How to schedule reoccuring announcements in Canvas?

[whunt]

Hi!

I'm sending out announcements for a group I'm in, but it's the same message each day for every week. Is there a way I can make messages reoccuring so I don't have to go back and schedule to send them every day?

Thank you for help in advance!

Will Hunt

[Bobby2 · Accepted solution]

Hi  @whunt  Welcome to the Canvas Community.

Great question. 

here's the Canvas Guide about how to add an announcement https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10422-415250735 but it misses the recurring detail.

So...

Here is greater detail about how to make a recurring announcement.

Canvas Feature: Recurring Events in the Calendar – Learning Design at Dartmouth 

Sing out if you need a hand.

[GeoffreyWheeler]

This has the limitation that it won't show up on the student's Dashboard in Card View.

[kmcgrath]

A recurring calendar event is not the same as an announcement.  My college requires that online/remote classes send out an announcement when weekly office hours open - any suggestions on THAT?  Thanks in advance!

[GeoffreyWheeler]

Do you need to send out a different announcement every week?  Or just one at the beginning of a term? Do office hours change every week?

[kmcgrath]

The same announcement at the same time every week.

[GeoffreyWheeler]

This is a work-around.  Edit your existing announcement and Save it.  It should appear at the top of the announcement stack.

If you want it to appear every Monday at 7 am: on Friday afternoon edit it, check "Delay posting" and a calendar selection box will appear. Choose the date and time you want the announcement to appear. Save it.

You'll need to re-post (Save) your announcement every week but you won't need to recreate it.