Create live and/or schedule notification announcements that can optionally sent via email as well.
Click the Announcements tab.
Click Create on the upper right corner of the page to create a message.
Specify the following settings:
a. Bold: Bold the selected text.
b. Italics: Italicize the selected text.
c. Underline: Underline the selected text.
d. URL Linking: Highlight text to link, enter the URL you want to link to in the right side panel, and select confirm.
e. Size of Text: Select Large Header, Small Header, or Paragraph size for selected text.
f. URL: Check the box and enter the URL if you want the message notification to go straight to the URL when clicking the text versus opening up the message panel and reading the message the normal way.
g. Scheduled: Check the box, enter a day, and time if you want to schedule the message to be automatically sent on that day and time. You can schedule multiple messages or even your whole convention’s messages if you desire. Do not check the box if you want your notification to go out immediately instead.
h. Email: Select NO if you do not want the message emailed in which case it will be sent via an in-system notification only. Select YES, if you want the message to send via email in addition to the system notification. Users must have their notification email setting set to YES on their profiles to receive notifications via email.
i. Pop-up: Select NO if you do not want the message to pop up and have to acknowledge on any screen the user is on it. Select YES, if you do want the notification to have to acknowledge on any screen the user is on before they can continue using the system.