[Announcements] View All Announcements on One Page

[michael1439273]

I would like to see some improvements to the "Announcements" tab. Specifically, it would be nice to be able to: 

•  view all announcements on one page with an option to expand all announcements

Use Case:

As a student, checking my unread announcements is an almost daily task. The system I currently have is this: 

Click on the "Announcements" tab >>> Click on the 1st unread announcement and read it >>> Click on the "Announcements" tab (again) >>> Click on the next unread announcement and read it... I have to repeat this process for however many unread announcements I have, per class. This is especially time consuming after a School Break and towards the end of a regular school week, because there are many announcements for each class that are posted.  I think it would be helpful to have a way of accessing multiple announcements without having to go through the process described above.  

   My inspiration for this idea came from a discussion I recently participated in. I noticed that I had the ability to "Expand replies" and view all submissions on one page (snip below showing this feature). This would be a nice feature to include for accessing announcements, but I need the support from the Canvas Community to make this a possibility. 

      "Expand replies" Feature Currently Available in Discussions:

(I have also put together a possible "Announcements" tab layout to help others to visualize my suggestion. If you wish to take a look: it has been attached to this post.)

Thank you so much for your support ,

- Michael A. 

[Stef_retired]

 @michael1439273 , we are seeing notifications indicating that you've modified this idea several times since it was opened for voting. Please know that our members will receive a notification that an idea description has been modified, but the notification does not specify what was modified. Would you please post in the comments section a list of the modifications you've made since the idea was opened for voting—and refrain from making future modifications to the active idea from this point forward? Thanks.

[michael1439273]

Here is the list of modifications I have made: 

Added: 

1. "(I have also put together a possible "Announcements" tab layout to help others to visualize my suggestion. If you wish to take a look: it has been attached to this post.)"

2. Attachment entitled "Possible Improvement to Announcements Tab.png" 

3. "...I need the support from the Canvas Community to make this a possibility."

4. ""

Removed:

1. ",for example." 

 I am sorry for any possible disturbances. I will not make any future modifications to this idea from this point forward. 

- Michael A. 

[Stef_retired]

Thanks, Michael.

[ctm121]

This feature would also be helpful for instructors. The ability to either expand all or to select which announcements to expand would be even better.

[ctm121]

Being able to edit existing announcements from within the announcements page, instead of opening them in a new tab, would also be great!

[cpgalt]

I agree with this suggestion AND I would like to see a "Next" and "Previous" button at the bottom of an announcement we are editing/saving (like we have for pages and other items). So i could move more easily through my announcements and update/delete/change them.

[NNWCU]

Request to allow option for a course instructor to be able to see/read the content of all Announcements that have been posted on one screen, versus having to individually open each Announcement and move from screen to screen to review all Announcements.

[JMMadden]

Instructor here. I completely agree that this is necessary.  But it is more than just VIEWING all the announcements on one page.  I want to be able to export/copy all of their content at once as a set into a single file-- a TEXT version of all my announcements.  This was easy to do in Blackboard.  I always exported all of last year's announcements into a file that I could use as starter-text/fodder for this year's announcements, and to remind me of what announcements I ended up wanting to make last year.  Every year is different.  Unfortunately, the announcements page as currently available in Canvas is just not readable or helpful as a resource.  Last year was my first year using Canvas LMS, so now I'm very disappointed to learn about this lack of functionality and its consequence for me this year: extra work!