1. On the Course Home, click on the down-arrow button next to Announcements.
    2. Click on New Announcement.
    3. Give it a title in Headline such as "Welcome to the course".
    4. Post a Welcome message about the course introduction, or "welcome from the instructor". 
    5. Alternatively, this course includes a welcome announcement that you can edit.
    6. Please note that the sample announcement uses Replace Strings such as this: Hello {Firstname}
    7. You can learn more about using Replace Strings here.