{"id":3357,"date":"2018-01-15T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/?page_id=3357"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:38:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:38:02","slug":"use-brightspace-to-notify-of-class-cancelllations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/use-brightspace-to-notify-of-class-cancelllations\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Brightspace to Notify of Class Cancellations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class='content-column one_third'><div id=\"bellows-main-announcements\" class=\"bellows bellows-nojs bellows-main bellows-source-menu bellows-align-left bellows-skin-vanilla bellows-type- bellows-expand-current\"><ul id=\"menu-announcements\" class=\"bellows-nav\" data-bellows-config=\"main\"><li id=\"menu-item-20981\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-home bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-20981 bellows-item-level-0\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Home<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-26305\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-26305 bellows-item-level-1\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/course-home\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Course Home<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n\t<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-20987\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-has-children bellows-menu-item-20987 bellows-item-level-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/using-the-news-announcements-tool\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Announcements Tool<\/span><button class=\"bellows-subtoggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Submenu\"><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-expand fa fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><i class=\"bellows-subtoggle-icon-collapse fa fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/button><\/a>\n\t\t<ul class=\"bellows-submenu\">\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-20989\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-20989 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/use-brightspace-to-notify-of-class-cancelllations\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Notifying of Class Cancellations<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li id=\"menu-item-20985\" class=\"bellows-menu-item bellows-menu-item-type-post_type bellows-menu-item-object-page bellows-menu-item-20985 bellows-item-level-3\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/news-announcements-faq\/\" class=\"bellows-target\"><span class=\"bellows-target-title bellows-target-text\">Announcements FAQs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><br><div class='content-column two_third last_column'><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Brightspace to Notify of Class Cancellations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructors can easily use Brightspace to notify students of cancelled classes. By posting a notice in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-how-tos\/communication\/using-the-news-announcements-tool\/\">Announcements<\/a> widget, you can notify your entire class about a cancellation in one easy step. Depending on how students set their notification settings in Brightspace, the announcement can go to their external email address, as well as their mobile phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/resourcesforstudents\/guides\/desire2learn\/my-home\/notifications-for-class-cancelation\/\"> resource is available for students<\/a> to show them how to set up and receive notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notifying your students is as easy as 1-2-3!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Advise your Students.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Add a note to your syllabus and\/or use the discussion or mail tool to advise your students how you will communicate class cancellations to them (You will only need to do this once). You can add a link to the CITL resource notice above that shows them how to set up their Notifications to receive these notices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Create the Announcement.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Create an announcement item by clicking the down arrow next to the <strong>Announcements<\/strong> widget on your course homepage and selecting <strong>New Announcements Item<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter a clear <em>headline<\/em>, such as \u201cClass cancelled for January 19\u201d and some <em>content<\/em> for the message such as \u201cClass is cancelled for January 19, 2017, due to inclement weather.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Publish the Information.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Publish<\/strong> to save the announcement. This announcement will appear in your Brightspace site at the top of your Announcements widget. For students with notifications configured, it will automatically send notifications to their email and\/or phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Note: <\/b>This process does not replace any existing departmental regulations around the reporting of class cancellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Announcement widget is not available in your course site, or you have any problems or questions using Brightspace, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/citl.mun.ca\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CITL\u2019s Support Centre<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"parent":763,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3357","page","type-page","status-publish"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3357"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22525,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3357\/revisions\/22525"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}