# Announcements - view

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## Announcements - view

### What it Does

#### Announcements

Allows user to view the Announcements link in Course Navigation.

#### Announcements

Allows user to view course announcements.

### Additional Considerations

#### Announcements

To view recent announcements on the home page, Course content - view must be enabled, and the Show recent announcements on Course home page checkbox must be selected in Course Settings.

To manage course announcements, Discussions - moderate ​must also be enabled.

#### Global Announcements

This permission only affects course announcements; to manage global announcements, Global Announcements - add / edit / delete​ must be enabled.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).