Administrator Dashboard
Administrators can use the announcement feature to share important information with teachers and students through the Gallopade Online platform.
Written by Priya Pawar Lakshmi Narayanan
Updated at June 30th, 2026
How to Create a New Announcement
Administrators can use the announcement feature to share important information with teachers and students through the Gallopade Online platform.
Updated June 30th, 2026
Select the speech bubble icon 
on the top right of the platform.
Then select the + on the top right of the Notification pop-up.
Creating a new announcement is a 3 step process.
Step 1: Information
- Announcement Title
- Select Type of Announcement: (Who do you want this announcement to be sent to?)
- Campus Administrators can select School
- District Administrators can select District or School
- Status: Leave as Editing
- End Date & Time: Defaults to 1 day, but can be customized by selecting the calendar icon.
- Urgency: Low, Normal, Urgent
- Auto-Display: Select checkbox if you would like the announcement to auto-display to recipients.
- Announcement Statement: The body text of your announcement.
- Select Next to go to Step 2
Step 2: Distribution Details
- If sending to a school, select the school this announcement should be sent to from the drop-down menu on the right.
- Select Roles who should receive this message
- Select Next to go to Step 3
Step 3: Summary
- Review the announcement information and settings before sending.
- To Edit: select Previous button on the left or a select a previous step at the top.
- To Send: Select blue Send button on the right, then select Confirm in the pop-up message.
After confirming, you will receive a green success alert message on the top right of your screen.