The
Announcement tool can be used to
create messages for all students
to view on
the homepage of their course.
Instructors can communicate course
updates or
encourage students or throughout
the course. When an announcement
has been
published in a course, students
will receive a copy of the
announcement in
their Updates Alert (bell icon) at
the top of the page in addition to
being
able to view the announcement on
the course homepage. This tutorial
demonstrates how to create a new
announcement in
MyFIRE.
1. Access the desired
course in
MyFIRE.
2. From
the course homepage, locate the announcement area.
3. Select
the drop-down arrow to the
right of the Announcements
title.
4. Select new announcement from the
drop-down
menu.
5. When
the page refreshes, title the
announcement in the headline field.
6. Createthe desired
announcement. Note:
For further
instructions on
how to utilize the
MyFIRE editor, please
refer to the How
to use the MyFIRE
Editor tutorial.
a. To
personalize the
announcement and directly engage
each student while addressing the
entire class
if desired, type your opening
greeting statement (e.g.
Hello, Good
Afternoon, Good Morning, Welcome,
etc.), and then type {FirstName},. By
completing this step, when each
student sees the announcement on
the course
homepage, they will see the
announcement directed to them
specifically.
7. Next,
the start date is automatically
enabled by default. To not show
the start date
to students, uncheck the always
show start date checkbox.
8. Choose
the start date and time for
the announcement. The start date
& time
is when the announcement will be
published and visible. If no start
date is
selected, the announcement will be
published
immediately.
9. If
desiring to end the announcement
on a specific day, select the end date
checkbox.
a. Then
enter the desired date
and time. Once the end
date has passed, the announcement
will no longer be
visible to the
students.
10. To
add an attachment select add a
file, record audio or record
video.
11. If
desired, add a release condition
(a prerequisite) to viewing the
announcement
by selecting attach existing or create and attach.
If a condition
is added, and the student(s) have
not completed the prerequisite
condition,
then the students will not be able to view the announcement
until the
condition(s) are
satisfied.
a. A
pop-up window will
appear. If creating a new
condition, choose the desired
condition type by
selecting the condition
type drop down
menu.
b. Next,
choose the
condition that the students should
complete as a prerequisite under condition
details. Note: The
prerequisite conditions will
change based on the
condition type that was
selected in the previous
step.
c. Once
finished selecting
the condition settings, select create at the bottom of the
pop-up
window.
12. If
the announcement is not ready to
publish, select save as
draft
13. Once
the announcement is ready for the
students, select publish.
14. If
needing to create multiple similar
announcements, quickly create a
new
announcement by selecting the drop-down arrow to the
right of the
announcement
title.
15. A
drop-down menu will appear. Select copy from the
list.
16. Then edit the copy of the
announcement by repeating steps
5-13.