Topics are a way to group announcements which you can use as a Filter on the newsfeed. You can assign a topic when you create an announcement, or change and assign a topic when you edit an existing announcement.
By default there are five topics:
New joiners
Events
Your action required
Breaking news
Company news
Create a new topic
If required you can add new topics.
Click on your name on the top right, then click Settings.
On the settings menu, click Announcements.
Click Topics.
Click Add new.
Enter a title for the topic
You can assign a specific colour to the topic.
Click Save.
You can see how many times a topic has been used. Topics can be ordered by dragging them using the arrows icon. The order of Topics in the table influences the order in which topics appear on top of the newsfeed.
If you need to edit a topic, click the pencil icon. To delete a topic, click the trash can icon.