Purpose of a Welcome Announcement

Creating a welcome announcement can assure your students you are communicative and there to support them. This brings up the "humanize" your course element. Having you send an Announcement is one more way to reach out to them to let them know the course is open and ready for them to come on in!

It could be as simple as, "Welcome to (name of course). I'm really excited to start working with you all. When you enter the course, the first place you'll want to visit is the Start Here module. This module will help you get aquainted with me, each other, and the overview of this course, as well as provide you links to support materials. "See" you in class! I look forward to looking over the Introductions you all post."

Of course, making it up in your own wording. Otherwise they may be receiving the same message from all of their instructors! :)

Canvas How-to's

You may refer to the Instructor Canvas Guides for step-by-step how-tos on add an announcement to your course. (The purpose of this course is to provide online course design basics, and does not explictly include Canvas how-tos, as there are other resources for Canvas use.)