{"id":863,"date":"2017-08-17T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T16:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources2\/?page_id=863"},"modified":"2021-09-27T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T13:47:47","slug":"news-announcements-faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/technologyresources\/brightspace-guides\/communication\/news-announcements-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcements (News) FAQ"},"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\">Announcements (News) FAQ<\/h1>\n\n\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p>            <div class=\"qae-faqs-container qae-faqs-toggle-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"qe-faqs-filters-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"active\"><a class=\"qe-faqs-filter all-faqs\" href=\"#\" data-filter=\"*\">All<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"qe-faqs-filter\" href=\"#announcementsfaq\" data-filter=\".announcementsfaq\">AnnouncementsFAQ<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-2259\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle announcementsfaq\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> What is the Announcements Tool and why would I use it?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe Announcements (formerly, News) Tool is a widget on the Course Homepage that provides an easy way for you to communicate announcements, updates, changes and new information to your students. It\u2019s a great way to communicate to your students as it is one of the first things they see when they log in to the course.\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-2257\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle announcementsfaq\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> If I post an announcement, how can I be sure that students will see it?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>If you decide to use the tool to communicate announcements and information to your students, tell them to subscribe to notifications. The Notifications feature sends a message to students preferred external email address when a new news item is posted or an item has changed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-2255\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle announcementsfaq\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> Can students add new items?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>No, only instructors have the ability to add Announcement items.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"qaef-2253\" class=\"qe-faq-toggle announcementsfaq\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-minus-circle\"><\/i> Do you have any tips for writing a good news item?\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qe-toggle-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Yes, there are a few things you should keep in mind. You should keep your News items brief and to the point. If you have a longer news item, you may want to send it via email or post it in the discussion forum. 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