How do I send an announcement to all workers on my site?

Announcements let you share general site information with workers in the Breadcrumb app, such as a new traffic management plan, a change to site hours, a safety video or a reminder about amenities. Workers see the announcement when they check in or while they're on site, and you can choose whether they must view or sign it.

For something urgent that everyone needs to see right now, send a site alert instead.

Before you start

You need to be a Company Host or Site Host with Announcement permissions. If you don't have access, contact your Breadcrumb administrator.

Post an announcement in the mobile app

1. Open the Breadcrumb app and tap Host.
2. Check you're on the right site. Tap Change Site if you need to switch.
3. Tap the Site Announcement tile.
4. Add your content and choose the settings (see below).
5. Tap Submit.

Announcement settings

• Display Time: When workers see it. Choose While Checked In, Check-In Page, or Both.
• Announcement Mode: Whether workers get a notification. Silent sends none, NotifyOnce notifies them once, and NotifyAlways notifies them each time.
• Force View Mode: How much workers must engage with it:
  • Disable: Optional to view.
  • Mandatory View: Workers must open it.
  • Mandatory View and Sign Off: Workers must open it and sign to confirm they've read it.
  • Set Play Through To Mandatory: Workers must watch or listen to the whole video or audio.
• Active Date Range: Valid Forever, or Time Limited to set a start and end date.
• Specify Audience: Send it to everyone, or only to certain visitor types (such as employees, subcontractors or visitors), industry types or individual workers.

Create an announcement on web

On web, you create announcements in the Editor. This is useful for content you'll reuse, such as a site induction video or a PDF you want to attach to several forms.

1. Click Editor in the left-hand menu and select Announcements.
2. Choose the Type: PDF File, Video, Text, Audio, YouTube, Image or External Link.
3. Enter a Title and upload or add your content.
4. Choose the Display Mode: Anytime (before and after check-in), Check-in (only after checking in) or PreCheckIn (only before checking in).
5. Add a Group Name if you want to group related announcements.
6. Turn on Is Active? so it's live, then save.

Once created, you can share the announcement to your sites, or add it to forms and inductions.

Good to know

• Choose the right audience: If a notice only applies to one trade or to visitors, use Specify Audience so other workers aren't asked to view it.
• Turn it off when it's no longer relevant: Use a time-limited date range, or switch off Is Active?, so workers don't keep seeing old information.
• Track who has viewed it: Hosts with announcement permissions can see who has viewed each announcement.