{"id":21835,"date":"2026-01-07T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=21835"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:14:12","slug":"brightspace-tip-561-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-561-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #561: Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Announcements are one of the first things your learners see when they enter your course. Announcements can provide timely information for your learners about class activities and time-sensitive material. Announcements can be used to remind learners of assignment and\/or test dates, post changes to the course, announce upcoming events (such as a guest speaker), etc.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"megaphone\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/megaphone-device-loudspeaker-3292549\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2018\/04\/05\/11\/25\/megaphone-3292549_1280.jpg?resize=625%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"megaphone\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>You can create multiple announcements when setting up your course and select a specific day for the announcement to be displayed by choosing staggered future start dates. For example, you know now that you want to post an announcement about the midterm exam and another about the final. Write both announcements now, but set the midterm announcement to display the week before the midterm and the final exam announcement to display a week before the final. Students will not be able to view either announcement until its assigned start date.<\/p>\n<h3>Availability End Dates<\/h3>\n<p>When creating an announcement, you should <strong>set an end date<\/strong> for it so that when the information in the announcement is no longer relevant the system will retire the announcement. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of using availability end dates for announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reduces Clutter:<\/strong> Old, irrelevant announcements disappear, keeping the page clean and less overwhelming.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improves Focus:<\/strong> Students are more likely to read current announcements because they aren't scrolling through stale announcements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creates Urgency\/Relevance:<\/strong> An expiration date clearly defines how long an announcement is important.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manages Information Flow:<\/strong> Prevents a logjam of information, especially early in the semester when many start-up messages are posted.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increases Effectiveness:<\/strong> Makes it easier for students to find what's currently important, improving engagement with important content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduces Course Copy Issues:<\/strong> Setting an end-of-semester date for announcements is good practice if you are planning to copy your course content into another course in an upcoming semester. This will force you to update the announcement start and end dates in the course you are copying to. Thus reducing the possibility the system will display an announcement before you want it to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to implement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Schedule in Advance:<\/strong> Use Brightspace to schedule announcements to appear and disappear on specific dates and times.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be Consistent:<\/strong> Set a regular cadence (e.g., weekly overviews) and stick to it so students know when to expect updates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use End Dates for Timely Info:<\/strong> Set an availability End Date for deadlines, event reminders, or weekly summaries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leave Blank for Evergreen Content:<\/strong> If an announcement (like a welcome to the course or instructor contact information) should always be visible, leave the availability end date blank. If the announcement being immediately available (in the destination course) after a course copy would present a problem, the announcement is NOT evergreen. In that case, you should set the announcement availability end date to the last day of the current semester.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communicate Schedule:<\/strong> Let students know your announcement schedule in the syllabus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By using availability end dates, instructors can manage the \"information dump\" and make their communications more strategic and impactful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> You can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-560-manage-dates\/\">Manage Dates<\/a> tool to edit dates in bulk.<\/p>\n<h3>Email a Copy of Announcement<\/h3>\n<p>You can email a copy of the announcement to all users in your Classlist by selecting the \"<strong>Send email copy<\/strong>\" checkbox. When the checkbox is selected, the system emails the content of the announcement to all users in the Classlist, including those who have opted out of announcement notifications, upon publishing. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21834\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21834\" style=\"width: 1347px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-551-november-continuous-delivery-updates\/send-email-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?fit=1347%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1347,848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"send-email-copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The new Send email copy checkbox in Brightspace announcement&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?fit=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?fit=625%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?resize=625%2C393\" alt=\"A Brightspace announcement shown with the new Send email copy checkbox highlighted\" width=\"625\" height=\"393\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?w=1347&amp;ssl=1 1347w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?resize=1024%2C645&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?resize=768%2C483&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?resize=960%2C604&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/send-email-copy.png?w=1250 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <strong>Send email copy<\/strong> checkbox in Brightspace announcement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The checkbox will be automatically deselected when an announcement is copied or edited, and must be selected again before republishing.