How to Display System Announcements

You can display a banner announcement on every page of either the Vocera Secure Texting Administration Console or the Vocera Secure Texting Web Client to communicate important information. Optionally, you can limit the display of the banner to appear on only the login page. You can display multiple announcements simultaneously and configure each banner's display independently.

1. In the Vocera Secure Texting Administration Console, use the menus and choose Admin > Announcements.

   The System Admin / Announcements page appears.

   

2. Do either of the following:

   • Select an existing message to update or reuse it.

     The page displays the current properties of that message.

   • Select Create to specify a new message and its properties.

     The page displays a template for the new message text and the default properties of the message.

     

3. Enter the text for the announcement in the Message field.

   You can format the message by specifying any valid HTML markup except the <script> tag.

4. Specify where you want the announcement to appear in the Where should this announcement be shown? section.

   Banners appear on every page in the specified console; otherwise, announcements appear only on the login page.

5. In the Start Date/Time and End Date/Time fields, use the Date (  ) and Time (  ) icons to specify the duration of time to display the message.
6. Toggle the Enabled control on to display the message as soon as you have saved it.

   You can save any number of messages for re-use without displaying them by toggling the Enabled control off.

7. Toggle on the Urgent control to display an urgent message. Urgent messages appear within a red banner in all consoles; regular messages appear within an orange banner in the Vocera Secure Texting Administration Console and within a teal banner in the Vocera Secure Texting Web Client.
8. Click Save to save the message.

   The system displays the message if it is enabled and within the date/time range for display.