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Announcements

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Within the Toolbox > Announcements, you can add internal announcements within WebOffice4Schools. Users will see the announcements on the "Welcome to WebOffice4Schools" dashboard.

Manage Announcements

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Under Toolbox, select Announcements to open the Announcements screen where you can manage the announcements for your intranet dashboard.

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  1. Add Announcement: Add a new announcement. View the Add Announcement section below for more information on adding an announcement.
  2. View: By default, the option to view Current and Future Announcements will be selected. You can use the dropdown to select to view Past Announcements.
    Note: Announcements with an End Date older than 1 month ago will automatically get deleted.
  3. Announcement: Displays the announcement text.
  4. Date Range: Displays the date range that the announcement will be visible to users on the dashboard.
  5. Priority: Displays the announcement priority level.
  6. Actions: 
    1. Edit: Select to make updates to the announcement.
    2. Delete: Select to delete the announcement.

Add Announcement

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  1. Announcement: Add the text/content of the announcement.
  2. Date Range: Add the date that you would like the announcement to begin displaying and end displaying. 
  3. Sort Priority: Select the priority of the announcement. Announcements can be priority 1, 2, or 3. When displaying on the dashboard priority 1 announcements will first sort by their priority level (ie. priority 1 will always display first).
  4. Graphic Upload: If desired, you can add an image to display with the announcement.
  5. Graphic Size/Justification: If you added an image, you can choose how you would like the image to appear in relation to the announcement; small/left, small/right, large/above, or large/below.
  6. More Info Web Address: If there is additional information about the announcement, you can add a web address link to this field to have a "More Info.." link appear at the bottom of the announcement.
    • Internal (intranet) links should open in an existing browser window while any links that are leaving the intranet should open in a new browser window.

Announcement Display

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