Video Transcript
- Send an announcement.
- If you are assigned as a department administrator in HIePRO then you are automatically assigned as a department administrator in HANDS.
- In HANDS you have the ability to send announcements to users within your department.
- To begin, go to hands.ehawaii.gov.
- Login with your administrator account.
- Select 'Announcements.'
- Select 'Add New.'
- Select the users you would like to receive this announcement.
- You have the option of sending to ALL users or you can select one or more roles to send to.
- It is important to note that you will ONLY be able to send announcements to users within your department.
- Enter the subject and description.
- This announcement will be sent as an email exactly as it is typed here so be sure you are accurate.
- Include contact information if you expect a response.
- You have the option to send the announcement immediately or schedule it to be sent at a future date and time.
- Once complete, submit.
- Duplicate an announcement.
- You have the ability to duplicate an existing announcement instead of creating a brand new one.
- To begin, select the announcement you want to duplicate.
- Scroll to the bottom and select 'Duplicate.'
- You can add or remove users, edit the text, or adjust when the announcement should be sent.
- Once complete, submit.
- Edit an announcement.
- You will only be able to edit an announcement if it was scheduled for a future date and time.
- To begin, select the announcement you want to edit.
- Scroll to the bottom and select 'Edit.'
- Make the necessary changes to the announcement.
- You are able to edit any of the fields.
- Once complete, select 'Update.'
- Cancel an announcement.
- You will only be able to cancel an announcement if its scheduled for a future date and time.
- To begin, select the announcement you want to cancel.
- Scroll to the bottom and select 'Cancel.'
- Confirm you want to cancel this announcement.
- To manage announcements go to hands.ehawaii.gov.
