COL Documentation - Add, Edit Or Remove An Announcement

To Add An Announcement

Login to COLWeb with your Campus Connection username and password.
Select the appropriate course from the >> MY CURRENT COURSES list.
Click on >> ANNOUNCEMENTS from the left-side menu.
To add an Announcement, click the ADD ANNOUNCEMENT button. On the resulting screen you will find the following sections:

Select Topic: You can use topics to group your Announcements in various categories of your choice. Select an according announcement topic from the dropdown menu or create a new topic by entering the topic name in the provided field. The newly created topic will also be added to the dropdown menu and be available next time you select a topic from the list.

Enter Announcement Details: Type Announcement title and description in the space provided.

Set Availability: Here you may specify that you do not want the Announcement to be available to your students immediately. By default the current date and time is pre-entered. Pick a later date and time if you don't want your Announcement to be visible to your students immediately. You can change the date any time when editing the Announcement. The Announcements that are currently not available to your students will show up in the list along with the following alert icon.

Attach File or Add Url: With every Announcement you can attach either a file or add an URL. The maximum size for the file is currently restricted to 20MB.

Select Pertinent Course Section(s): Here you view a list of all the course sections you are currently teaching. By default the course section(s) of the course group you are currently in are selected. Check or uncheck the sections as you prefer. Only the sections that are checked will be able to see the Announcement you are about to create.
Once you are done on this page click the SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENT button and the Announcement will be added to the Announcements list on the VIEW ANNOUNCEMENTS page. To make sure that the submission of your announcement was successfull, please check the system STATUS BAR on top of the screen for immediate feedback.

To Edit An Announcement

Click the EDIT button to the right of the Announcement you would like to modify.
On the resulting screen modify the data as preferred
Exchange or delete an ATTACHED FILE by clicking the REMOVE button next to it and attach a new file or leave it simply blank.
Further edit the data as you like and click the UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT button when done.

To Remove An Announcement

Click the REMOVE button to the right of the Announcement you would like to remove.
Your Announcement will be deleted immediately.