How to send and edit group announcements

Send mass messages to everyone in your OpenSports group

The OpenSports group announcements feature allows you to send group-wide communications. All group members receive push or email notifications every time a group announcement is sent out.

Note: You must be a group admin to send group-wide annoumcenements. Read more about assigning admin roles here.

This guide will show you how to send out a group announcement on the OpenSports website and app.

How to send out group announcements

  1. Navigate to your Group Profile and select Dashboard
  1. Click on the Announcements tab, located on the left side of the screen.
  1. You will see all existing announcements that have been sent out to the group.
  2. To create a new announcement, click on Make an Announcement.
  3. Enter your announcement message into the textbox.
  4. If you want to pin the announcement to your group home page (i.e., make it visible on the group home page), check the box Pin announcement to group home page.
    • Only one announcement can be pinned to your group home page at a time.
  1. To share your announcement with your group, click on Save. Group members will receive a push notification or an email with your announcement.

How to edit group announcements

  1. Navigate to your Group Profile and select Dashboard
  1. Click on the Announcements tab.
  1. You will see all existing announcements that have been sent out to the group.
  2. To delete an existing announcement, click on the three dots on the far right. A drop down menu will appear, select Delete.
  1. To edit an existing announcement, click on the three dots located on far right. Then click on Update.
    • Edit the announcement in the textbox.
  2. If you wish to pin or un-pin an announcement, select the three dots, and click Pin/Unpin to Home.
  • Pinning an announcement will replace any currently pinned announcement.
  1. When your announcement changes are ready, click on Update. Please note that members do not receive a notification whenever an annoucement is updated (but they will see the updated version when reviewing announcements from the group home page).
    • If it is imperative that group members receive the updated announcement, simply create a new announcement to ensure members are notified via the app or email.

Learn about the features within announcements

Send filtered announcements to specific members

Questions? Send them our way: support@opensports.net

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