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Announcements in Canvas help an instructor reach their entire class at once. This resource allows you to disseminate important information more quickly to your students.

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Creating Announcements

In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.

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Note: The Rich Content Editor includes a word count display below the bottom right corner of the text box. View the Using the Rich Content Editor instructions for more information on the Rich Content Editor.

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Other Announcement Options

You can add an attachment to your announcement by clicking the Choose File button [1].

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Note: Unless you are using the delay posting option in Announcements, once you click Save, your announcement will immediately be posted in your course.

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Recording a Video Announcement

From your announcement text editor, choose the More External Tools option, then choose ARC.

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  1. If you’ve previously recorded a video using ARC, you can choose it from the Videos Pane.

  2. If you need to record your video, choose RECORD.

  3. If you already have a video file to upload, click ADD+.

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Recording

You can choose to Screen Capture or Webcam Capture. If you need to submit a video or audio of yourself, please choose Webcam Capture.

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