The Announcements forum is a special forum for general announcements. Only Teachers in the course may post to the forum. Posts are displayed
The Announcements forum can be added to any course and will be included in new courses by default.
Locate the Announcements forum and click on it to access the forum.
Click Add a new topic.
Add a subject and main message for your new announcement.
Below the message, you may optionally:
When ready, click Post to forum.
When you make an announcement, students will see:
If You See Two or More Announcement Forums in your course, you should delete extras until you have only 1 remaining.
Step 1
Turn editing on
Step 2
Next to extraneous announcement forums, select Edit->Delete.
If you don’t see an announcements forum in your course you can add one via the following steps:
Turn editing on.
Find the Add a block option, Click and choose Latest News
Click Turn Editing Off to return to normal course view
You can now post announcements either in the Announcements forum in your Introduction/Course Home section or by clicking Add a new topic under in the Latest News block.