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D2L - Add News Items
- This tutorial is operating system independent.
Overview
The following documentation will show you how to add a news item to your course home page. This item will appear within the News widget on the homepage. If for any reason you do not have a news widget you must first add the news widget to your homepage.
Step 1
From the My Courses section on My Home, select your course.
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Step 2
From the drop-down menu next to the news widget click on the + icon.
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Step 3
Within the Headline textbox type in a headline.
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Step 4
Type in your news message within the Content textbox.
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Step 5
You can add links, images as well as other media (as shown to the left) by clicking on the corresponding icons.
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Step 6
If you would like your item to display at a later date or be removed at a certain time, set these times within the Availability section.
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Step 7
If you care to add an attachment to the news item, click the Add a File button and choose the file you would like to use.
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Step 8
Click Publish.
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Step 9
If you would like to release the news based on certain conditions (such as after a student completes a quiz) choose Attach Existing or Create and Attach based on whether you have already created these conditions or not.
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Step 10
Be sure to save after you have your news item as you would like it to be and it will appear on your the course homepage.
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