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Announcements

By default, the “Announcements” portlet displays official Yale University notices. If you are logged in to YaleInfo, you can click the ‘Manage Topics’ button to determine which campus groups and offices you'd like to receive announcements from. Students can also publish their own Announcement Topics to which other YaleInfo users can subscribe.

To publish your own announcements:

1. In the Announcements portlet, select ‘Manage Topics.’ Select ‘Add New Topic.’ From there, you will be prompted to set up an Announcements Topic. After completion, the topic will appear in the Topic List under ‘Manage Topics.’
2. To add an announcement to your topic, click on ‘Manage Topics.’ Click on the name of the topic you created (clicking on topics you didn't create will not allow you to add an announcement to that topic). Select ‘New Announcement’ and complete the form. Be sure to include an expiration date on your announcement.
3. In order to subscribe to announcements published by another student or staff member, you must know the Topic ID. Contact the person who publishes the announcements; they can find the Topic ID for their announcement topic in the 'Manage Topics' section of their Announcements portlet.
4. Once you have the Topic ID from the publisher, go to the Announcements portlet and click ‘Manage Topics.’ Enter the Topic ID in the text box and click ‘Update Subscriptions.’ When you return to the Announcements portlet in your YaleInfo layout, any current announcements for that topic will be displayed.

Last modified: Monday, 28-Sep-2009 07:11:50 EDT. (pl)