The new announcement format

[Jayhawk_Prof]

I'm having an issue with the new announcement format and delayed time/date on them. It is sending me an email notification immediately when I edit them and then NOT when they go live on the delayed time/date. I've contacted my tech support, but this is vital for the majority of us.

Announcements are not discussions.

Thanks.

[clawrence6]

Our faculty are experiencing the same. 

[mjennings]

I had a report of this as well. It seems to be that the notification is sending based on role. Which means that students are not receiving the notification until the "From" date, but since other teachers/designers have access to see the announcement as soon as it is created, they get the notification immediately. I still need to test this theory, so this is just speculation at the moment. It has definitely freaked out a few of my faculty members since that is not how the delayed posting worked before the redesign was enforced.

[Jayhawk_Prof]

Thank you! I happen to have a class of just 23 this summer so I've been asking them each time I send anything out if they get it or not, but I have zero IT support. Thanks for chiming in!

[mjennings]

You're welcome. However, I just tested this in a demo course and my neither my other faculty or the student have received the announcement. I forgot to change my notifications (I am a sub-account admin and keep most of those turned off) so I plan on re-testing soon to see if it the "Announcement Created By You" that is not being delayed.

[KC1819]

Agreed - we use announcement to communicate with our entire class. Now, the students are not getting emailed or notified. 

[mjennings]

After further testing this morning I am not seeing any issues with the notifications. Neither my other instructor or my student received a mail notification until after the announcement was set to post. I am planning on a follow-up with the instructor that reported the issue to see if I can track down the difference and what may have caused the issues. I will say that the email notifications were coming 5-6 minutes after the announcement was set to release, but as long as the email is not going out earlier I don't know that that is really an issue.

[joulesmc2]

Thank you for all this discussion it was helpful! 

I have a bit of a complaint that the new format kept the old language in the help tool but "delay posting" is no longer an option and instead faculty need to use it like they use assignments. 

Hope they fix that UI piece eventually.