Create and manage announcements

Create and manage announcements

The Announcements feature allows you to broadcast important messages about your project to all or selected participants. 

• To create a new announcement:
  1. On your methinks dashboard click on the Announcements menu.
  2. Click on + Create New.
  
  3. Click on the text fields to add a title and the announcement message.
  
  
  
  4. Click on Next.
  5. Select the participants you want to send the announcement to.
  
  Select All will broadcast the announcement to all of the participants invited to your project thus far. Participants invited to the project later will also see this announcement.
  
  
  
  Selecting specific participants by checking their checkboxes will make the announcement available only for the selected participants. 
  
  
  
  Select Available to all to make the announcement available to all participants.
  
  

1. Click on Set Schedule to schedule the date and time you want to make the announcement to be broadcasted, or click on Confirm to broadcast the announcement right away.
   
   
   
   To schedule an announcement: 
   1. Click on the start date and time field to select when you want to schedule the announcement to become live.
   
   
   
   2. Select the Set End Time checkbox to enable the end time feature. Click on the end date and time field to select when you want the announcement to be removed. 
   
   
   3. Click on Confirm. 
   
   
   

• To edit an announcement:
  1. Click the three-dotted button related to the announcement you want to edit. 
  
  
  
  2. Click on Edit.
  
  
  
  3. Make the edits to the title and description.
  
  
  
  4. Click on Next.
  5. Make the participants selection.
  6. Click on Confirm.
  
  
  
• View announcement details:
  Below the announcement title and description, you can find information about how many participants the announcement was broadcasted to, and when the announcement will become online and offline. 
  
  
  
  
• To change an announcement schedule:
  1. Click the three-dotted button next to the announcement you want to change the schedule.
  2. Click on Change schedule.
  
  
  
  3. Click to make any necessary changes.
  
  
  
  4. Click on Confirm. 
  
  

• To end an announcement:
  1. Click the three-dotted button related to the announcement you want to end.
  2. Click on End Announcement. 
  
  
  
  3. Click on Confirm.
  
  
  
• To delete an announcement:
  1. Click the three-dotted button related to the announcement you want to delete.
  2. Click on Delete.
  
  
  
  3. Click on Confirm.
  
  
• To have a complete view of an announcement:
  1. Click on the top of the announcement you want to view all details about.
  
  
  
  2. When finished, click on the x icon. 
  
  
  

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