Just a quick tip for instructors. Students really, REALLY appreciate it when you send them email when adding announcements to your course.
It’s dead simple too. When adding an announcement, simply check the box in Step 4. Then submit the announcement as usual.
Your students will (quietly) thank you for your consideration.
August 20th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
When making announcements that will be deployed at a specific time, can you check the box for the E-mail to be sent at that specific time as well, or will the E-mail be sent as soon as your announcement is saved?
August 21st, 2009 at 8:58 am
The email is sent immediately. The instructions in Step 4 say this plainly. “Email will be sent immediately to all course users”
If you plan to post an announcement in the future, checking the box to send would probably be more confusing than helpful to students.
August 21st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Right, basically I was wondering if you could schedule an E-mail and display of an announcement.
Thanks.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:31 am
One thing you have to keep in mind is that students cannot access info linked to an announcement through the email you send to them. I always send an email to students to notify them of announcements, but it is a big time waster for me because I inevitably get back a half dozen questions about why they cannot get the link to work.l
October 29th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
thanks for the advice