An announcement is a short notice for everyone enrolled in one of your courses or live classes: a change of class time, a reminder about an assignment, new material. Students read it in their portal; they cannot reply to it.
Posting an announcement
Step 1: Open Announcements
It is in the Students group of the teacher menu. The form is headed New announcement.
Sign in to open this screenStep 2: Choose who it is for under Post for
The list has two groups: your Recorded courses and your Live Zoom classes.
Step 3: For a live class, choose the Batch
Every batch of this class sends it to all of them; or pick one batch.
Step 4: Write the Title and the Message
Say the one thing students need to know first, for example "Tomorrow's class starts at 4 pm".
Step 5: Tick Pin to the top if it should stay first
Pinned announcements stay above newer ones on the student's side.
Step 6: Choose Post announcement
You see Posted. Your students can read it now.
The form
- Post forRequired
- The recorded course or live Zoom class the announcement belongs to.
- BatchOptionalDefault: Every batch of this class
- Live classes only: one batch, or all of them.
- TitleRequired3–160 characters
- Shown in bold at the top of the announcement.
- MessageRequiredUp to 4000 characters
- Plain text. Line breaks are kept.
- Pin to the topOptional
- Keeps the announcement first in the student's list.
Where students read it
- On their Announcements page, with every course's announcements together.
- On the course page, and in the Announcements tab under a lesson in the course player.
- On a live or on-campus class's page, and in the Announcements tab of its classroom.
- Each one shows your name, the course and the date.
Removing an announcement
Posted lists what you have posted, newest first, each marked Recorded course or Live class. Remove one from there; you are asked to confirm ("Remove this announcement? Students will no longer see it."). An announcement cannot be edited: remove it and post a corrected one.
Messages you may see
Messages you might see
“You have no course or live class to post for yet.”
WhyYou are not the instructor of any course or live class.
FixCreate a course or a live class first, or ask NSDP administration to make you its instructor.
“Give the announcement a title.”
WhyThe title is shorter than 3 characters.
FixWrite a title of at least 3 characters.
“Write the announcement.”
WhyThe message is empty.
FixWrite what your students should know.
“Unable to post the announcement”
WhyThe announcement could not be saved, usually a network problem.
FixTry again. If it keeps happening, sign out and in again.
FAQ
Can students reply?
Not to the announcement itself. They can ask in the lesson's Discussion forum, or write to you privately; those messages arrive in Students → Student messages (/teacher/inbox), where you answer them.
Is it the same as a notification?
No. Notifications are worked out by the portal (a class coming up, work that is waiting). Announcements are the ones you write.
Can I post for a course I don't teach?
No. You can post only where you are the instructor. School staff can post for any course in the school.
Does a student who enrolls later see it?
Yes, as long as the announcement has not been removed: students see the announcements of the courses and classes they are enrolled in now.