Adding Attachments to Announcements
Teachers and administrators can add attachments to their announcements. Attachments on announcements work just like announcements on posts and are restricted to the file formats below. To add an attachment to an announcement, click the “Add Attachment” button and select the appropriate file from your device.
File Attachments/Uploads: The maximum size for an uploaded attachment is 500 megabytes. The following file formats can be attached to MySciLife announcements:
- Images: gif, jpg, jpeg, png
- Video: avi, m4v, mov, mp4, mpg, wmv
- Audio: mp3, wav
- Documents: doc, pdf, rtf, txt
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