\chapter{Announcements}

It is possible to publish announcements to users. There are two types of announcements. 
A Public Announcement is visible to all authenticated users. 
A User Specific Announcement is only visible to a single user. 

\section{Public Announcements}
Visible to all authenticated users on the Dashboard page. The announcement is displayed in a thin red strip with yellow fonts.

\subsection{How to Add/Remove a Public Announcement}

\begin{enumerate}
    \item Go to Admin > Announcements > Public
    \item Click the CREATE button
    \item Type in the announcment
    \item Select "Is Active"
    \item Click SAVE
\end{enumerate}

HINT: If there is a previously written inactive announcment which will not be used again, you can simply edit it and select Active to recycle it.

\section{User Specific Announcements}
Visible to just a single (specific) user. The announcement is also shown in a thin red strip with yellow fonts. If there is an active public announcement, the user announcment will be placed dirrectly below it.

\subsection{How to Add/Remove a User Specific Announcement}
\begin{enumerate}
    \item Go to Admin > Users > All Users
    \item Locate the user to which you want to add the announcment
    \item Click their name to load the user detail view 
    \item Scroll down to User announcments
    \item Click the CREATE button
    \item Type in the announcment 
    \item Click SAVE
\end{enumerate}

When the user sees their announcement, they will see a [confirm] link. Clicking confirm clears the announcment from their dashboard. It also provides feedback to the administrators informing them that the user has seen the announcment.

