The "Announcements" tool allows you to send an email to all your students or to some of them or even to some pre-selected groups. It can be an efficient way to drive students back to your course if they do not visit it very often.

To add an announcement

• Check "Send this announcement by email to registered students" box if needed.
• Enter the subject for the mail.
• Enter text into the box.
• You may also add an attachment (e.g. word document) with it
• Click on "OK".

To send an announcement to selected users

To send a message to some users and/or some groups.

• Select "Messages to selected users".
• Use CTRL+C to select more than one in the left hand menu.
• Click on the right arrow to move them to the list of selected users.
• Type your message in the field below.
• Click on "OK".

To Modify an existing announcement

• Click on "Modify" immediately below the announcement you wish to change.
• Correct the announcement text.
• Click on "OK".

To Delete an existing announcement

• Click on "Delete" immediately below the announcement you wish to delete.
  N.B. No confirmation is required – take care!