In this tutorial we are going to explore how to communicate with students using the Announcement tool in Minerva modules and organisations. This tutorial is part of the Getting Started with Minerva training for staff and postgraduate researchers who teach, at the University of Leeds.

1. Introduction to
Communicating with
Announcements
Getting Started with Minerva
Kirsten Thompson | OD&PL, University of Leeds

2. In this tutorial we
are going to
explore how to
create and
communicate with
announcements.

3. Ensure Edit Mode is
ON.

4. Check you are on the
Announcements page.

5. Select Add
Announcement.

6. Enter a Subject
and Message for
your
announcement.

7. By default, announcements are not date
restricted but you can change that.
You can also email a copy of the
announcement immediately. This will go to all
members of the module (staff and students). If
you only want to email the announcement to
your students, don’t select the email option.
Instead, copy the message and send via the
Send Email tool in the Control Panel.

8. You can also include a Module Link with your
announcement. Select Browse to choose the
link location.
The Module Link will appear at the bottom of
the announcement message.

9. Check your
message and
then select
Submit.

10. A purple Success
receipt will appear if
your announcement
was posted.

11. Switch Edit
Mode OFF to
view the
announcement
as a student.

12. This is how the emailed
announcement appears
in Office365.

13. End