Communication to Learners via Differentiation Tags

I am liking this feature, and gather it is early days. I notice we can message to a tag group via Canvas inbox, however it would be great if we could also post to a tag group via discussion or announcement.

I wonder if this is up for development ?

Regards

Andrew

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SamGarza1

Hi @AndrewDwyer This is not something that we're actively working on. However we are evaluating making Tags available for Announcements.

jorgen_ivarsson

I agree! Our teachers and administrators are asking for the ability to use tag groups in announcements.

distance_ed1

Just popping in to voice agreement on tags being usable with announcements! Announcements don't technically have the "Assign to" feature that tags are always supposed to be usable with, but it has something so similar ("Post to" that's just assign to but limited to sections) that the distinction won't matter; we're going to see a whole lot of disappointed users who feel like they've been hit with a bait and switch!

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