How to Create Course Announcements

Introduction

Announcements allow instructors to communicate with students about course activities and post interesting course-related topics.

Tutorial

306 - Announcements Overview (Instructors) from the Instructure Canvas Community

Check out how you can use the Announcements space:

  • Broadcast information: Send to all members of a course or to all members of sections within a course
  • Maintain a running record of communication: Course announcements are retained
  • Allow students to interact: Students can respond to and like Announcements
  • Delay posting: Time-sensitive Announcements can be built and sent at your discretion

Here are some more ideas for how you can use the Announcements space:

  • Enable a RSS feed to auto-post Announcements from a news source
  • Enable a podcast feed for audio Announcements