In the Overview area of Home, you will see announcements from your system administrator under "Message of the Day" (MOTD). The MOTD is typically used for system-wide announcements.
View the MOTD.
![MOTD widget](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/849/646/original/c558a370-6818-4b3d-8543-7f91a4760924.png)
The Message of the Day widget appears in the Overview tool of Sakai Home.
Select Options to customize display. (Optional)
![Select Options](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/004/849/648/original/47ff70ef-3d22-448d-9c49-b5ca72cdb405.png)
Users may customize the appearance of the Message of the Day by selecting the Options tab from the Actions Menu.
MOTD Options.
![Modify MOTD options and select Update](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/005/763/327/original/e5d032ad-9b33-4747-b436-436de5cc4f06.png)
- Choose to view just the subject line or the entire body of the message (default selection) by selecting the appropriate radio button.
- Use the dropdown menu to select to view All, One, or Two lines of the message body.
- Specify how many days in the past messages should be displayed.
- Select Update to save any changes to settings.