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Communicate through the announcements tool

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Communicate through the announcements tool

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- [Instructor] The announcements widget is often the first thing a user sees when opening D2L, so it plays a critical role in keeping students up to date on a course's headlines and deadlines. To create a new announcement, simply select the dropdown menu immediately to the right of the announcement module header and then select new announcement. This takes you to the main interface for posting content. At the top, you can find a placeholder for the announcement headline. We'll put in something simple like welcome. This will then appear at the top of the posting. Immediately below this is the content section, where you can type out the text, or in this case, just paste it in. Next, you'll find availability options. By default, the start date will be selected to appear on the student's feed, but if you want that information hidden, simply uncheck the box. You can also schedule a start date so that posting won't actually display in the student feed until you want them to appear…

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