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Using the Announcement Board Widget
Using the Announcement Board Widget

The Announcement Board lets you post information and content that appears on the home page of your Learners' interface.

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Written by Catherine Wnuk
Updated over a week ago

Navigate to the Branding tab and click on New Learner Interface Settings.

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Scroll down to Learner Dashboard Widgets and make sure the Announcement Board widget is enabled. If necessary, use the ⬆ and ⬇ buttons to change where the widget will appear on the Learner home screen. Finally, click on Edit Cards to add an announcement.

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On the next page, there are several settings you can use to customize the announcement.

  1. Active Announcement Card: This option determines whether the card is visible to users. Turn this off to hide a card.

  2. Announcement Dismiss Date on Learner Homepage: Choose how the card can be removed. Currently only manual deletion is supported, with more options being added in the future.

  3. Announcement Category (A): Title/category text that is displayed at the top of an announcement card.

  4. Announcement Description (B): The main text that is used for the announcement's body.

  5. Upload Image/Video (C): This image or video will be displayed on the announcement card.

  6. URL (D): Enter the URL that the announcement button should link to.

  7. URL Label (D): Customize the button's text.

  8. Announcement Card Visibility: Shows which Groups can currently view the announcement and toggles the Card Visibility settings panel.

  9. Card Visibility Configurator: Use the checkboxes to select the Groups that the announcement will be visible to.

  10. Update: Use this button to save your changes.

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A. Announcement Category

B. Announcement Description

C. Announcement Image/Video

D. URL/URL Label

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Once you're done, just click Update to save your changes and repeat for any other announcements you want to post.

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