Loyola Support Documentation

What is the Assignments tool?

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The Assignments tool allows instructors to create, distribute, collect, and grade online assignments.

Assignments are typically private; student submissions are not visible to other users of the site. However, the instructor has the option to enable peer evaluation of assignments if desired.

How do I delete an MOTD announcement?

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Select the Announcements tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How do I change Announcements tool permissions?

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By default, students may only read announcements that have been posted by instructors and other instructor-type roles. But permissions can be changed so that students may create, edit, delete, and even access draft versions of the announcements not yet published.

How do I view announcements?

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Announcements are displayed in several locations. You can view them from Home, from an individual course or project site, or from the Announcements tool.

How do I edit an MOTD announcement?

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Select the Announcements tool from the Tool Menu of the Administration Workspace.

How do I reorder announcements?

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Select the Announcements tool from the Tool Menu of your site.

How do I add an MOTD announcement?

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Select the Announcements tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

How do I merge announcements?

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The function to merge announcements allows for a central course to push out announcements to other courses. For example, a Nursing Program includes twenty different courses. But a single Nursing Program master course or project site could be used to push announcements out to all twenty of the Nursing Program courses. Announcements that are merged from the master course cannot be edited or deleted in the individual Nursing Program courses. Those courses could create additional announcements that would apply to their specific course only. Those would appear in addition to the announcements merged from the master course.

How do I delete an alias?

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Select the Aliases tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace.

What is the admin Announcements tool or Message of the Day (MOTD)?

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On the Gateway login page and in the Home user landing page upon login, you will see announcements from your system administrator displayed as the "Message of the Day" (MOTD). The MOTD is typically used for system-wide announcements to inform users about upcoming events or important information.  

System administrators access the MOTD functions using the Announcements tool in the Administration Workspace.