All Moodle Classrooms are created by default with a forum called Announcements (formerly Notices and News) located at the top.

NOTE: If you transfer a class from a previous course, it may still appear as Notices and News.

This is a special forum in which students cannot participate and which faculty can use to post news about the course.

 

The last publications will appear in the Latest announcements block.

 

The Announcements forum cannot be deleted, but:

• You can hide it in the classroom (see How to quickly manage the visibility of an activity or resource in the classroom).
• You can hide the Latest announcements block (see How to move, configure or delete blocks

 

See the following infographic for an overview: