How to create and manage announcements in your campus

The Announcements in the "Campustom" platform that allows staff members share important information with the campus community. By utilizing this module, staff members can ensure that announcements reach the intended audience and keep everyone informed about relevant updates, events, or news within the campus.

Creating announcement

Access

✓Staff

✕Student

✕Parent

1. Staff members can log in to the Campustom Dashboard and navigate to the desired campus.
2. Once on the desired campus page, use the navigational panel to locate and select the Announcements module.
3. Upon entering the Announcements module Clicking on the "New announcement" text area at the top of the page opens a form for creating a new announcement.
4. In the form, Write the content of the announcement.
5. Set the visibility of the announcement post to the following types:
   • Public: All members in the campus can view the announcement.
   • Staff: The announcement is only visible to staff members.
   • Course: The author can specify the relevant courses, and the announcement will be visible to students subscribed to those courses.
6. Images can be added to the announcement, if desired.
7. Clicking the Post button saves the announcement.

Edit announcement

Announcement authors can modify there posts by following steps:

1. Log in to the Campustom Dashboard and select the campus where your announcement is located.
2. Navigate to Announcements page using navigational panel.
3. After entering the Announcements page, identify and locate the announcement you posted you want to edit.
4. Clicking on the icon button associated with the announcement provides options, including Edit.
5. Selecting the Edit option allows staff members to make changes to the content, images, or visibility settings of the announcement.
6. After making the desired edits, staff members can save the changes by clicking the Post button.

Delete announcement post

Staff members have the ability to delete their own announcements. Super administrators and administrators have additional permissions to delete announcements posted by other staff members.

To delete announcement follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Campustom Dashboard and select the campus that you wish to manage.
2. Navigate to Announcements page using navigational panel.
3. After entering the Announcements page, identify and locate the announcement you want to delete.
4. Clicking on the icon button associated with the announcement provides options, including Delete.
5. Selecting the Delete option prompts a confirmation to ensure the staff member wants to proceed with the deletion.
6. Confirming the deletion permanently removes the announcement from the platform.