You can use the System messages tool to display information on the home page for people accessing Teamworks AMS via a browser. Administrators often use these for short messages with major announcements, encouragement or for providing access to useful resources.
System messages support the use of basic HTML, so you can use text formatting or add links. If your AMS site uses resources, you can also use simple HTML to display any images and videos that are stored as resources.
This example shows a new system message that can be edited in the System messages tool. The Title is what heading the message will appear under at the top of a user’s homepage. The Message content is where the content of the message goes. Optionally tick the box to Collapse message content by default; enabling this setting means that people need to click the message title to see its content. This setting is best enabled for large messages.
Once you've saved the system message, you can choose which people, roles or groups should see your system message when they use AMS in their browser.
Steps to create a system message
- From the administration interface, select System messages.
- Select New.
- Provide a Title for the system message.
- Enter the Message content for the system message.
- To collapse the system message by default, tick the checkbox. If left unticked, the system message will be expanded by default.
- Click Save.
- Switch to the Roles, Groups and/or Accounts tabs to enable the system message for relevant users.