Creating, Viewing, or Editing an Announcement

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Creating, Viewing, or Editing an Announcement

On the Announcements screen:

Select NewIcon to create a new announcement.

Select View Table-View to review a selected announcement. If you need to make any changes, select Edit on the Announcement Detail screen.

Select Edit Table-Edit to make changes to a selected announcement.

Any of these options opens the Announcement Detail screen, ready for you to enter, review, or update the fields below.

Announcement Detail Screen

Figure 332: Announcement Detail Screen

To create a new announcement, select Save once you've entered all the information. Likewise, to keep the edits you've made to an existing announcement, select Save. This will return you to the list of announcements.

If you do not want to keep the edits or create a new announcement, just select Cancel to close the pop-up.

If you're reviewing a announcement, you can select Edit to make changes or you can close the pop-up window by selecting the X in the top right of the pop-up.

Announcement Fields

Created By

The Created By field shows the user name that created the announcement. When you create a new announcement, your user name is automatically selected.

Creation Date

The Creation Date is the date and time the announcement was created, this is automatically set from the server time when you selected New, not when you Save the announcement.

Expiration Date

The Expiration Date is the date the announcement will no longer display on the login screen.

Subject

The Subject is the title of the announcement.

Content

The Content field captures the actual announcement text and can be formatted as needed.