Create announcements for your students and families

Teachers can create announcements that can be viewed on the Home page:

• in the Student portal a view in Aspen where authorized parents and students can access student data, including attendance, assignments, conduct incidents, and grades by students currently enrolled in one of the teacher's courses.
• in the Family portal by family members whose student is currently enrolled in one the courses.

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You can determine the specific course sections that can view the announcement.

To create section-specific announcements:

1. Log on to the Staff view.
2. On the Home page, click Edit in the Announcements widget.
3. Click New, or highlight an existing announcement and then click Edit. The Announcement pop-up appears. It contains two sub-tabs: Content and Visibility.

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4. On the Content sub-tab, do the following:
• Type or edit the Start date, indicating the first day you want the announcement to appear.
• Type or edit the End date, indicating the last day you want the announcement to appear.
• Type or edit the text of your announcement in the Content box.

5. Click the Visibility sub-tab, and select the course sections that you want this announcement to appear for.

   

6. Click Save. The announcement you created or modified appears in the Announcements widget on the Home page.

   Note: To change the order of an announcement item in the Announcements widget, highlight its name, then click either Up or Down. To delete an announcement, highlight it and then click Delete.