Viewing Announcements as a Student

When you enter Vista, there is an icon  under the course name that alerts you when there is a new announcement available. If you miss this alert, you will see the green and white asterisk next to the Announcements tool under Course Tools, as shown in the following figure.

Select Announcements and you will see a page that displays the announcement(s). Depending on whether or not the instructor includes an end date, students may or may not be able to see the announcements throughout the semester. Students will only be able to view the announcements once they are made available.

An Example of an Announcement

Note: If the instructor has set an announcement as a pop-up, students will be able to view the announcement when they enter the course. Make sure students do not have pop-up blockers enabled in their browsers. If enabled, pop-up blockers will not allow announcements to display properly.