Add an announcement

1. On the Course Home, click Create Announcement in the Announcements area below the assignments calendar.

2. Enter a Subject line.

   This text appears in the announcements list on the students' Course Home. If you send the announcement as email to students, it is also the subject line of the email they receive.

3. Enter announcement text, which students see when they open the announcement or email.

4. [Optional] Format text and insert hyperlinks or special characters with the HTML editor, as shown below.

   Procedure	Steps
   Insert or edit a hyperlink For example, you can use a hyperlink to link to a school website or another location.	Enter text that will appear as a link, and highlight it. Right-click and select Insert/edit link. Alternatively, click  Insert/edit link on the toolbar. Enter the URL for the link, beginning with http:// for a public web page. Choose whether you want the target to open in the same window or a new window (new is usually preferable). [Optional] Add a title or class. Click Insert.
   Remove a hyperlink (unlink)	Select the link text. Right-click and select Unlink. Alternatively, click  Unlink on the toolbar.
   Insert a special character	Click  Special Characters on the toolbar to view available characters. Click the character to enter.

5. [Optional] To see the announcement as students will see it in the Course Home, click Preview.

   If necessary, click the Edit button to make changes.
   

6. [Optional] To print the announcement, click Preview, and then click Print in the upper right.
   

7. Click Post Now.

   The announcement appears labeled as in each student's Course Home until the student opens the announcement.
   

Before you post the announcement, select Also send as email.

Doing so sends a copy of the announcement to students, section instructors, and yourself.

Announcements you send as email show your first and last name in the "From" field, but show mastering@pearsoncmg.com as the address.

If you send announcements as email: Let students know that the sender address is mastering@pearsoncmg.com, and suggest that they add this address to their list of approved senders so your mail isn't blocked.

If students reply to announcements email: Their responses are sent to your primary email account, as defined by your user account.

To see registered students who will receive email: Click

Manage Course > Roles and Enrollment Status.

1. Do one of the following:

   • On the Course Home page, click the Subject of the announcement to edit.
   • From the Preview window, click the Edit button.
     

2. Make the necessary edits or click Delete in the lower right and click OK to confirm.

3. Choose whether to send the edited text to students, and click Post Now.
   

Only the five most recent announcements appear on the Course Home page.

• To see all announcements, click View All.
• To sort all announcements alphabetically by subject, click the Subject heading.
• To sort all announcements by the time sent, click the Date Posted heading.

• Overview
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• Prerequisites; what the students should know before taking this course
• Office hours
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• What Mastering does
• Other tutorial help students can use
• Exam and grade information

• Readings
• Mastering assignments
• Availability and folder location of documents, videos, and audio files that you provide to students in the Course Materials area
• Other work

If you assign Learning Catalytics sessions outside of class, students don't see these assignments in their Assignments list. Mastering announcements are a good way to communicate details of these or other Offline Activities, and to remind students of due dates.

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