diff --git a/api/schema/announcement.sql b/api/schema/announcement.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3b967f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/schema/announcement.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CREATE TABLE announcement (
+	id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+	type VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,
+	message VARCHAR(2000) NOT NULL
+);
diff --git a/api/source/api_modules/announcement.d b/api/source/api_modules/announcement.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..432e1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/source/api_modules/announcement.d
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+module api_modules.announcement;
+
+import handy_httpd;
+import handy_httpd.handlers.path_handler;
+import slf4d;
+import ddbc;
+
+import db;
+import data_utils;
+import api_modules.auth : getAdminUserOrThrow;
+
+struct Announcement {
+    const ulong id;
+    const string type;
+    const string message;
+
+    static Announcement parse(DataSetReader r) {
+        return Announcement(
+            r.getUlong(1),
+            r.getString(2),
+            r.getString(3)
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+void registerApiEndpoints(PathHandler handler) {
+    handler.addMapping(Method.GET, "api/announcement", &getAnnouncementsEndpoint);
+    handler.addMapping(Method.POST, "api/announcement", &createAnnouncementAdminEndpoint);
+    handler.addMapping(Method.DELETE, "api/announcement/:id:ulong", &deleteAnnouncementAdminEndpoint);
+}
+
+void getAnnouncementsEndpoint(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
+    Connection conn = getDb();
+    scope(exit) conn.close();
+    const announcements = findAll(
+        conn,
+        "SELECT * FROM announcement ORDER BY id DESC",
+        &Announcement.parse
+    );
+    writeJsonBody(ctx, announcements);
+}
+
+void createAnnouncementAdminEndpoint(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
+    Connection conn = getDb();
+    scope(exit) conn.close();
+    auto user = getAdminUserOrThrow(ctx, conn);
+    struct Payload {
+        string type;
+        string message;
+    }
+    Payload payload = readJsonPayload!(Payload)(ctx);
+    if (payload.type is null || (payload.type != "INFO" && payload.type != "ERROR")) {
+        ctx.response.status = HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
+        ctx.response.writeBodyString("Invalid type.");
+        return;
+    }
+    if (payload.message is null || payload.message.length < 1 || payload.message.length > 2000) {
+        ctx.response.status = HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
+        ctx.response.writeBodyString("Invalid message.");
+        return;
+    }
+    ulong id = insertOne(
+        conn,
+        "INSERT INTO announcement (type, message) VALUES (?, ?) RETURNING id",
+        payload.type, payload.message
+    );
+    const announcement = findOne(
+        conn,
+        "SELECT * FROM announcement WHERE id = ?",
+        &Announcement.parse,
+        id
+    ).orElseThrow();
+    writeJsonBody(ctx, announcement);
+}
+
+void deleteAnnouncementAdminEndpoint(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
+    Connection conn = getDb();
+    scope(exit) conn.close();
+    auto user = getAdminUserOrThrow(ctx, conn);
+    ulong id = ctx.request.getPathParamAs!ulong("id");
+    update(conn, "DELETE FROM announcement WHERE id = ?", id);
+}
diff --git a/api/source/app.d b/api/source/app.d
index ea667ab..c233c56 100644
--- a/api/source/app.d
+++ b/api/source/app.d
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import handy_httpd.handlers.path_handler;
 import std.process;
 
 static import api_modules.auth;
+static import api_modules.announcement;
 static import api_modules.classroom_compliance.api;
 
 void main() {
@@ -25,7 +26,12 @@ void main() {
 
 	PathHandler handler = new PathHandler();
 	handler.addMapping(Method.OPTIONS, "/api/**", &optionsEndpoint);
+	if (env == "DEV") {
+		handler.addMapping("/api/initialize-schema", &initializeSchemaEndpoint);
+		handler.addMapping("/api/generate-sample-data", &sampleDataEndpoint);
+	}
 	api_modules.auth.registerApiEndpoints(handler);
+	api_modules.announcement.registerApiEndpoints(handler);
 	api_modules.classroom_compliance.api.registerApiEndpoints(handler);
 
