How to Post Announcements

Purpose

This document outlines the process of creating Announcements to broadcast information to your users. The Announcements feature will allow you to send out completely customizable messages to your team with the ability to include documents and images.

Create a New Announcement

1. Log into your Elevated account and navigate from your menu to the Settings Tab > Our Company > Announcements (Configuration).

2. On the Announcements (Configuration) screen, select Add New in the upper right hand corner.

3. Within the following screen, complete the following items based on how you'd like your announcement to appear to employees:

1. Headline - This is the title of the Announcement, and is required in order to save.
2. Body - This is where you would enter the information for the Announcement, and what will appear to the users that you select to receive it. Images and links can be entered in the Body section as well.
   
3. Active From/To - The Active section allows you to enter a Date interval for how long this particular Announcement will be active for users to see.
   
4. Countdown - This allows for a countdown timer for the announcement, and can use intervals of either Day, Hour, or Minute for the time leading up to the Announcement.
   
5. Add to Announcements Listing As - This option allows you to add this to your Announcement Listings as either Information, Warning, or Error.
   
6. Show Pop Up on Login - If this box is selected, then the Announcement will automatically appear as a pop-up when the user logs in.
   
7. Visible To - This section lets you customize who you would like this Announcement visible to, either by a specified Group, Security Profile, or Dashboard Layout.
   
8. Documents - If you would like to add any documents to the Announcement, you can upload it via this section and clicking on the specified icon.

Please Note: ONLY the users who are in the selected groups/profiles in the Visible To section will be able to see the Announcement.

Once you've saved the announcement, it will now be successfully posted to your employees!

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