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Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. To view a list of permissions associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and Roles: Overview.
To create/add an announcement, follow these steps:
Announcements
.
Add
.
You may also choose to have your announcement display only to certain
sections or groups.
To do this, check Display to selected groups
. Then check the
boxes next to the groups or
sections for which you wish to display the announcement.
Add Attachments
. (If there are already attachments, you will see Add/remove Attachments
instead.)
Browse...
. Once you find the file, select it and click
Open
.
Note: When attaching a file, you must include the
file's extension (e.g., .gif
, .doc
,
.html
, or .jpg
). If you do not, anyone who
attempts to display or download the file will get an error
message.
Attach a copy
next to the
resource(s) you want to attach.
Note: You can attach files from another site to
which you belong, provided that the files are set to be viewable by
people outside the source site. To browse for files in other sites,
click Show other sites
.
Finish
.
Email Notification
drop-down list, select the appropriate option:
None - No
notification
(the default setting).
Low - Only
participants who have opted in
.
High - All
participants
.
Note: Participants have the option to choose whether they want to receive all announcements or only high priority announcements.
You can either post the announcement, preview it, or save it as a draft, as follows:
Save Draft
.
Preview
.
Post
.
To edit an announcement, follow these steps:
Announcements
.
Revise
.
Note: If you don't have sufficient rights to edit a particular announcement, you will not see the option to revise it. Also, you can edit only one announcement at a time.
Save Changes
,
Preview
, or Save a Draft
. If you save your
announcement as a draft, follow the above instructions to return to it
and post it when you are ready. If you wish to cancel your changes,
click Cancel
.
To delete one or more announcements, follow these steps:
Announcements
.
Note: If you don't have sufficient rights to delete a particular announcement, you will not see a box next to its title.
Update
button.
Remove
to remove the
announcement or Cancel
to cancel the removal.