This article is for administrators. If you are a faculty member or student, please see our Resources for Faculty and Staff or Resources for Students section.As an administrator, you can use the homepage and announcements feature to share information and resources across your university.
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Updating your homepage
Once a user has successfully created and customized their account, they will be brought to the homepage after logging in rather than the searchable database. The Homepage hosts any announcements you would like to share with your university and is a great place to link resources such as our Knowledge Base articles for students and faculty and staff members.
To add information or resources to your homepage, go to Home in your website header and select "Edit" as highlighted below.
Once you have selected "Edit", use the text box to organize and information to your university.
Customize your homepage by selecting "Change Image" to upload a cover photo that relates to your university or research office. You can also regularly change the cover photo to relate to any specific announcements you would like to highlight to your educational institution.
If you choose not to add general information, customize the cover photo, or post any announcements, your homepage will appear as shown in the image below.
Posting Announcements
To share messages with your educational institution on your platform's homepage, use Announcements in the website header to post text with links and attachments.
Select “Compose Announcement” in the top right corner to share a new message.
Once you have selected the option, you can enter the announcement Title and Content, choose who can view the message (Visible to/Recipients > Select Your Audience), and decide whether to send a corresponding email notification.
To send an email notification in addition to displaying the announcement in ForagerOne, toggle Send Email on. You can choose to share the announcement with "Myself" to publish privately, or with Faculty/Staff and/or Students. You can now customize your audience by selecting the specific students and faculty members who will see your announcement in ForagerOne. Refine your audience by:
Students: Year and Major
Faculty: Division and Department
The number of students and faculty members who will receive the announcement email will be displayed as you make your selections. You may select multiple divisions and departments for faculty, and multiple years and majors for students.
Note: Announcements must always be visible to you.
If you would like to attach a file with your announcement, select the button “Upload Attachments” at the bottom left corner, as seen in the attached image. Please note that your file will need to be a PDF to successfully upload. Other users will be able to see the attachment as well as the name of the attachment, so please name your attachments with that in mind.
Once you have finished your announcement, you can post it by selecting “Preview” or “Publish”. If you choose to not send an email with your announcement, you can publish your announcement without previewing it.
After an announcement has been published, you can edit or delete the announcement by selecting the pencil icon in the top right corner of each individual announcement. You will then be able to edit the Title, Recipients, Content, and attachments. If you have accidentally selected to edit the announcement or made unnecessary edits, you have the option to cancel your edits by selecting “Cancel Edits”. To delete an announcement, select “Delete Announcement”.
Please note that if you sent an email with your announcement, though you can delete the announcement from your ForagerOne page, you will not be able to reverse the email action.