Announcements 7.2. Release Information

***OnSemble version 7.2.3. is a requirement for this update***

Complete New Look for My Group Announcements Island

• The list of Announcements will now display with the redesigned OS7 UX for grid lists
• New Pagination allows users to select how many announcements to show on the page
  
• Filter options remain the same but with a new look as well as a button to clear filters
• Search has been added to the island so users can quickly find announcements within the filtered list.  Search will include the Subject, Body, Creator and Attachment names
• Users can now sort on all columns: Subject, From, Workgroup and Date Sent
• Message Display Options on the island remains the same but with a more intuitive UX  
  • Users can choose not to display the message, display partial message or display the full message on the island
• Users with permissions can View Read Status, Edit Announcement and Delete Announcement directly from the list menu
• Read Receipt Indicator will now display so the creator and managers of the announcement can quickly see which announcements require acknowledgement.  The indicator has three different states to provide additional information: No users have acknowledged, Some users have acknowledged and All Users have acknowledged.

Complete new Look for Group Announcements Island

• The list of Announcements will now display with the redesigned OS7 UX for grid lists
• New Pagination allows users to select how many announcements to show on the page
  • Option to choose the number of announcements to display has been removed as it is no longer needed
• Filter options remain the same but with a new look as well as a button to clear filters
• Search has been added to the island so users can quickly find announcements within the filtered list.  Search will include the Subject, Body, Creator and Attachment names
• Users can now sort on all columns: Subject, From, Workgroup and Date Sent
• Display message preview options which were only available on the My Group Announcements Island are now available  
  • Users can choose not to display the message, display partial message or display the full message on the island
• Drop down menus have been added to allow users with permissions can View Read Status, Edit Announcement and Delete Announcement directly from the list without having to go to the Actions Menu
• Add icon has been added to the island to allow users with permission to Add an announcement directly from the list without having to go to the Actions Menu
• Read Receipt Indicator will now display so the creator and managers of the announcement can quickly see which announcements require acknowledgement.  The indicator has three different states to provide additional information: No users have acknowledged, Some users have acknowledged and All Users have acknowledged.

Complete New Look for Viewing Read (receipt) Status

• The view for the Read (receipt) Status has been improved by removing the two columns with a transformation to the update OS7 grid list
  • Everyone is now in one list showing the User, Read Status and the Read On date
  • All columns are now sortable 
  • Search filter is now available
  • List can be filtered to show all users who have read or haven't read the announcement
• Alerting All Unread Users is as easy as it was before but with a greatly improved experience
  • There is now a count indicator to clearly show how many users have not read the announcement
  • The alert type can now be changed from Normal to Urgent 
  • Recipients of the alert can be managed so that additional users can be added or removed.
  • The alert subject and message can be customized before the notification is sent
• Individual notifications can also be sent by using the Alert menu option which is available on each user
• Export is now available!  The export will allow managers to export the complete list to a csv format for record keeping. 
• The export will also include the supervisors to enable managers to know who to reach out to if special follow-up is needed.

Changed workflow for acknowledging read (receipt) status so results are more reliable

• All announcement previews are hidden until the user acknowledges they have completely read the announcement (announcements still shows if included in notification)
• When the announcement is opened the users will be reminded that acknowledgement is still needed.  Immediate acknowledgement no longer happens as soon as the announcement is opened.
• When viewing the announcement the user will be required to 'Acknowledge' that the announcement is read in its entirety.  This will allow users to take more time to read the announcement or come back to finish reading an announcement if they are interrupted.  

Improved Announcement Permissions

• Workgroup Managers can now View Read Status of all announcements
• Permission to View Read Status can now be assigned to an assistant manager
• Permission to Edit/Delete are now separate permissions that can be assigned to an assistant manager
• Creator of the announcement can now edit and delete their own announcements 
• Each island will have an option to allow all workgroup members to add an announcement or to allow only workgroup manager and assistant managers to add an announcement.  This will allow organizations to limit who can send an announcement to the organizational workgroup.