 	HttpServer server = new HttpServer(handler, config);
@@ -35,3 +41,13 @@ void main() {
 void optionsEndpoint(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
 	ctx.response.status = HttpStatus.OK;
 }
+
+void initializeSchemaEndpoint(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
+	import db : initializeSchema;
+	initializeSchema();
+}
+
+void sampleDataEndpoint(ref HttpRequestContext ctx) {
+	import sample_data : insertSampleData;
+	insertSampleData();
+}
diff --git a/api/source/db.d b/api/source/db.d
index 9daa665..123cef5 100644
--- a/api/source/db.d
+++ b/api/source/db.d
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import std.algorithm;
 import std.array;
 import std.typecons;
 import std.conv;
+import std.string : split, strip;
 
 import ddbc;
 import slf4d;
 import handy_httpd.components.optional;
+import handy_httpd;
 
 private DataSource dataSource;
 
@@ -25,6 +27,37 @@ Connection getDb() {
     return dataSource.getConnection();
 }
 
+void initializeSchema() {
+    info("Initializing database schema.");
+    Connection conn = getDb();
+    scope(exit) conn.close();
+    Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+    scope(exit) stmt.close();
+    const string AUTH_SCHEMA = import("schema/auth.sql");
+    const string CLASSROOM_COMPLIANCE_SCHEMA = import("schema/classroom_compliance.sql");
+    const schemas = [AUTH_SCHEMA, CLASSROOM_COMPLIANCE_SCHEMA];
+    uint schemaNumber = 1;
+    foreach (schema; schemas) {
+        infoF!"Intializing schema #%d."(schemaNumber++);
+        auto statements = schema.split(";")
+            .map!(s => strip(s))
+            .filter!(s => s.length > 0);
+        uint stmtNumber = 1;
+        foreach (statementStr; statements) {
+            infoF!"Executing statement #%d."(stmtNumber++);
+            try {
+                stmt.executeUpdate(statementStr);
+            } catch (SQLException e) {
+                error(e, "Failed to execute schema statement.");
+                throw new HttpStatusException(
+                    HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                    "Failed to initialize schema. See logs for more info."
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 T[] findAll(T, Args...)(
     Connection conn,
     string query,
@@ -111,55 +144,3 @@ void bindAllArgs(Args...)(PreparedStatement ps, Args args) {
         else static assert(false, "Unsupported argument type: " ~ (typeof(arg).stringof));
     }
 }
-
-private string toSnakeCase(string camelCase) {
-    import std.uni;
-    if (camelCase.length == 0) return camelCase;
-    auto app = appender!string;
-    app ~= toLower(camelCase[0]);
-    for (int i = 1; i < camelCase.length; i++) {
-        if (isUpper(camelCase[i])) {
-            app ~= '_';
-            app ~= toLower(camelCase[i]);
-        } else {
-            app ~= camelCase[i];
-        }
-    }
-    return app[];
-}
-
-unittest {
-    assert(toSnakeCase("testValue") == "test_value");
-}
-
-private string[] getColumnNames(T)() {
-    import std.string : toLower;
-    alias members = __traits(allMembers, T);
-    string[members.length] columnNames;
-    static foreach (i; 0 .. members.length) {
-        static if (__traits(getAttributes, __traits(getMember, T, members[i])).length > 0) {
-            columnNames[i] = toLower(__traits(getAttributes, __traits(getMember, T, members[i]))[0].name);
-        } else {
-            columnNames[i] = toLower(toSnakeCase(members[i]));
-        }
-    }
-    return columnNames.dup;
-}
-
-private string getArgsStr(T)() {
-    import std.traits : Fields;
-    alias types = Fields!T;
-    string argsStr = "";
-    static foreach (i, type; types) {
-        argsStr ~= "row.peek!(" ~ type.stringof ~ ")(" ~ i.to!string ~ ")";
-        static if (i + 1 < types.length) {
-            argsStr ~= ", ";
-        }
-    }
-    return argsStr;
-}
-
-// T parseRow(T)(Row row) {
-//     mixin("T t = T(" ~ getArgsStr!T ~ ");");
-//     return t;
-// }
diff --git a/app/src/App.vue b/app/src/App.vue
index 04f33a9..11ddaac 100644
--- a/app/src/App.vue
+++ b/app/src/App.vue
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { RouterLink, RouterView, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import { useAuthStore } from './stores/auth'
 import AlertDialog from './components/AlertDialog.vue'
+import AnnouncementsBanner from './components/AnnouncementsBanner.vue'
 
 const authStore = useAuthStore()
 const router = useRouter()
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ async function logOut() {
     </div>
   </header>
 
