Announcement Channels is a tool to group announcements around specific topics, such as "Perks & Benefits” or “Store Announcements”. All announcements regarding that subject will be displayed in that channel. This can help compartmentalize announcements and encourage encourage organized communications amongst your different audiences.
Adding a New Announcement Channel
To create a Announcement Channel, navigate to the Administration button and select Announcement Channels. Then click the green + button (Add New) at the top right.
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The only field that is required during the creation process is the Name field. You may leave everything else blank or default.
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For the Icon and Placeholder images, Enter in a Name for the Announcement Channel. In Administrator Notes, you can enter in notes about the reason for creation of this channel for future reference.
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The Icon and Placeholder will have default images, but you can upload your own images. First select Edit a dropdown will appear saying Update and once you click on that png, jpg, or gif image. To do so, select Edit on the image, click Update and your file explorer will open to select the image you wish want to chooseupload.
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Once you select your image from your file explorer. A cropping tool will be displayed to make any needed adjustments if necessary. Use the + and - buttons to zoom to the image such as rotating or zooming in and out on the image. The circular arrows rotate the image 90 degrees. Then click the green checkmark to confirm your image selection.
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In . Once you’ve selected your new image, when you revisit the Edit menu, you can Update or will have a new option to Clear the image later in the future if needed.
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The last thing to consider during creation is the of the Announcement Channel is whether you want to Allow Comments checkbox. If enabled that setting is checked, users will be able to comment on Announcements in this channel.
Note: In order for Users to comment on an Announcement the Allow Comments checkbox must be enabled for both the Announcements Channels Channel and the individual Announcements.
Now all that is left to do is select the Add Channel button to complete the creation of the new Announcement Channel.
Putting Announcements in the Channel and Setting Curators and Moderators
Placing an Announcement in a Channel is performed when the Channel is being edited. Likewise with assigning Curators and Moderators for the Channel. Please refer to the link below for more information on those subjects.
Go to the Edit an Announcement Channel article
Adding Announcements to a Channel
Once your Announcement Channel is created, navigate to the “Announcements” tab to add existing announcements to the Channel. Announcements can also be added to a Channel upon creation of an Announcement.
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Setting up Curators and Moderators for a Channel
Once your Announcement Channel is created, on the “Information” you will find a “Moderators” and “Curators” section. Here you may search for and add users you want to take on the following roles:
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Moderators are users that have the ability to delete comments within this Announcement channel, in case any comments are inappropriate or off topic.
Curators are users that can publish Announcements to this Announcement Channel. Curators need to have a non-student role so they can access announcements from their dashboard.
Note: After being added to a channel, Curators also need to be added to Audiences to allow them to publish announcements for other users.