Announcements

module overview the announcements module enables group leaders docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb to create and publish announcements the published announcements are posted to the global feed on the affinities docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb homepage and the announcements tab on the group docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb page the basics how to create an annoucement click on the create announcement button in the upper right corner of the announcements module docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb to open the new annoucement editor enter a title for your announcement enter the body of your announcement in the description window use the toolbar (indicated in the image above) to format your text and add dividers, links, or images use the chapters docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb dropdown to select the chapter for the announcement, or leave it blank to publish for all chapters tick the custom reply to email checkbox under other options to designate an inbox to receive replies to the announcement click upload files to add up to 3 attachments to the annoucement supported file types are pdf xls xlsx ppt pptx doc docx png jpeg jpg click save draft to save your annoucement and continue on to publishing filter types filter by state \<font color="#000000">published \</font> announcements currently published to the platform draft/not published announcements that have been created but are not published filter by allows you to choose announcements by chapter docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb year shows all announcements for the selected year how to publish a draft annoucement locate the draft announcement to be managed by using the filters at the top of the announcements page click the action menu (three vertical dots) to see the action items edit use this action to edit the draft get shareable link allows user to copy the link to the draft announcement for sharing with other group leaders email review this action allows the creator and other leaders to review the announcement via email before publishing clicking this opens an email review window where reviewers can be selected from a dropdown or their email addresses can be manually added a note for reviewers can also be included once submitted, the announcement is sent as an email only to the creator and selected users publish this action brings up the publish annoucement window to publish the annoucement indicate where you would like the annoucement to publish this platform only this will publish to the annoucements tab email this will send emails as well as publishing to the platform indicate when you would like the annoucement to publish now publishes the annoucement immediately schedule for later allows user to select a future date and time for the annoucement to be automatically published clone make an exact copy of the draft announcement export download a json file that can be imported to another group's announcements to facilitate easy announcement sharing delete this action permanently deletes the annoucement from the platform how to manage a published annoucement click the action button docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb associated with the published annoucement you will be presented with available options for the published annoucement pin annoucement this action places the selected annoucement at the top of the communications posted to the annoucements tab it will remain at the top until unpin annoucement is selected from the action menu edit this action allows you to edit the published annoucement share by email this action allows the annoucement to be emailed to other people in your organization by entering in up to 10 email addresses get shareable link docid 8gtqn7ofvnbnhzmpslsfb this action displays a direct link to the annoucement that can be shared with other users click "copy" to copy the link to your clipboard and paste into the desired area email tracking allows user to see how many emails were sent out, how many unique recipients opened the email, and how many people clicked any associated links within the annoucement clone make an exact copy of the announcement export download a json file that can be imported to another group's announcements to facilitate easy announcement sharing delete permanently deletes the annoucement from the platform configuration options enable/disable module enable/disable email tracking enable/disable url tracking enable/disable announcement disclaimer enable/disable default annoucement disclaimer set announcement disclaimer enable/disable analytics enable/disable email review before publishing enable/disable announcements posting in global feed enable/disable comments enable/disable likes enable/disable announcements showing in home feed enable/disable media upload for comments enable/disable attachments reporting navigate to the reports tab locate "download annoucements report" click the link to download the report as a csv file