Create or edit an announcement

Use the Announcements widget to post information about class-, school-, view- and district-wide news and events. Only individuals with proper privileges can create, edit, and delete announcements.

This box expands to hold any amount of text, but lengthy announcements will shrink the size of the other boxes on the page. On a school page, announcements are sometimes used for Aspen-specific announcements. On a teacher page, announcements can be used for class-specific information and news.

Learn how to allow a user role to create announcements and how to add a widget to a Page.

To create or edit an announcement:

1. Log into the District, Intermediate Organization, School, Staff, Health, Build, Special Education or Personnel view.
2. On the Home page, click Edit in the Announcements widget.

3. Click New, or highlight an existing announcement and then click Edit. The Announcement pop-up appears. It contains two sub-tabs: Content and Visibility.

4. On the Content sub-tab, do the following:  
• Type or edit the Start date, indicating the first day you want the announcement to appear.
• Type or edit the End date, indicating the last day you want the announcement to appear.
• Type or edit the text of your announcement in the Content box using the rich text editor.

5. Click the Visibility sub-tab.

6. Do one of the following:
• At Views, select the checkboxes for the views where the announcement will appear.

  Note: Select the Students checkbox if you want students to be able to view the announcement using the Student portal a view in Aspen where authorized parents and students can access student data, including attendance, assignments, conduct incidents, and grades. Select the Family checkbox if you want parents to be able to view the announcement using the Family portal.

• At Additional Filters (Optional), determine which schools and staff types can view the announcement. At the Schools field, click All for all users at all schools to view the announcement; or click to display the announcement for only users associated with specific schools. At the Staff Types field, click All for all staff members to view the announcement. Or, click Selected and specify the types of staff members who can view the announcement on the pop-up.
7. Click Save. The announcement you created or modified appears in the Announcements widget on the Home page.

   Note: To change the order of an announcement item in the Announcements widget, select its name to highlight it, then click either Up or Down. To delete an announcement, select it to highlight its name, and then click Delete.