Announcements

The Announcements widget provides users with updates and information relevant to all users in a state or district. If there are more than three announcements, use the page links at the bottom of the widget to view earlier announcements. Announcements are listed in reverse chronological order based on the date of creation, and any edits made to an announcement will not affect its placement in the listing.

System operators and district leadership roles at the State or District level may create announcements if they have been granted the 'Create Edit and Delete Announcements' operation. This is operation is granted by default to all system operators. Users can verify their user roles and operations by clicking My Account and looking under Other Roles and Operations. Depending on users' permissions, they may be able to add new announcements or edit existing announcements without switching to Edit mode.

Add a State or District Announcement

1. Sign in as a System Operator.
2. Click New Announcement in the Announcements widget.
3. Select your Audience.The options are: All, System Operator, Guest, Parent, Staff, Students, Teachers, Leadership, and Employee. At least one audience type must be selected. 'All' is the default selection.
4. Select the Scope if applicable.
5. Enter a Title for this announcement. This field is mandatory.
6. Select a Label to identify the announcement. The options are Alert, Important, and Notice.
7. Click Add Media to attach an MP3 audio or MP4 audio/video file to your announcement. File size defautls are 4 MB for MP3 or 8 MB for MP4. Select your file and click Upload.
8. Enter the written text into the Body field. This field is mandatory.
9. Select a Start Date. Defaults to the current date and is mandatory.
10. Select an End Date no earlier than the Start Date. Defaults to one week later than the current date and is mandatory.
11. Click Save.

View Announcements

1. The three most recent announcements display first.
2. Click Show More to view the next three announcements. Click Show Less to return to the original collapsed view.
3. View additional announcements in the list by clicking the Prev or Next page navigation links.
4. Click More at the end of each announcement to view the entire announcement.

Delete an Announcement

• Announcements may only be deleted if the End Date of the announcement has not passed
• Users at the State Level may only delete State-level announcements
• Users at the District Level may only delete District-level announcements.