Announcements are a very simple way to display and, optionally, email notifications to users.
From the Announcements menu item you can view and manage the announcements that are displayed on users dashboards. An announcement can be configured with an optional start and end date. An optional priority level is also available, which sorts announcements from 1 to 10.
Announcements can be restricted to users in certain groups by setting a list of groups for the announcement. You can also restrict announcements only to users who have permission to specific resources.
HTML is allowed within the announcement text. This allows you to embed links or images from anywhere on the web.