00:07: What are announcements?

00:09: In course navigation click the announcements link

00:13: Course announcements display on the announcements index page

00:17: To communicate with students about the logistics of a course instructors

00:21: can add an announcement. Instructors can format and add content to

00:25: announcements using the rich content editor features.

00:29: Instructors can also use announcement options to allow others to reply comment

00:33: enable podcast feeds allow liking and to specify

00:37: a time frame for the announcement.

00:40: As soon as an instructor creates an announcement canvas takes care of notifying

00:44: students according to their preferred notification settings.

00:48: There are also unread and read indicators next to the announcements.

00:53: Instructors have the option of feeding posts from a blog or other information sources

00:57: directly into their announcements page using RSS.

01:00: RSS feeds can be filtered by keyword to prevent irrelevant content from

01:04: entering the course. Students who use RSS readers can

01:08: subscribe to course announcements outside of canvas

01:13: As an instructor use announcements to Remind

01:17: your students what they need to accomplish to stay on track Point students to

01:21: internal and external resources that will help them achieve course outcomes.

01:24: Leave a message for the entire class with video or audio comments.

01:29: Celebrate Student Success and important events that may be of interest to your students.

01:34: Feed a custom RSS fee related to the topic of the course to your students

01:38: automatically share blog posts written by your students on WordPress

01:42: blogger Etc with custom RSS feeds.

01:47: As a student you may be able to view and reply to course announcements.

01:51: You may also be able to add announcements in a student group.

01:56: This guide covered announcements