Course Announcements let you post updates with rich content directly inside Courses. Your learners see them in a dedicated announcements area, and you can choose to email them too. It gives you one central place to share launches, new lessons, reminders and important notices. It also reaches learners right where they already study.
What are Course Announcements?
Course Announcements are updates you publish from the Courses admin. They appear inside your learners' course experience. Each announcement supports:
Rich content: formatted text, images and links.
Flexible targeting: send to learners of a specific course or across all courses.
Optional email notifications: also send the announcement to course members by email.
A dedicated learner experience: an announcement banner, an unread indicator in the top bar, an announcements list and an announcement detail page.
Key benefits of Course Announcements
Keep learners informed: Share updates without relying on email blasts alone.
One central place: Post launches, new lessons, reminders and important notices where learners already study.
Higher engagement: Announcements show up in the app, so more learners actually see them.
Full admin workflow: Create, edit, clone and delete announcements, with a clean reading experience for learners.
How to create and manage Course Announcements
Step 1 - Open Courses → Announcements
Go to Memberships → Courses → Products.
Click Announcements in the top-right of the Products page.
Step 2 - Create a new announcement
On the Announcements page, click + New announcement.
Enter a clear Title for your announcement.
Step 3 - Add rich content and choose your courses
Use the rich text editor to add formatted text, images and links to the body of your announcement.
Choose your targeting. Send the announcement to learners of a specific course, or to all courses.
Step 4 - Turn on email notifications (optional)
If you'd like course members to also get the announcement by email, enable email notifications.
Click Publish to send the announcement.
Step 5 - Manage your announcements
From the Announcements list you can view, edit, clone and delete announcements. Use the Sent to and Date range filters, or the search box, to quickly find a specific announcement.
How learners see announcements
Once an announcement is published, learners can find it inside the Client Portal or course experience through:
An unread indicator and announcement icon in the top bar.
An announcements list showing all updates for their courses.
An announcement detail page with the full rich content, opened without leaving their learning experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Where do I create course announcements?
From the Courses admin. Go to Memberships → Courses → Products and click Announcements.
Q. Can I send an announcement to more than one course?
Yes. You can target learners of a specific course or send to all courses.
Q. Do learners get an email for every announcement?
Only if you enable email notifications for that announcement. Email is optional. Announcements always appear in the app either way.
Q. Can I add images and links to an announcement?
Yes. Announcements support rich content, including formatted text, images and links.
Q. Can I edit or reuse an announcement after publishing?
Yes. From the Announcements list you can edit, clone or delete any announcement.
Q. How do learners know there's a new announcement?
Learners see an unread indicator and announcement icon in the top bar, plus a banner. They can open the announcements list and detail page to read the full update.