Creating News/Sending Notifications from the Dashboard
From the Dashboard:
Step 1: Use the left-hand side list menu or the tile menu, they do the same thing. To send a push notification click the ‘News’ tile or click ‘Create New+’ on the left-hand list menu.
![News](https://3.files.edl.io/5071/22/11/07/192839-aeb1caaa-2a50-4566-bdf1-c12eee105a97.jpg)
Step 2: Enter a "Title". Enter text into the message body box. You can add links, attachments/pictures, and videos during this step.
![creating news](https://3.files.edl.io/c35e/22/11/07/193005-fd6115cd-c1d3-423f-a92a-2b55d240ef42.png)
Step 3: Click "Continue"
Step 4: Select the Channel(s) where the message is to be displayed and then click "Continue".
Note: Social Media channels need to be connected first in News/Settings/ Feeds.
![channels for push notification](https://3.files.edl.io/933e/22/11/10/175210-37758fbd-6743-4ebf-99e1-32c9f1d50f35.png)
Step 5: Select whom you want to receive the message by either choosing "All Users" or a specific category and then click "Continue"
![](https://img.zohostatic.com/zde/static/images/info.png)
![whom options](https://3.files.edl.io/24c8/22/11/10/175455-cbf09e5c-0667-4e1b-af11-0e0ea0bc0694.png)
Step 6: Click "Send" or "Schedule for later"
![final ste](https://3.files.edl.io/70f0/22/11/10/175757-d828bf9b-2d4d-437a-bbc6-321391eca660.png)
![](https://img.zohostatic.com/zde/static/images/lights.png)