Login as admin create a new course and navigate to the course page turn editing on and add the "Latest announcements" block turn editing off open the Announcements forum which should already be on the course page Click the "Add a new topic" button Click the "Advanced" link underneath the post editor Add "Test post" as the post subject Add "Lorum ipsum" as the post message Expand the "Display period" forum section and enable the display start date Set the "Display start" date to some time later today, for example Dec 15 20:00 Click the "Post to forum" button Back on the "Announcements" form discussion list click the "Test post" link to open your post Verify you see the post content with a post date of your set "display start" time, for example Dec 15 20:00 Navigate back to the course page In the "Latest announcements" block verify you see the post "Test post" with a post date of your set "display start" date, for example Dec 15 20:00