Configure general messages to be viewable to instructors only, students only or both
The general message feature in the December 2020 release is a useful way to display messages to all Leganto users (such as scheduled downtime or important library messages).
The functionality could be enhanced to allow general messages to be configured to only be viewed by instructors or students (or both if required). This would be useful in a number of scenarios and allow more targeted messages to be prominently displayed to relevant users at the point of need.
For example:
- reminders to academic staff to check their lists prior to rollover
- reminder to academic staff to submit lists to the library once they have added items
- Promote any relevant campaigns to students
Available in Feb release
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Peta Hopkins commented
Tailoring messages for these audiences would be super helpful.
Our use case is for instructors only we would display messages about timing of list rollovers, reminders to send the list for library review.For students we would display a message at the beginning of semester with a link to the Guide for Students - I hope links are supported!
For instructors we could display a message promoting things like the Guided videos during the time when they are preparing lists for the upcoming semester.