Announcements

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Have Announcement pop out of screen rather than just at top of the home page, many of my students don't look at the Announcements at the top of the screen. 

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Stef_retired
Instructure Alumni
Instructure Alumni
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wwallace
Community Explorer

This is exactly what I was thinking! I try to post an announcement for my virtual kids to get a mass message out, or when I will be out of the classroom and need to inform my in-person students of information. Having a pop-out bubble that students have to acknowledge would be super helpful. They never read the announcements at the top of home.

mr_tfarrell
Community Member

@wwallace Thats what I was thinking, as I was on my district website I thought man how helpful would this be if in my Canvas page my announcements popped out at the kids. I mostly used announcements when I am out to explain my lesson or activity. However also any important announcements from the School and/or District. I found that I am just sending a message in the Inbox which some don't see either or check. 

wwallace
Community Explorer

@mr_tfarrell Yup! Ever time I see our district announcements pop up on their website I think how much more helpful it is than a banner at the top. Even I've missed a banner before if I'm not looking out for one, and we know students don't look for that sort of thing. Hopefully Canvas takes it into consideration!

BethCrook
Community Contributor

This would be a great feature to have!  I've often overlooked the top, just out of habit when in a rush.

STARSHIP21
Community Explorer

This would be a good feature to have, the announcement format could be in a closable window in the course home when you click on the course, & maybe there could be an OK button, which basically does the same function as the X button to close the pop-up announcement. There should also be a checkbox for "don't show this again" so every time a student goes into a course, they wouldn't have to click out of the announcement every time. This announcements function could also be used for Global Announcements.

ProductPanda
Instructure
Instructure
Status changed to: Archived
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