How do I delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course?

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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.

Notes:

• If you create an announcement in an unpublished course, the availability date must take place after the course has been published for notifications to send to those who have chosen to receive notifications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.
• 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.

00:07: How do I delete posting an announcement until a specific date in a course? 00:12: In course navigation click the announcements link 00:16: Click the add announcement button. 00:19: To make your announcement available on a specific date or during a specific date range 00:23: enter the dates in the available from field and until field or 00:27: click the calendar icon to select dates. 00:31: To add a time click the time drop down menu. 00:33: You can enter a time or select a time from the drop-down menu. 00:38: To reset the date and time Fields click the reset button. 00:42: You are not required to enter dates in both of these fields. 00:44: So if you want to delay your posting, but do want your post to appear indefinitely. 00:48: You can leave the until field blank. 00:52: Click the publish button. 00:55: View the delayed post information in the announcement. 00:58: This guide covered how to delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course.

Open Announcements

In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link.

Add Announcement

Click the Add Announcement button.

Add Availability Dates

To make your announcement available on a specific date or during a specific date range, enter the dates in the Available From field [1] and Until field [2], or click the calendar icons to select dates [3].

To add a time, click the Time drop-down menu [4]. You can enter a time or select a time from the drop-down menu.

To reset the date and time fields, click the Reset button [5].

You are not required to enter dates in both of these fields, so if you want to delay your posting but do want your post to appear indefinitely, you can leave the Until field blank.

Notes:

• The Available From date is also the date the announcement is published.
• If there is no Until date, the announcement remains visible.
• Once the Until date is reached, the announcement is no longer visible to students.

Save Announcement

Click the Save button.

View Announcement

View the delayed post information in the announcement.