Admins can use this feature in Flex to create an “announcement” to all Flex users in their school. This announcement will show across the top of the Flex screen and can be collapsed or expanded as needed. Admins often use this feature to let their staff and students know about important information related to Flex, schedule reminders, reminders to students to register, and to let everyone know when a Flex period is canceled. Here is a video about Managing Announcements.
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Note
The Flex Support team will also use system announcements to communicate important information about system updates to Flex Admins.
Follow the steps below to create an announcement:
- From the “Announcements” screen in Flex, click “New Announcement”.
- Complete the screen as follows:
- Name: Enter a name or title for the announcement.
- Start/End Date: Enter the start and end date of the announcement.
- Message Box: Enter and format the details of the information you wish to share in the announcement. (Hyperlinks to websites, Google forms, etc. can be added here.)
- Active: Toggle defaults to being “on” but can be moved to deactivate the announcement.
- Click “Add” to add the announcement to the main list.
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Example Announcement on Student Flex Screen
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Notes on Flex Announcements
- Multiple announcements can be active at the same time.
- It is possible to create announcements ahead of time. They will not show up in Flex until the “start” date entered on the announcement.
- Announcements can be made “Inactive” by clicking the check mark in the “Active” column. (These can be found and reactivated by using the filter search.)
- Announcements can be edited or deleted (permanently) by using the icons in the “Actions” column.