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.

Creating Announcements

In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.

Open

Click the Add Announcement button.

Open

Type a title for the announcement in the topic title field [1] and add content in the Rich Content Editor [2].

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.

Other Announcement Options

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

In the Options section, you can select various options for your announcement. You can delay the posting of your announcement [2], which allows you to schedule the announcement for a future date.

Additionally, you can allow users to comment on the announcement [3] and require students to reply to a post before seeing other replies [4].

You can also enable an announcement podcast feed [5] and allow students to like announcement replies [6].

Click the Save button.

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