00:11: In course, navigation, click the announcements link

00:15: To add an announcement. Click the add Announcement by button.

00:19: In the option section, you can select various options for your announcement.

00:24: To allow other users to reply to the announcement.

00:26: Click the allow participants to comment checkbox.

00:31: To prevent users from replying to replies.

00:33: Click the disallow threaded replies checkbox.

00:38: To require students to reply to the discussion before they can see any other replies.

00:42: Click the participants must respond to the topic before viewing other replies

00:46: checkbox.

00:51: To close an announcement for comments from the index page, locate the announcement

00:56: Click the options icon and click the disallow comments link.

01:01: To close more than one announcement for comments from the index page.

01:04: Click the checkbox next to each announcement and click the lock reply

01:08: button.

01:10: To open an announcement for comments, locate the announcement and click the options

01:14: icon. Then click the allow comments link

01:18: To open more than one announcement for comments.

01:20: From the index page, click the checkbox next to each announcement and click

01:25: the lock reply button.