Creating an announcement

Compile and publish announcements for your colleagues to view in WORKSuite and myTIME. This is useful for announcing fixed 'shut downs' or changes to clocking in procedures.

  1. Open the Home tab and click to the left of the screen:

    2. The Create Announcement window is displayed:

  2. Enter a Title for the announcement and add body to the announcement message in the Description field.
  3. Enter any further relevant Details in the field available.
  4. Enter a URL and user friendly title for the Url, where applicable. For example if you are announcing details of a new clocking in system add a link with details of the new system here and use the URL Title of 'Click here for information about your new Smartcard'.
  5. Enter Start and End dates for the message. This is optional.
  6. Use the sliders to select how the message is displayed to users:
    • Hide/Show. 'Show' must be selected.
    • Dismissable/Persistent. Select Dismissable if you want the employee to be able to remove the announcement from their Home page.
    • No Response/Response Required. Select Response Required and the employee gets an 'Accept' or 'Reject' option which triggers an email to the manager with their response.
  7. Click Save changes.

    8. Your announcement is displayed in the Home tab.