Announcements and Notifications Overview
The Announcements and Notification feature provides ways to communicate information to users on the platform. Notifications can be adjusted for receipt of relevant updates through channels a user prefers. Announcements are communicated in three ways:
- Notices are used to provide important information to users.
- Alerts are used to provide urgent information to users.
- Emergency Announcements are used to provide urgent emergency information to users.
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Announcements Capabilities
- Notices are issued to a user's Activity feed.
- Notices may be sent using a notification, email, or SMS text message.
- Notices can be set to send to specific roles in the portal.
- Alerts are issued to the top of a user's Activity feed.
- Alerts may be sent using a notification, email, or SMS text message.
- Emergency Announcements are issued to the top of a user's Activity feed and above all other Alerts.
- Emergency Announcements may be sent using a notification, email, or SMS text message.
Notifications Capabilities
- Notifications can be adjusted for preferred channels.
- Notifications preferences can be set for Comments, likes & mentions, Posts, Messages, Groups, Events, Connections, Pages, and Tools.
Announcements Navigation
Notices
Global Menu > Announcements > Notice
Alerts
Global Menu > Announcements > Alert
Emergency Announcements
Global Menu > Announcements > Emergency
Notifications Navigation
Portal > Notifications
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