online learning@ECU

Using Announcements in MyECU

Use announcements to post important messages and information such as deadlines, changes, corrections, clarifications, and schedules. Announcements are seen by students when they first log into MyECU on the Welcome to MyECU tab and by default when they enter their unit or community site (but this can be changed.)

How to Add an Announcement?

• Click on the Control Panel on the left side of the site.
  
  
  
• Click on the Announcements link under the Unit Tools section to open the Announcement page.
  
  
  
• Click on the Add Announcement button on the left top of this page.
  
  
  
• In the Announcement Information section.
  
  
  
• Fill in a descriptive title in the Subject field.
• Fill in the text in the Message field. You can use the tools on the top of the Message field to edit the text.
• In the Options section, 
• If you want the announcement to be permanent, choose Yes for the option of Permanent announcement. Once a permanent announcement is no longer needed, it can be removed manually (see below).
• In the Unit Link section, you can add an internal link to an announcement. By doing so, you can easily direct your students to another part of your site from an announcement. If you do not want to add a link here, just leave it blank. To add a link,
• Click on Browse button to open the Select Unit Link window.
• Click on the item you want to link.
• Click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

How to Modify or Delete an Existing Announcement?

• Go to Announcements page by clicking on the Announcements link under the Unit Tools section in the Control Panel page.
• To delete an announcement, click the Remove button at the right side of each announcement. NB: Removing an announcement is irreversible.
• To edit an announcement, click on the Modify button to open the Modify Announcement page.
• Modify the announcement.
• Click the Submit button to save the change.