Broadcast Messenger

With the Broadcast Messenger, you can send a message to all users at once. When a broadcast message is activated, users who are logged in see the message immediately. Users who are not logged in will see the message the next time they log in.

You can use the Broadcast Messenger to send urgent organization-wide announcements, or to ask users to log out in order to carry out system maintenance. Messages are displayed in the browser's default alert dialog, with a button to dismiss them.

1. Go to Manage Center > Communicate > Broadcast Messenger.
2. In the Status field, select the status. Remember, when the status is set to active, the message is sent immediately upon saving. Make sure the status is set to inactive if you don't want to send it right away.
3. In the Title field, enter the message title.
4. In the Message field, enter the message text.
5. Click Save.

While a broadcast message status remains active, all users will see the message every time they log in. You must remember to set the message status to inactive when you no longer need users to see it.

The Broadcast Messenger is reset when the LMS is restarted. For example, after a site is taken down for maintenance and restarted, users will not see the original message asking them to log off.