{"id":1250,"date":"2017-10-27T23:03:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T23:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.up.edu\/moodle\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&#038;p=97"},"modified":"2023-09-18T08:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T08:50:17","slug":"make-course-announcements","status":"publish","type":"bwl_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/elearning\/content-organization-appearance\/make-course-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Course Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \"Announcements\" forum (formerly known as the \"News\" forum) is a special forum for general course announcements. A course may only have one announcements forum. Only teachers in the course may post to the forum. <\/p>\n<div class=\"top-boxes\">\n<div class=\"tip\">\n<p>this text will be removed<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tip.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" class=\"no-shadow\"\/><\/p>\n<h3>Tips<\/h3>\n<p>How students are notified about your announcement may vary depending on your Moodle set-up. Students might be alerted by your post by an unread post notice on the announcements forum or in the latest news block (if added to your course). Announcements are also automatically emailed to students.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"no-second\">\n<p>this text will be removed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"steps-section\">\n<h2 class=\"steps-top\">\n<div class=\"altblock\"><span>Part<br \/>1<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"kb-headline\">Add an annoucement<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"new-steps\">\n<li>Open the \"Announcements\" forum. It should be listed at the top of your main course page in Moodle.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Add a new topic<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-573 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen_Shot_2018-03-10_at_11_54_23_AM.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<li>Add a \"Subject\" and a \"Message\" for your new announcement.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-574 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/moodleuserguides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/History_of_Middle-Earth__Announcements__Add_a_new_topic.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Below the message, you can optionally:\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Add an attachment<\/li>\n<li>Pin this discussion to the top of the forum<\/li>\n<li>Opt out\u00a0of the 5-minute grace period in which you can edit the post before notifications are sent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"number5\">When you're ready, click\u00a0<strong>Post to forum<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"steps-section\">\n<h2 class=\"steps-top\">\n<div class=\"altblock\"><span>Part<br \/>2<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"kb-headline\">Add the \"Latest news\" block (optional)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"new-steps\">\n<li>Click <strong>Turn editing on<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Find the \"Add a block\" area (usually located below your \"Course administration\" menu).<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Latest News<\/strong> from the drop-down and click <strong>Add<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Turn editing off<\/strong> to return to the normal course view. You can now post announcements either in the announcements forum or in the latest news block.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<p>No FAQs yet. Use the comment field below to ask questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","bkb_category":[18,21],"bkb_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1250","bwl_kb","type-bwl_kb","status-publish","hentry","bkb_category-content-organization-appearance","bkb_category-course-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bwl_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1316,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwl_kb\/1250\/revisions\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bkb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bkb_category?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"bkb_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.epembelajaran.umt.edu.my\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bkb_tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}