Create an announcement

Goal

Highlight important messages to members in a timely and simple, yet, effective way.

Example

Getting started

  1. Prepare your announcement message and the date range it should be visible for.
  2. Sign-in to RASNet.
  3. Navigate to announcements.

Create an announcement

  1. Add a title, this will not be visible on the announcement.
  2. Add the announcement content, this is the message that will be visible to the members.
  3. Provide a URL if necessary, it isn't required. If you do, an icon will appear at the end of the message allowing readers to follow-through to another web page.
  4. Add a publish on date, this is required.
  5. Add a remove after date, this is required.
  6. If you want to publish, select yes. Only published announcements will become visible.
  7. Save the announcement.
  8. Preview the announcement on the dashboard to ensure it looks correct.

Best practices and tips

  1. Try to keep your announcement as short as possible. Don't add formatting (e.g. enter spaces) that will make it overly big.
  2. Use links to other information to keep the announcement brief.
  3. Announcements can be used to highlight other communications on the RASNet dashboard e.g. events and anything from the communications centre.