Announcements

announcements let you post updates, notices, and news directly inside the remmu portal and mobile app only admins can create and manage announcements 📢 what to use announcements for class schedule changes or cancellations holiday closures new class offerings upcoming events or competitions policy changes general club news 📊 admin the announcements page go to club → updates the page shows three summary stats card what it shows total all announcements (published + drafts) published live and visible to members drafts saved but not yet visible filters and search above the table status chips — filter to all , published , scheduled , drafts , or expired search bar — match by title or summary pagination — 20 announcements per page the table below lists all announcements with their status, target audience, channels, and date each row also shows icons for which notification channels were enabled (📱 push, 🔔 in app, ✉️ email) status badges include badge meaning published (green) live and visible to members draft (outline) saved but not yet visible scheduled (blue) will publish automatically at the scheduled time expired (grey) was published but visibility window has ended weekly / monthly / yearly (purple) recurring — re publishes on schedule ✏️ creating an announcement click + new announcement and fill in field required notes title yes short, clear headline summary no optional subtitle shown in the list preview description yes full announcement content target roles no leave blank to show to everyone target roles choose which roles can see the announcement leave all unchecked — visible to all members, instructors, and team member — students and guardians only instructor — coaches only team — staff only you can select multiple roles at once targeting specific students when the member role is selected, you can optionally narrow the audience to specific students toggle target specific students (appears when member is checked) search by name — type to find individual students and add them add by class — select entire classes at once (grouped by location, shows student count) mix and match — combine individual students and whole classes in one announcement only the selected students (and their guardians) receive the announcement students not in the selection won't see it, even if they have the member role if you don't toggle "target specific students", the announcement goes to all members as before publishing options button what it does publish goes live immediately — members can see it now schedule set a date and time to publish automatically — the announcement is saved as a draft and published at the scheduled time save as draft saved privately — members cannot see it yet both publish and save as draft require title and description to be filled in scheduled announcements are checked every 5 minutes the announcement goes live at the next check after your scheduled time notification channels choose how the announcement is delivered channel default notes push on sends a push notification to the mobile app in app on shows in the updates feed inside the portal and app email off sends an email to all targeted members you can enable any combination push and in app are on by default recurring announcements set an announcement to repeat automatically on a schedule recurrence behaviour weekly re publishes on the same day each week monthly re publishes on the same date each month yearly re publishes on the same date each year optionally set a recurrence end date — the announcement stops repeating after that date if no end date is set, it repeats indefinitely until you turn it off visibility / expiry control how long an announcement stays visible after publication option behaviour no expiry stays visible forever (default) 7 / 14 / 30 / 60 days automatically hidden after the selected number of days expired announcements are no longer shown to members but remain in the admin table for reference 🔧 managing announcements each announcement in the table has three action buttons publish / unpublish (eye icon) draft → click eye — publishes immediately, badge changes to green "published" published → click eye off — unpublishes, returns to "draft" — members can no longer see it use this to toggle visibility without deleting edit (pencil icon) opens the form with the current content pre filled you can change any field — title, description, target roles, or published state click save changes when done changes to published announcements take effect immediately when editing a published announcement, an increment version option appears toggle it on to mark all members as unread again — useful when a meaningful change requires people to re read it resend (send icon) re sends the announcement notifications to all targeted members useful when you've updated the content and want members to see the change, or if some members missed it delete (trash icon) permanently removes the announcement a confirmation prompt appears first important deleted announcements cannot be recovered 📱 where members see announcements web portal → club → updates mobile app → updates tab (with unread dot indicator) dashboard — latest announcement shown as a notice card members only see announcements targeted at their role (or all roles) they cannot see drafts