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How to Create and Configure News in the Academy?

In this article, you will learn how to create, edit, and publish news in the Academy

Written by Kate

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Here, you will see a list of all created news posts with the ability to view all posts or filter only published or unpublished ones using the corresponding tabs: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

  • news title;

  • сonfirmed status;

  • number of views;

  • access settings (who the news is available to);

  • last updated date.

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:

📌 The following roles have access to create and manage news posts: Owner, Administrator, Editor, and Instructor.


📰 How to Create a News Post

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:

📌 Recommended news cover image size: 1488×566 px.

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


🔧 Access Settings

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:

You can also ask learners to confirm that they have read the news post. To do this, activate the toggle next to the Require Confirmation setting:


Once enabled, select the condition under which the learner will be able to confirm they have read the post:

  • After Scrolling Post — confirmation becomes available once the learner has scrolled through a set percentage of the post (80% by default);

  • After a Reading Timer — confirmation becomes available once the learner has spent a set amount of time on the post (30 seconds by default).


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


📝 Editing Published News Posts

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.


📊 Visual Settings for the News Section

You can customize the appearance of the News page under Visual Settings → News:


In this section, you can add a page title and description, change the banner color, and customize the confirmation button. This allows you to adapt the section to match your Academy or company branding.

The News Feed tab lets you configure:

  • title;

  • description;

  • banner color.

The News Post tab lets you change:

  • the additional message displayed next to the confirmation button;

  • button text;

  • confirmation button color;

  • button text color.

After applying all changes, click Save:


🔔 Notifications About New News Posts

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.


📑 News Statistics

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:

  • news title;

  • available to (number of learners who have access to the news post);

  • views (number of news views);

  • confirmed (number of confirmations);

  • opens (how many times the news post was opened);

  • reactions (number of reactions left by learners);

  • average reading time;

  • access settings;

  • last updated date.

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:

For news posts with read confirmation enabled, the table also includes a Confirmed column — showing the number and percentage of learners who confirmed reading relative to the number of views.

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:


📚 Learner View

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:

If read confirmation is not enabled for a news post, it is automatically marked as read as soon as it is opened.

If the administrator has enabled Require Confirmation, learners will see a pinned confirmation button while reading the post. After clicking the button, it disappears and is replaced with a Confirmed status.

📌 If a news post has already been confirmed, learners will immediately see the confirmed status without the button the next time they open it.


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:

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