Announcements

Utilities > Announcements

The Announcements screen is used to create announcements that will be visible to users.

1. Search - search by announcement name

2. Include Inactive - check to include inactivated announcements

3. Reset - click to reset search parameters

4. Add New Announcement - click to create a new announcement. See Step 12 for details.

5. Name - click to sort by name

6. Start Date - click to sort by start date

7. End Date - click to sort by end date

8. District Dashboard - click to sort by district dashboard status

9. Family Connect - click to sort by Family Connect status

10. Student Connect - click to sort by Student Connect status

11. Active - click to sort by active status

12. Pencil - click to edit announcement settings
    
    

1. Name - enter announcement name

2. Start Date - select the announcement display start date

3. End Date - select the announcement display end date

4. Text - enter the announcement text and use the WYSIWYG editor to format as needed

5. Publish on District Dashboard - check to display the announcement in the Announcements dashboard widget

6. Publish on Student Connect - check to display the announcement in the Student Connect app

7. Publish on LINQ Connect - check to display the announcement on LINQ Connect.

8. Active - toggle active status

9. Cancel - click to return to the previous screen without saving changes

10. Save - click to save changes

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