D2L Communication Tools: Announcements

Announcements are a quick and easy way to broadcast messages to your students in a timely fashion. The announcement tool can enhance student accountability because they will always know what is expected of them for upcoming classes through an announcement.

 Announcements - Create an Announcement

In this video, you will learn how to create an announcement.

 Announcements - Delete and Restore Announcements

In this video, you will learn to:

• delete an announcement
• restore a deleted announcement

 Teaching Tips - Make Regular Announcements

This video provides suggestions for making regular announcements to increase communication with your students.

By default, students won't be emailed when a new announcement is added to your course. Students will need to adjust their notification settings and opt-in to receive emails for announcements. Share the video below with your students to show them how to change these settings.

 Notification Settings (for students)