<\/li>\n<li>The email will originate from the email address of the person who publishes the announcement.<\/li>\n<li>For announcements scheduled to publish at a later date, clicking the Send email copy checkbox emails the copy to users in the Classlist at the time that the announcement is published.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Quicklinks<\/h3>\n<p>Instructors can use <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-528-quicklinks\/\">Quicklinks<\/a> within the announcement to direct students to content that is inside or outside of their course. For example, instructors can create an announcement with quicklinks that take students directly to specific content files or assignments inside of the course.<\/p>\n<h3>Release Conditions<\/h3>\n<p>You can display (release) announcements based on conditions you choose by using <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-237-release-conditions\/\">Release Conditions<\/a>. For example, instructors can add a Release Condition to an announcement that will display (release) the announcement when students complete an assignment.<\/p>\n<h3>Video Announcements<\/h3>\n<p>Consider using <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-299-video-notes\/\">Video Notes<\/a> (built-in media recording tool in Brightspace) or your favorite video sharing service to create video announcements for your learners. <\/p>\n<p>In the Faculty Focus article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/building-community-creating-relevance-online-classroom\/\">Building Community and Creating Relevance in the Online Classroom<\/a>, Amy Erickson and Catz Neset suggested creating video announcements as a way to build community in your online courses. Their formula for successful announcements are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide an introduction each week and share your availability<\/li>\n<li>Give feedback and answer questions from the previous week<\/li>\n<li>Showcase exceptional student work from the previous week<\/li>\n<li>Highlight the objectives of the coming week and any special preparation or required resources<\/li>\n<li>Connect your coursework to relevant current events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In another Faculty Focus article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/online-education\/using-announcements-to-give-narrative-shape-to-your-online-course\/\">Using Announcements to Give Narrative Shape to your Online Course<\/a>, Dr. Nathan Pritts suggests using announcements to create a narrative that increases student engagement. He starts the semester by letting his students know that he will post around three announcements per week\u2014on the first day of the week (to kick things off), then about three days later (positioned to help motivate and encourage forward progress), and finally, at the end of the week (to provide some closure and open a channel for any last questions). He labels the subject lines of his announcements so students can process and sort them at a glance. For example, some labels that he uses in the subject line are <em>Course Policy<\/em>, <em>Instructional Content<\/em>, and <em>Dig Deeper<\/em>. He uses the announcements as a roadmap to help his learners navigate the course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/about\/staff\/mgstohl\">Dr. Mark Gstohl<\/a> uses video announcements in his courses. In the video announcement, he gives his students a tip that will help them with an upcoming assignment. He also uses humor in his announcement which goes a long way to building a rapport with his students.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vS41mzmsfsk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vS41mzmsfsk\">Silent G's Tip of the Day - video announcement [0:43]<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you make your videos generic (i.e., don't reference the semester, time of year, seasons, day of the week, etc.), you can re-use the announcements from semester-to-semester<\/strong>. That way you don't have to worry about recording when you are having a bad hair day. &#128512;<\/p>\n<h2>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h2>\n<p>Watch this short video for instructions on creating announcements:<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPg--c_gJng\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IPg--c_gJng\">Announcements Overview | Instructor [1:18]<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Want more information?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@hyly_b\/three-details-for-an-effective-course-announcement-inspiration-from-a-memo-e1c019414a87\">Three Details for an Effective Course Announcement: Inspiration from a Memo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/kb\/articles\/3299-about-announcements\">Post Course Announcements<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Announcements-Tool-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf\">Announcements Tool Quick Reference Guide (pdf)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IPg--c_gJng\">Announcements Overview | Instructor (video)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gEKjx5M6WAA\">Teaching Tips - Make Regular Announcements - Instructor (video)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-528-quicklinks\/\">Brightspace Tip #528: Quicklinks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-237-release-conditions\/\">Brightspace Tip #237: Release Conditions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-299-video-notes\/\">Brightspace Tip #299: Video Notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-516-video-notes-closed-captions\/\">Brightspace Tip #516: Video Notes \u2013 Closed Captions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-560-manage-dates\/\">Brightspace Tip #560: Manage Dates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View current, past, and preview upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/release-notes-en\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/Brightspace:_Instructors_Quick_Start_Tutorial\">Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/higher-ed-postsecondary\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.d2l.com\/brightspace\/categories\/higher-ed-postsecondary\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or<br \/>\ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? 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