The ability to edit Global Announcements

[mickey_richards]

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It would be nice to also be able to edit a Global Announcement.  Currently If you mess up, you have to recreate the announcement instead of just going in and editing the misspelled word.

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[Renee_Carney]

Love this idea.  As an admin I found this to be a tedious process too!

[Chris_Hofer]

Would really like to be able to edit Global Announcements.  I've messed up announcements I've posted (more than I want to admit), so I have to copy the text to my clipboard, delete the announcement, create a new announcement, and paste in the text.  Time could be saved by having a way to edit existing announcements.

[marthazumack]

I agree! I've found that the formatting of announcements when published has not always matched what it appears when editing, as well, so at times I've had to delete and create a new announcement multiple times!

[snugent]

Agree with everybody here. I had to create an announcement once that had to have an image in it. I had to go through the similar process that students do when they want to embed an image in discussion. Very awkward process.

[kbesaw]

Several schools I work with would find this helpful as well.

[kona]

I agree with everyone that this would be a nice time saver. I've often made a silly mistake and had to completely recreate a global announcement.

[dwillmore]

This will get my vote.

[cms_hickss]

I would also like a "Preview" button that allows me to see the announcement and edit it before it's saved and posted. That way any changes or typos can be corrected before users (teachers and students) in the system have seen it and dismissed/removed it from their feed.

[John_Lowe]

+1 for the Preview suggestion as well.

[buellj]

Oh yes - it is such a pain to correct mistakes on global announcements now.