During the learning process, there are often situations when you need to quickly communicate important updates, announcements, or additional information to learners. That is exactly why you can use the News & Updates section — a dedicated space for publishing news, announcements, and important messages. This section allows administrators to easily keep learners informed about updates, events, and new opportunities in the Academy.

To access the creation and management of news posts, go to the Content section → News & Updates tab:

Here, you will see a list of all created news posts with the ability to view all posts or filter only published or unpublished ones using the corresponding tabs:

In the news list table, you can view the following information:

By clicking the three dots menu, you can also open the news settings or delete the news using the corresponding options:

If you want to find a specific news post, you can use the search feature by clicking the search icon:

To create a new news post, click the Create News Post button:

Next, you can add the news title and the main content of the post:

The news editor is based on the lesson editor, allowing you to add any type of content, including text, images, videos, and more. Optionally, you can also add a cover image or choose a background color for the cover:

After adding the title, content, and cover image, make sure to click Save:

For each news post, you can separately configure who will have access to it. To do this, open the Settings section in the left-side menu:

If the field is inactive, click the Edit button in the bottom-right corner and confirm the action:

After that, you can choose whether the news post will be available to all learners or only to selected learners or teams:

To select specific learners or teams, enable the toggle and click Add Learners:

In the window that opens, add learners or select teams that should have access to the news post. Then click Add:

You can also enable or disable the ability for learners to leave reactions to the news post. To do this, activate the toggle next to the Reactions setting:

Once all settings are configured, publish the news post by enabling the corresponding toggle and clicking Save:

If you edit an already published news post, the system will display a warning:

Until the changes are saved, learners will continue to see the previous version of the news post, and the new changes will not be displayed. Updates become visible only after clicking the save button.

You can customize the appearance of the News page under Visual Settings → News. Here, you can add a page title and description, as well as change the banner color. This allows you to adapt the section to match your Academy or company branding:

After applying all changes, click Save:

You can also configure notifications for learners both on the platform and via email when a new news post is published. To do this, navigate to Academy → Notification Settings:

Click Add New Notification and select the event “News Published”:

After configuring all settings, click Save:

Once the news post is published, learners will receive notifications according to the configured settings.

Detailed analytics are available for each news post. To access them, go to the News Posts statistics section:

Here, you will see a table containing the following information:

By clicking the three dots next to a specific news post, you can navigate to content editing or settings using the corresponding options:

To view detailed analytics, open the statistics page for a specific news post by clicking on it:

To quickly find a specific news post in the statistics section, use the search feature:

You can also export data in CSV or XLSX formats by clicking the three dots menu and selecting the desired format:

After publishing the first news post, learners will see a separate News & Updates tab in the platform navigation. If there are unread news posts, the number of unread items will be displayed next to the icon:

The news list displays cards containing the cover image, title, author, and publication date. News posts are automatically sorted by newest first.

To open a news post, learners simply need to click on it:

After opening a news post, it is automatically marked as read. Learners can also interact with news posts by leaving reactions if this feature has been enabled in the settings. Each learner can leave one reaction per news post: