SMG Tools
Announcements
Adding Announcements
Use the "Add" button to create a new announcement and complete the fields on the page that follows (e.g.,
Announcement title, Body, etc.). Your announcement will be posted to your site.
Adding Announcements with Attachments
Click the Attachments button at the bottom of the screen to browse for and attach a file to the announcement.
Display to Selected Groups/Sections
Follow the instructions for Adding Announcements above. Prior to clicking the "Add Announcement" button, click on the
"Display to Selected Groups" radio button and check the box next to the group or section intended to view the
announcement. The announcement will appear only to those students in the selected group/section.
NOTE: groups
and/or sections must already exist to use this feature.
Announcement Options
You can preview or save drafts of your announcements. The interface time-out is 60 minutes, which means if you take more than
60 minutes to compose or edit the announcement then your work will not be saved.
Email Notifications
When posting an announcement you can set an email notification option (high or low) so that students are alerted via email that
an announcement has been posted. The message body of the announcement will be included in the email notification so that the
student does not have to visit the site.
A high priority email notification will be sent by the system regardless of preferences set by each student. A low priority
email notification could be blocked depending upon how the student has set his/her preferences on the system.
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