At the top of your class page, click on Announcements. You can send a message through Announcements whether editing is turned on or off. Please note that messages will not be sent if your course is not yet available to students.

On the Announcements screen, click the Add discussion topic button.

In the text boxes type a subject and message just as you would for a normal email.

To add Attachment files to your email, first click the Advanced link.  Then, either:

1. Click on the Add button to browse for a file on your computer; or
2. Drag the files from your computer to the file upload area within the dotted lines

Moodle offers additional options available by clicking the Advanced link

After an announcement is emailed out, a copy of it is posted in the Announcements forum.  This creates a single place where students can find any announcement you've made in the past.  By default, the list of announcements is in reverse chronological order.  If you're making an announcement that you want to remain at the top of the list -- not just while it's the newest announcement -- then check the Pinned box when creating your announcement.

By default, when you create an announcement, it is not mailed out until 30 minutes have passed.  This gives you time to edit your announcement in case you made a mistake in composing it.  If you are creating an urgent announcement and want it to be emailed within five minutes, instead of waiting 30 minutes, then check the Send forum post notifications with no editing-time delay box.

When done, click the Post to forum button.