How to Set Announcement Post Date | Canvas

Overview

You can set new announcements to post at a certain date and time. The delayed post information also displays directly in the Announcements page. Delayed announcements are not displayed to students until the intended date and time.

Please be advised:

If you create an announcement in an unpublished course, the delay posting date must take place after the course has been published for notifications to send to those who have chosen to receive notifications for new announcements.
If an announcement is scheduled to post before the course start date and the Students can only participate in the course between these dates setting is enabled, students will not receive announcement notifications.
If you check the Delay Posting checkbox and don't set a date the announcement will post immediately.
Your course must be published for students to receive announcement notifications. Students do not receive new announcement notifications for announcements imported from another Canvas course.

Click Courses.
Click Announcements.
In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.
Add a Topic Title.
Enter the Announcement content in the Content Editor field.
In the Post to field, select the Sections to post to.
- To select specific sections for your announcement, click the Post to drop-down menu and select sections from the list provided. By default, Canvas will send your announcement to all sections within your course. If your course does not have sections, Canvas will still show the All Sections option, and all course users can view the announcement.
Under Options, select Delay posting.
Set the Post At date.
- Select the Calendar icon and set the date and time using the calendar tool. Alternatively, manually enter the date and time.
Click Save.

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How to Set Announcement Post Date | Canvas