Add an Announcement in Pepperdine Canvas

What Does It Do?

The Announcements tool allows you to compose and post messages in your class that can also be sent by email to all site participants. This offers two ways to make sure your message reaches your students or colleagues.

How You Can Use It

• Share details about new activities or prepare participants for a class session.
• Notify students of last-minute changes (e.g., you are out sick or an exam has been postponed).
• Announce changes to an assignment.

Key Reminders

• Keep announcements brief and purposeful. Consider adding a warm tone to help build classroom community.
• By default, announcements will be sent to all students in the class ("All sections").
• Instructors must adjust their personal Canvas notification settings to receive their own class announcements ("Announcements Created By You"). This setting is off by default.

Instructions

1. Go to your class site.
2. Select the Announcements tool in the class menu.
3. Select the "+ Add Announcement" button.
4. Enter a Title for the announcement (which will be the subject line of the email).
5. Enter your message in the Topic Content rich content editor.
6. Use the Attach feature to attach any documents, such as a PDF or Word file.
7. If you have a cross-listed class (multiple sections), you can use the Post To option to send an announcement to a specific class roster. Otherwise, it defaults to "All Sections," and the message will go to all users based on their Canvas notification preferences.
8. Use the optional features to enable features like comments or liking.
9. Set any optional availability dates.
10. Select Publish when done.

For more information, please see Canvas’ documentation:

• What are Announcements?
• How do I add an Announcement to a Course?

See Also

• Canvas: What is the Inbox?
• Canvas: Send a message to a course user with Inbox

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