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Announcements

Title

College-Specific Announcements

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Scenario

An announcement needs to be made for all users at South inside of Canvas.

  1. Log into (canvas.seattlecolleges.edu) using an administrator account with permission to create announcements. (Success)
     
  2. Create District Announcement
    1. Navigate to the District's Announcement page.  (Success)
    2. Create a District-wide Announcement viewable by all users.  (Success)
       
  3. Create South-Specific Announcement
    1. Navigate to South's Sub-Account Announcements page. (Success)
    2. Create a South-Specific Announcement viewable by all South users.  (Success)
       
  4. Create North-Specific Announcement
    1. Navigate to North's Sub-Account Announcements page. (Success)
    2. Create a North-Specific Announcement viewable by all North users. (Success)
       
  5. Create Central-Specific Announcement
    1. Navigate to Central's Sub-Account Announcements page.  (Success)
    2. Create a Central-Specific Announcement viewable by all Central users. (Success)
       
  6. Log out of Canvas.  (Success)
     
  7. Test South Faculty Member
    1. Log into (canvas.seattlecolleges.edu) as a South faculty member.  (Success)
    2. Confirm District-wide Announcement displays. (Success)
    3. Confirm South-Specific Announcement displays. (Success)
    4. Log out of Canvas. (Success)
       
  8. Test North Faculty Member
    1. Log into (canvas.seattlecolleges.edu) as a North faculty member. (Success)
    2. Confirm District-wide Announcement displays. (Success)
    3. Confirm North-Specific Announcement displays. (Success)
    4. Log out of Canvas. (Success)
       
  9. Test Faculty who has Central and North courses
    1. Log into (canvas.seattlecolleges.edu) as a faculty who has courses at both Central and North. (Success)
    2. Confirm District-wide Announcement displays. (Success)
    3. Confirm Central-Specific Announcement displays. (Success)
    4. Confirm North-Specific Announcement displays. (Success)
    5. Log out of Canvas. (Success)

Test Information

  • Tester: Kevin Bowersox-Johnson
  • Test Date: June 17, 2022

Things to Do/Update

  • None

Additional Notes

  • If the user is only enrolled in a course in only one of the college's sub-account, Canvas uses that sub-account's theming.

  • If the user is enrolled in courses from multiple colleges' within our district, Canvas will default to the district theme.