You can now choose to send an email copy of your course announcements in Brightspace. With the November update a Send Email Copy checkbox now appears when you are creating an announcement. When you check this box, a copy of the announcement will be sent as an email from you to all users in the Classlist. This option allows you to share announcements prior to the start date of the course (even if the course is not active).

For announcements scheduled to publish at a later date, clicking the Send Email Copy checkbox emails the copy to users in the Classlist at the time that the announcement is scheduled to be published.