How to post and email a staff announcement in TrackMaster

Summary

TrackMaster comes with an Announcements section, which is meant for sharing internal newsletters, reminders, staff meeting notes, etc. Utilizing the Announcements feature instead of emailing staff directly from Outlook ensures that these items are always searchable and available for years to come, regardless of Outlook time limitations. This article shows how to post an announcement, and optionally, email a copy.

Steps

Step 1

1. Go to TrackMaster
2. Scroll down to the Announcements section and click  + Add -> News Post
    
3. Select the Blank template (or pick one you like) and click Create Post
   
    
4. Add your title, text, etc.
5. If you want a picture banner, click the empty picture behind the title, then click the little picture button. In the popup, select a picture from Stock Images (or upload your own), then click Insert.
   
   
   
    
6. When you’re ready, click Post and send on the upper right
   
    
7. After publishing, you will see a popup where you can email a copy of the post to whoever you want (or a link). ​​​​
   1. If you send only a link, keep in mind that, depending on permissions, only center faculty and staff can access TrackMaster.
   2. You can only email Michigan Medicine accounts and groups. To make this easier, we created a copy of efdc-* MCommunity groups in the Michigan Medicine side, so you just have to change @umich.edu to @med.umich.edu.
   3. If you do not want to send an email, click Skip. The announcement will still be posted to the TrackMaster home page.
      
      

Notes

• All staff members can post and email announcements.
• Only Michigan Medicine accounts and groups can be emailed this way. MCommunity groups and campus-side Teams accounts are not supported.
• To email an announcement that is already published (or if you forgot to email after publishing), since go to that announcement and click Share -> Send as Email
  
   

Resources

• None.

About the Author

Gabriel Mongefranco is a Mobile Data Architect at the University of Michigan Eisenberg Family Depression Center. Gabriel has over a decade of experience in data analytics, dashboard design, automation, back end software development, database design, middleware and API architecture, and technical writing.   |   |