hello. re annoucements...how do i make them active ?

[RobertBohn]

how do i make the announcement i create active? 

how do  make my whole course section active ?

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello there, @RobertBohn ...

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@RobertBohn wrote:

how do i make the announcement i create active? 

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Here are a couple resources for you that should help:

• How do I add an announcement in a course?
• Announcements Overview (Instructors)

Also, if your "Announcements" course navigation menu (on the left side of your screen) has a crossed-out eye icon next to it, you may need to make that menu visible to your students.  You can do that by following the steps in this Guide: How do I manage Course Navigation links?.

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how do  make my whole course section active ?

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If you are asking about publishing a course so that your students have access to it, you can follow the steps in this Guide:

• How do I publish a course?

I hope I've interpreted your question correctly.  If I've not fully answered your questions, please provide additional information so that Community members can help you out.  Thanks much!

[Reed8W]

You can create an announcement to share important information with all users within your course and with users in sections of a course. In your notification preferences, you can choose to receive notifications for announcements created by you as well as replies to announcements you've created.
Your course must be published for students to receive announcement notifications. If you import an announcement from another Canvas course, new announcement notifications will not send to course users. More information is here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-an-announcement-in-a-course/ta-p/11...

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Thanks,

[DrNufer]

When I begin teaching a course, I meet with the students (and create an overview video) where I show them how to adjust their notifications so that they receive my announcements immediately.  I can't go in and change the settings for them, but I explain that when I push out an announcement then they are responsible for receiving it.  Most other notifications settings I leave up to them (I do recommend they either disable discussion post notifications or at most have a daily/weekly notification - every time is just too much).