Send event date announcement
With event date announcements, users who are registered for a course but have not yet attended the event can be informed about upcoming or newly scheduled dates and then register for them. This guide explains how to proceed.
If you would also like to inform users who only see the course in the catalog or who have already attended a date, use the Notification to course participants.
1
Go to Event management → Overview of event date or Overview by event date group, and click the Event title to open the event manager for a future date.
2
On the Overview tab, select Send announcement. The notification window opens.
The option is only displayed if the selected date is in the future.
3
Select the Recipients to be informed about the upcoming dates.
Recipients
With the All possible recipients option, all users are added who are registered for the course activation and have not yet attended a date of the event. Users who only see the course in the catalog are not included.
With the Selection of recipients option, you can select individual recipients.
Superiors of recipients
With the All superiors of possible recipients option, the superiors of the possible recipients stored in the user data are added.
With the Selection of superiors of possible recipients option, you can select individual superiors.
Training coaches of recipients
With the All training coaches of possible recipients option, the training coaches of the possible recipients stored in the user data are added.
With the Selection of training coaches of possible recipients option, you can select individual training coaches.
4
Under Event dates in the announcement, add additional future dates if required. To do so, click Add an event date and select the desired dates.
5
Check the message text in the Notification preview. If required, you can adjust it via Edit news. Alternatively, you can select a different notification template that was created as an individual notification.
Click Send to approve the announcement for delivery.
By default, delivery via the Community is enabled for the event date announcement. You can activate delivery by e-mail in the notification or in an individual notification.
Prereqisites
Author account with access to an activation client and the following author permissions:
- Access to the event manager
- All or Own event dates: Show event dates
- User: Select
- Individual notifications: Select