From the Course Page, Click "Announcements and Forums".

For additional features, Click "Advanced".

Optionally, insert files from the toolbar into the message itself.

Optionally, insert additional files as an attachment by dragging and dropping here.

Optionally, click "Pinned" to keep this message at the top of the forum.

Optionally, set a display start date to schedule the announcement into the future.

Click "Send forum post notifications with no editing-time delay" if you want to instantly send the message to subscribed emails without a 30-minute delay to edit the message.

Send forum post notifications with no editing-time delay

Click "Post to forum" to save changes and return to the forum page.

Check that the newly created post has been made.

Add an announcement