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This message will post to the News Forum and be marked as new until the student has read it. The message will also automatically be sent to the student's Fredonia email address.

There is a 5 minute delay between the message posting to the News Forum and the email being sent. This allows time to make any edits needed after the "Post to forum" button has been pressed. 

To Edit an Existing Post

  1. Open the post inside the forum
  2. Locate and click the "Edit" link
  3. Make the necessary changes and press the "Save changes" button

Force a News Forum Post to Send Immediately

  1. Follow the steps above.
  2. After completing Step 5, click the "Advanced" link under the Message field
  3. After the page reloads checkmark the "Send forum post notification with no editing-time delay" option
  4. Write the message and press "Post to forum"


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The News Forum is one-way communication. The instructor can send outgoing messages, but a student cannot reply within the News Forum. If a student replies to the email they received, then an email will be sent to the Instructors Fredonia email address. 

Want to set up a discussion board for your course. Use the Open Forum tool!

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