+  <AnnouncementsBanner />
+
   <RouterView />
 
   <!-- Global dialog elements are included here below, hidden by default. -->
diff --git a/app/src/api/announcement.ts b/app/src/api/announcement.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1dbf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/api/announcement.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { APIClient, APIResponse, type AuthStoreType } from './base'
+
+const BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL + '/announcement'
+
+export interface Announcement {
+  id: number
+  type: string
+  message: string
+}
+
+export class AnnouncementAPIClient extends APIClient {
+  constructor(authStore: AuthStoreType | null) {
+    super(BASE_URL, authStore)
+  }
+
+  getAnnouncements(): APIResponse<Announcement[]> {
+    return super.get('')
+  }
+
+  createAnnouncement(type: string, message: string): APIResponse<Announcement> {
+    return super.post('', { type: type, message: message })
+  }
+
+  deleteAnnouncement(id: number): APIResponse<void> {
+    return super.delete(`/${id}`)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/api/base.ts b/app/src/api/base.ts
index 7ac2455..16014bd 100644
--- a/app/src/api/base.ts
+++ b/app/src/api/base.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export type AuthStoreType = ReturnType<typeof useAuthStore>
 
 export abstract class APIClient {
   readonly baseUrl: string
-  authStore: AuthStoreType
-  constructor(baseUrl: string, authStore: AuthStoreType) {
+  authStore: AuthStoreType | null
+  constructor(baseUrl: string, authStore: AuthStoreType | null) {
     this.baseUrl = baseUrl
     this.authStore = authStore
   }
@@ -93,10 +93,13 @@ export abstract class APIClient {
     return new APIResponse(this.handleAPIResponseWithNoBody(promise))
   }
 
-  protected getAuthHeaders() {
-    return {
-      Authorization: 'Basic ' + this.authStore.getBasicAuth(),
+  protected getAuthHeaders(): HeadersInit {
+    if (this.authStore !== null && this.authStore.state) {
+      return {
+        Authorization: 'Basic ' + this.authStore.getBasicAuth(),
+      }
     }
+    return {}
   }
 
