{"id":22072,"date":"2026-01-30T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=22072"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:12:23","slug":"brightspace-tip-569-pin-reorder-and-copy-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-569-pin-reorder-and-copy-announcements\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #569: Pin, Reorder, and Copy Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am writing this blog post as a follow up to my recent announcements blog post. ICYMI, you can find the blog post here: Brightspace Tip #561: Announcements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Announcements can help boost learner engagement by providing regular and timely communications to all learners enrolled in a course. This blog post focuses on pinning, reordering, and copying announcements.<\/p>\n

Pin Announcements<\/h3>\n

Pinning an announcement to the top of the Announcements widget keeps critical information immediately visible to students, preventing important updates from getting buried as new, less urgent posts appear. This feature ensures key messages remain prominently displayed on your course homepage. Multiple announcements can be pinned, but the most recently pinned message will appear at the top of your list.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a>
Brightspace announcement with the option to Pin to top<\/strong> highlighted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Screenshot<\/a>
Brightspace announcement with Pinned<\/strong> highlighted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> While pinned announcements will appear at the top of the Announcements widgets, learners can dismiss announcements, including pinned announcements<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Unpin Announcements<\/h3>\n

There is no expiration date to remove a pinned announcement. You have to manually remove the pin. However, when you set an end date for a pinned announcement, the pinned announcement will not appear in the learners announcement widget past its availability end date.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a>
Brightspace announcement section with option to Unpin<\/strong> highlighted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reorder Announcements<\/h3>\n

Did you create or update an announcement and need to move it to the top? Did you push back an assignment and want to change the order of your announcements? If so, you can reorder your announcements!<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a>
Brightspace announcement tool with the More Actions<\/strong> menu and the Reorder<\/strong> option highlighted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Screenshot<\/a>
Brightspace reorder announcement page with the sort order column highlighted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Copy Announcements<\/h3>\n

With just a few clicks you can quickly make a copy of a course announcement in the same course as well as copy the announcement to other Brightspace courses. This feature is built right into the shortcut menu. You don't have to copy and paste to duplicate the announcement.<\/p>\n

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Brightspace announcement section with the options to Copy<\/strong> and Copy to Other Courses<\/strong> highlighted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Note:<\/strong> You must be enrolled in the course you copy from (source) and the courses you copy to (destination).<\/p>\n

You can select the following options when copying announcements:<\/p>\n