How do I attach a file to an announcement in a course?
You can attach a file to an announcement for users to download.
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00:07: How do I attach a file to an announcement in a course? 00:11: In course, navigation, click the announcements link 00:15: Click the add announcement button. 00:18: Click the attach link. 00:20: Choose the file, you want to attach? 00:23: To attach the file to the announcement, click the open Button. 00:28: If required by your institution, you will need to select usage right settings 00:32: for your attachment. To manage usage, right settings, click 00:36: the set usage rights icon. 00:39: In the usage, right? Drop-down menu, select one of five usage rights. 00:44: If you are an instructor and are not sure which usage write applies to your file, please 00:48: consult your institutional admin for guidance. 00:51: The options include. I hold the copyright, original content 00:56: created by you, I have obtained permission to use the file authorized 01:00: permission by the author. The material is in the public domain. 01:03: Explicitly assigned to public domain cannot be copyrighted 01:07: or is no longer protected by copyright. 01:10: The material is subject to an exception. 01:13: Example. Fair, use the right to quote, or others under 01:17: applicable, copyright laws eggs or summary used for commentary. 01:21: News, reporting research or analysis in education. 01:24: The material is licensed under Creative. 01:27: Commons, this option also requires setting, a specific Creative, 01:31: Commons license, 01:34: If known enter the copyright holder information in the copyright holder field, 01:40: To save your usage. Right settings, click the save button, you can edit 01:44: usage right settings by clicking the set usage rights icon. 01:49: Click the publish button. 01:51: View, the attachment in the announcement. 01:54: This guide covered how to attach a file to an announcement in a course.
Open Announcements

In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.
Browse for File
Choose the file you want to attach [1]. To attach the file to the announcement, click the Open button [2].
Set Attached File Usage Rights

If required by your institution, you will need to select usage right settings for your attachment. To manage usage right settings, click the Set usage rights icon [1].
In the Usage Right drop-down menu [2], select one of five usage rights. If you are an instructor and are not sure which usage right applies to your file, please consult your institutional admin for guidance:
- I hold the copyright (original content created by you)
- I have obtained permission to use the file (authorized permission by the author)
- The material is in the public domain (explicitly assigned to public domain, cannot be copyrighted, or is no longer protected by copyright)
- The material is subject to an exception - e.g. fair use, the right to quote, or others under applicable copyright laws (excerpt or summary used for commentary, news reporting, research, or analysis in education)
- The material is licensed under Creative Commons; this option also requires setting a specific Creative Commons license
If known, enter the copyright holder information in the Copyright Holder field [3].
To save your usage right settings, click the Save button [4]. You can edit usage right settings by clicking the Set usage rights icon.