Announcements overview

What is this?

The announcements overview is your central place for all announcements, information and discussions in your choirs. Here you see at a glance what the choir director, the board or other authorized members have shared, from an invitation to an extra rehearsal to concert info to a vote on the next rehearsal date.

Each announcement in the list shows the key information compactly:

• Title and preview text of the announcement
• Author, choir and time of publication
• Number of comments and attachments
• The poll question, if a poll is attached
• Visibility, if the announcement is meant only for certain groups
• Read status: unread announcements are marked

How to use the overview

1. Open Messages › Announcements in the sidebar, or in the app tap Messages and then Announcements at the top.
2. Scroll through the list; the newest entries are at the top. In the app, older announcements load as you scroll.
3. Tap or click an announcement to read it in full and comment. On wide screens it opens to the right of the list.
4. Use the search at the top of the list to filter by keywords in title and text.
5. Pick a choir in the choir filter at the top if you only want to see that choir's announcements.

What else you see

Right in the list you can react and, for a poll, cast your vote with "Vote" without opening the announcement. If you've already voted, "View poll" shows the result.

Anyone with the Delete announcements permission also finds the "Archive" button at the top, and anyone who may write announcements finds the "New announcement" button.

Permission

You need the View announcements permission to see announcements. All members of your choir have it by default. Who may write or edit announcements is controlled by the Create & edit announcements permission, by default the Administrator and Moderator permission groups.

Tips

• Check the overview regularly, even if you have push notifications turned on, so you don't miss any discussion.
• Use reactions instead of short comments like "Thanks" or "Sounds good". That keeps the overview tidy, and authors still see your feedback.
• Vote in polls early so organizers can plan in time.

Recognizing unread announcements

Announcements you haven't seen yet are marked with a dot in the list. The number of unread announcements from the last 90 days is shown on the Announcements tab and is included in the number on Messages in the sidebar.

An announcement counts as read as soon as it has been shown to you in the list or you've opened it; your own announcements never count. The counter can't be cleared all at once, so nothing important gets lost.