcement.
Click Save.
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Once the announcement is ready to be posted, click Post.
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Instructors should have manually clicked Post button after creating an announcement. However, the most recent Ultra update allows instructors to post announcements as part of the drafting and editing processes. The process of creating and posting announcements became simpler. |
Posting Announcements After Saving As a Draft
Unless an announcement is scheduled or posted immediately, the announcement saved draft won’t be published to students until the instructor posts the announcement. Prior to posting the announcement, it will be saved as a Draft, and it. The draft will be visible only to the instructor.
Complete steps 1-8 above.
On the Course Announcements page, locate the announcement you want to post.
The draft of the announce will be shown on the announcement page with the icon of megaphone with slash.
To the right of the announcement name, click Post now.
Scheduling Announcement
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Instructors can’t select the Send an email copy to recipient if the Schedule Announcement option is checked. |
Complete steps 1-7 5 above, and check the box next to Schedule Announcement.
Set a Show on and/or Hide on date by checking the box next to the desired option, and entering a date and time.
Click Save.
Once the announcement is ready to be posted, click Post.
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For more information on using Announcements to communicate, contact Educational Technologies at edtech@uconn.edu or by phone at (860) 486-5052. |