How to post an announcement
Put a notice in front of students, with a start and end date.
Last updated 12 October 2026
What you will learn
- How to post a notice
- How to control who sees it and for how long
An announcement is a notice shown to people inside the system. It has a display window: outside that window it is stored but not shown.
Step 1. Click Announcements in the left-hand menu.
Step 2. Click New announcement.
Step 3. Type a Title and the Message. Both are required.
Leave the window blank to publish now and never expire. Step 4. Narrow who sees it with Course, Batch or Role.
Leave all three blank to show it to everybody.
Step 5. Set Show from and Show until if it should appear and disappear automatically.
Step 6. Tick Pin to the top of the feed for something important.
Step 7. Click Post announcement.
What you should see
The announcement appears for the people you chose, within its window.
Helpful tips
- Use Show until for anything time-limited, such as an exam reminder. It tidies itself up.
- Pin sparingly. If everything is pinned, nothing stands out.
If something goes wrong
- Nobody can see the announcement.
- Check Show from is not in the future and Show until is not in the past.