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Administrators with read-only access to the Communicate Menu feature in System Roles (Learner-Oriented Features > Learn Features) can configure news articles.
You must have unrestricted access permission for a news article to edit its properties, target audience and permissions.
Table: News Article Field Reference—Edit News Tab
| Field | Description |
| Expiration Date |
This field works in combination with the Display Status. When you set the Display Status to Automatically Show Until Expiration, you can specify the date after which the news is no longer displayed to users. New news articles expire after one month by default. Click the delete icon and then click the calendar icon to select a different expiry date for the news article. |
| Display Status | Select whether the news article is automatically displayed until the Expiration Date, or not displayed at all. |
| Display Format |
Select how to display the news article initially:
Whichever format is used, users can click the Read More link to view the entire news article contents. |
| News Category | Select the news category from the drop-down list. You can define news categories in the News Category Configuration page. |
| Display Order |
Enter a number between 1 and 100 for the display order. News articles with a higher display order number are shown higher up the list of items. The number of items shown on the home page and in the News widget is determined by the Number of News Articles to Display System Configuration setting. |
| Language |
You can assign multiple languages or a specific language to an article. When a user with a preferred language opens the News panel on the home page, any articles that have a language bundle matching their preferred language are shown in that language. If a news article doesn't have a language bundle matching the user's preferred language, the LMS can select a more generic version of the language; for example, pt (Portuguese) instead of pt-BR (Brazilian Portuguese). If a more generic version of a language variant is also not available, the news article is shown in the primary language defined for the user's Logical Domain. |
| Auto Delete Date |
This field works in combination with the Automatically Delete property. When you set Automatically Delete property Automatically Delete, you can specify the date on which the news article is deleted. Click the calendar icon to select the date on which the news article is deleted. |
| Automatically Delete | Select from the drop-down list whether the news article will be automatically deleted on the Auto Delete Date, or not. If you select Automatically Delete, it will only be deleted if you also select the Auto Delete Date. |
| Title (Required) | You must enter a title for the news article. |
| Picture URL | Click Select to select an image from the Repository, or enter the URL directly. |
| File Attachment URL |
Click Select to select a file from the Repository, or enter the URL directly (for example, /ekp/nd/fresco/repository/documents/<filename>). An icon will be added to the article display, which users can click to download the file. |
| Survey/Feedback |
Click Select to select a survey exam. Survey's can have one or more questions. |
| Poll | Polls are survey exams with only a single question. To create a poll, select the Poll check box and click Select to select the survey exam containing the poll question. For more information, see About Polls. |
| Survey Delivery Language |
Select Auto-Select to let the LMS select the survey's delivery language using the following methods in order of precedence:
Select Selection on Launch to let the user select the delivery language (of those available) when the survey exam is launched. Alternatively, select a specific language from the drop-down list. |
| Teaser | Enter the teaser text, which appears under the title. Teasers can be a maximum of 255 characters. |
| Text | Enter the news item text. To use HTML markup in news articles, the Enable WYSIWYG Editor System Configuration setting must be enabled. |
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