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title: "Creating Announcements in Ultra Course View"
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This article is intended for instructors looking to send announcements using the HuskyCT announcements tool in Ultra.

# **Overview**

Announcements are one of the primary course communication tools that instructors can use in Ultra.

- Announcements are intended as 1-directional communications that go out to all course users.
- New announcements appear as a pop-up when students access the course after an announcement has been posted.
- Students can subsequently view announcements from the Announcements tab.

> ⚠️ Announcements are **NOT** automatically sent to student emails. This options must be selected before the announcement is posted


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# **Video Instructions**

> Macro (iframe)

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# **Creating Announcements**

1. Navigate to your HuskyCT site.
2. On the top navigation menu, click** Announcements**.** **
  
3. Click the plus sign in the upper right hand corner.
  
4. The **New Announcement** window will appear.
5. Enter the **Title** and **Message** in their respective fields. Additionally, you may check **Send an email copy to recipients** and/or **Schedule Announcement**.
  
6. Once the announcement is finished, either click **Post **to post the announcement, or you can also Save draft.  See the section below for more on Posting after saving.   ** **
  

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# **Posting Announcements After Saving As a Draft**

Unless an announcement is scheduled or posted immediately, the saved draft won’t be published to students until the instructor posts it. The draft will be visible only to the instructor.

1. The draft of the announce will be shown on the announcement page with the icon of megaphone with slash.
2. To the right of the announcement name, click **Post**.** **
  

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# **Scheduling Announcements**

1. Complete steps 1-5 above, and check the box next to **Schedule Announcement.**
  
2. Set a **Show on** and/or **Hide on** date by checking the box next to the desired option, and entering a date and time.
  
3. Once the announcement is ready to be posted, click **Post**.
  

> ℹ️ For more information or assistance with HuskyCT, please contact the** Educational Technology Office** at [edtech@uconn.edu](mailto:edtech@uconn.edu) or **(860) 486-5052 **