{"id":892,"date":"2024-08-08T14:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T14:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/moodle-announcements-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:03:40","slug":"moodle-announcements-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/2024\/08\/08\/moodle-announcements-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Moodle Announcements Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"Each Moodle course has a default forum called Announcements. This is not like most forums, it is a one-way communication tool for the instructor to relay information to students.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nYou will find the <strong>Announcement<\/strong>\u00a0tool\u00a0at the top of your Moodle course page. The icon will look like this:\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-6484\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-3.02.07-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\nThis is not an actual forum, but rather is a unidirectional communication tool for course announcements.\n\nAnything that is posted to the Announcement tool will automatically be emailed to all registered students in your course list.\n\n<strong>NOTE: The announcements will NOT be emailed out to students if your course page is hidden!<\/strong>\n\n(to make your course visible to students, follow these steps: <a href=\"index.php\/course-content\/setting-your-course-to-visible\">Making Your Course Visible to Students<\/a>)\n\nTo create a course announcement, first click on the announcement icon, this will take you directly into the announcement tool.\n\nFrom here, you can click on\u00a0<strong>Add Discussion Topic<\/strong>.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/add_discussion_topic-f24.png\" width=\"490\" height=\"198\" data-path=\"local-images:\/New Theme 4.1\/add_discussion_topic.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/add_discussion_topic-f24.png 490w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/add_discussion_topic-f24-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>\n\nYou will then be able to compose your message as you would an email. Give the <strong>subject a title<\/strong>, and then <strong>type in your message<\/strong>. Once you are ready to send this message out to students, you may then hit\u00a0<strong>Post to Forum<\/strong>.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-890\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_message_nt-c94.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"784\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_message_nt-c94.png 784w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_message_nt-c94-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_message_nt-c94-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/>\n\nOnce you click on\u00a0<strong>Post to Forum<\/strong>, the message will be emailed out to students. As mentioned this is a one-way communication tool, so the students will receive the email but will not be able to reply to the message.\n\nOnce you have your message posted, it will remain on Moodle, under the Announcements section. This will allow students to refer back to all messages throughout the term. You will see options under your message such as reply, note that only you as the instructor will be able to reply to messages here. Students are not able to respond to these announcements in Moodle.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-891\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_post_nt-d36.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"847\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_post_nt-d36.png 847w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_post_nt-d36-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/09\/forum_post_nt-d36-768x121.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Moodle course has a default forum called Announcements. 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