Sending an announcement
Send a message to all the online members of a group simultaneously.
About this task
Recipients get the announcement as a pop-up alert on their client unless you allow the recipient to respond to the message. In this case, a chat screen opens in each recipient's Sametime window.
Procedure
- From the contact list, tap the group to send a message to.
- Tap the plus sign at the top of the screen and tap Send an Announcement.
- Type the message to send.
- If you want to allow recipients to respond to the message, tap the Allow to respond checkbox.
- Tap Send.