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Dawn enables you to easily set up communication with your users! Newsletters are sent as emails to all enrollees, and are also accessible in their Newsletter screen.
To set up a Newsletter, open a catalog entry's authoring tools and select Newsletter:
- Click Add edition.
- Provide an Edition title for the newsletter.
- Specify the schedule:
- Select Release on date and choose the Release date and Release time for one-time newsletters with a specific release date (e.g., announcements, special events, etc.).
- Select Release relative to enrollment start and provide the number of Days after enrollment start after which you want the newsletter to be sent for communication that you want all enrollees to get as a standardized part of the catalog entry experience. In courses with Timed-based cohorts, newsletters using relative release dates are automatically updated to follow the dates specified for each cohort.
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- Compose the Body of the newsletter.
- Attach any Learner materials that you want to include with the newsletter.
How do Newsletters work in Dawn?
You can schedule Newsletter delivery in two ways:
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Release on date: Choose a future date and time to release this newsletter edition. Active enrollees will have immediate access to the edition in the learner view and receive an email within an hour of the selected time.
- Example: All learners in the catalog entry receive Newsletter 1 on January 20, 2022 even if they enroll on different dates.
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Release relative to enrollment start: Use this option to create an email campaign, or release content, based on how long a learner has been enrolled. Active enrollees will have immediate access to the edition in the learner view and receive an email the specified number of days after their enrollment start, or Timed-based cohort start date. Existing enrollees that have been enrolled for more than the specified number of days will not receive an email for new editions.
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Example: Newsletter 1 is scheduled to be delivered two days after enrollment.
- Learner 1 enrolled on June 3, 2021, so they will receive Newsletter 1 on June 5, 2021.
- Learner 2 enrolled on July 8, 2021, so they will receive Newsletter 1 on July 10, 20201.
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Time-based cohort example: Newsletter 1 is scheduled to be delivered two days after each Time-based cohort enrollment begins.
- Learner 1 and Learner 2 each signed up for Time-based cohort 1 on different days. Time-based cohort 1's enrollments are scheduled to begin on June 3, 2021, so both Learner 1 and Learner 2 will receive Newsletter 1 on June 5, 2021.
- Learner 3 and Learner 4 each signed up for Time-based cohort 2 on different days. Time-based cohort 2's enrollments are scheduled to begin on July 8, 2021, so both Learner 3 and Learner 4 will receive Newsletter 1 on July 10, 2021.
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Example: Newsletter 1 is scheduled to be delivered two days after enrollment.