You can make announcements to students about upcoming events in one of three ways:
- Through news forum:
- In the main topic box, click the news forum icon.
- Click add a new topic.
- fill in the subject and the message to be posted.
- Click post to forum.
- Calendar Block
The Calendar block need to be added to the course. click here for adding blocks
To add an event to the calendar:- Click the month on Calendar to get an expanded month view
- In Calendar view click New Event.
- On a New Event page select the type of event.
User Event will only be visible by the user currently logged in (i.e. the one creating the event)
Group Event will be visible to a particular Group on the course (chosen from a drop-down list)
Course Event will be visible to participants on the course in question. Only users with the capability to manage calendar entries at the course level can add course events.
Site Event is a “global” event – visible in every course and on the calendar on the home page. Only users with the capability to manage calendar entries at the system level can add site events. - Set the event properties.
- Click Save changes.
- upcoming event block
The upcoming events block has to be added to the course to use it. click here for adding blocks
To use the upcoming event:- Navigate to the upcoming event block.
- Click