Announcements Gadget

Use the Announcements Gadget to let your Community members know about breaking news or changes to Community plans. Announcements published to the Community page can be shared with all members immediately. 

Creating An Announcement
Click Add in the lower left corner of the gadget.  A Text Editor window will pop up, allowing you to enter the title of your announcement, the details, and the date you’d like the announcement to expire. Be sure to make your title and details as descriptive as possible so that your members can find information easily. Deciding when the announcement will expire is important so that you don’t have outdated information on your Community page.

In the Tags box, tell us more about your announcement and make it easier to find by adding words or labels, separated by a comma and a space.

You can control who can see the announcement on your Community page by choosing Public (anyone can see it, even non-members) or Private (only members of your Community can see it).

Once you’re satisfied with your announcement, click on Add to add the announcement, or Add and Share to send the announcement to members of your Community.

Sharing Announcements
Sharing announcements is a great way to instantly let your members know what’s happening in your group but you can also share announcements with others who are not group members. To share all announcements, click Share (located in the lower left side of the Announcements gadget). A new window will open, allowing you to  share in three different ways: 1) with categories of members by user role or type of user in your group (e.g. all editors); 2) with one or more group members 3) with non-group members by entering their email address.  After you’ve made your selections, click Share to send the information and close the window.

Viewing Details of an Announcement
To view the details of any announcement by clicking on the announcement headline. You'll see a short summary, followed by three links. More will open the announcement in Full Page View, Save will save it to your My Saved Content gadget on your My Page, and Share will allow you to share the announcement with others. Click the headline again to show only headline.

Editing, Deleting and Sharing an Individual Announcement
From your Community page, click on the Open in Full Page icon in the titlebar of the Announcements Gadget and a new page will open. You can now edit, delete or share any individual announcement.  Click on an announcement headline and then choose Edit, Delete or Share from the dropdown box.