How to View and Manage Announcement Replies

Instructions

1. In the Course Navigation Menu, click the Announcements link.

2. Click the name of an announcement.

3. In an announcement, you have several options to view and sort announcements. Use the Search Field [1] to search for replies or specific authors. To filter by unread replies, click the Unread button [2]. To show or hide deleted replies, click the Show button [3]. You can also collapse and expand [4] all announcement replies.

4. To manage the announcement, click the Options icon [6]. Announcement Options allow you to mark all existing posts (replies) as read, delete the announcement, and close the announcement for comments.

5. You can view the number of unread and total replies in the thread [7]. The number on the left indicates unread replies, while the number on the right indicates the total number of replies.

6. Announcement replies are shown in order of post date. New and unread replies are indicated by a solid dot [1]. Read replies are indicated by an empty dot [2]. When you navigate away from the Announcement or refresh the page, the sold dots will change to empty dots, indicating the replies are read.

7. When viewing announcement replies, you can collapse and expand individual announcement replies by hovering over the top of the box containing the entire reply and clicking the collapse icon [1]. When an announcement reply is collapsed, you can view the reply indicators showing the number of unread and total replies [2].

8. To edit or delete a student’s reply, click the More Options button, then select the Edit or Delete links [3].

9. You can reply to any other reply in the announcement by clicking the Reply button.