   protected async handleAPIResponse<T>(promise: Promise<Response>): Promise<T | APIError> {
diff --git a/app/src/components/AnnouncementsBanner.vue b/app/src/components/AnnouncementsBanner.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa6ea61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/components/AnnouncementsBanner.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { AnnouncementAPIClient, type Announcement } from '@/api/announcement';
+import { APIError } from '@/api/base';
+import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth';
+import { onMounted, onUnmounted, ref, useTemplateRef, type Ref } from 'vue';
+import ConfirmDialog from './ConfirmDialog.vue';
+
+const REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 5000
+
+const authStore = useAuthStore()
+const client = new AnnouncementAPIClient(authStore)
+const announcements: Ref<Announcement[]> = ref([])
+const dismissedIds: Ref<number[]> = ref([])
+const refreshTimerId: Ref<number | undefined> = ref(undefined)
+const deleteAnnouncementConfirmDialog = useTemplateRef('deleteAnnouncementConfirmDialog')
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  refreshAnnouncements()
+  refreshTimerId.value = setInterval(refreshAnnouncements, REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS)
+})
+onUnmounted(() => clearInterval(refreshTimerId.value))
+
+function refreshAnnouncements() {
+  client.getAnnouncements().result.then(value => {
+    if (value instanceof APIError) {
+      console.warn('Failed to get announcements: ', value.message)
+      announcements.value = []
+    } else {
+      announcements.value = value
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+function getVisibleAnnouncements(): Announcement[] {
+  return announcements.value.filter(a => !dismissedIds.value.includes(a.id))
+}
+
+function getBannerClasses(a: Announcement) {
+  return {
+    'announcement-banner-info': a.type === 'INFO',
+    'announcement-banner-error': a.type === 'ERROR'
+  }
+}
+
+function dismiss(a: Announcement) {
+  dismissedIds.value.push(a.id)
+}
+
+async function deleteAnnouncement(a: Announcement) {
+  const result = await deleteAnnouncementConfirmDialog.value?.show()
+  if (result) {
+    await client.deleteAnnouncement(a.id).handleErrorsWithAlert()
+  }
+}
+</script>
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <div v-for="a in getVisibleAnnouncements()" :key="a.id" class="announcement-banner" :class="getBannerClasses(a)">
+      <p class="announcement-banner-message">{{ a.message }}</p>
+      <button class="announcement-banner-button" @click="dismiss(a)">Dismiss</button>
+      <button v-if="authStore.admin" class="announcement-banner-button" @click="deleteAnnouncement(a)">Delete</button>
+    </div>
+
+    <ConfirmDialog ref="deleteAnnouncementConfirmDialog">
+      <p>
+        Are you sure you want to delete this announcement? It will take a few
+        seconds for the announcement to disappear from users' screens.
+      </p>
+    </ConfirmDialog>
+  </div>
+</template>
+<style scoped>
+.announcement-banner {
+  padding: 1rem;
+  margin: 1rem 1rem 0 1rem;
+  border-radius: 15px;
+  border-width: 2px;
+  border-style: solid;
+  display: flex;
+}
+
+.announcement-banner-message {
+  margin: 0;
+  flex-grow: 1;
+}
+
+.announcement-banner-button {
+  background-color: inherit;
+  border: none;
+  font-size: small;
+  color: rgb(207, 207, 207);
+}
+
+.announcement-banner-button:hover {
+  color: white;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.announcement-banner-info {
+  background-color: rgb(19, 19, 85);
+  border-color: rgb(70, 70, 201);
+}
+
+.announcement-banner-error {
+  background-color: rgb(146, 14, 14);
+  border-color: rgb(228, 110, 106);
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/app/src/views/AdminDashboardView.vue b/app/src/views/AdminDashboardView.vue
index d7c7339..db9bec9 100644
--- a/app/src/views/AdminDashboardView.vue
+++ b/app/src/views/AdminDashboardView.vue
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { showAlert } from '@/alerts';
+import { AnnouncementAPIClient } from '@/api/announcement';
 import { AuthenticationAPIClient, type User, type UserUpdatePayload } from '@/api/auth';
 import ConfirmDialog from '@/components/ConfirmDialog.vue';
 import { useAuthStore } from '@/stores/auth';
@@ -13,6 +15,12 @@ interface CreateUserData {
 }
 const createUserFormData: Ref<CreateUserData> = ref({ username: '', password: '' })
 
+interface CreateAnnouncementFormData {
+  type: string
+  message: string
+}
+const createAnnouncementFormData: Ref<CreateAnnouncementFormData> = ref({ type: 'INFO', message: '' })
+
 const users: Ref<User[]> = ref([])
 const usersPage: Ref<number> = ref(0)
 const usersPageSize: Ref<number> = ref(50)
@@ -57,6 +65,17 @@ async function doCreateUser() {
     fetchUsers();
   }
 }
+
+async function doCreateAnnouncement() {
+  const client = new AnnouncementAPIClient(authStore)
+  const a = await client.createAnnouncement(
+    createAnnouncementFormData.value.type, createAnnouncementFormData.value.message
+  ).handleErrorsWithAlert()
+  if (a !== null) {
+    await showAlert('Created announcement. It will appear shortly.')
+    createAnnouncementFormData.value = { type: 'INFO', message: '' }
+  }
+}
 </script>
 <template>
   <main>
@@ -122,6 +141,25 @@ async function doCreateUser() {
       </div>
     </form>
 
+    <form @submit.prevent="doCreateAnnouncement">
+      <h3>Create Announcement</h3>
+      <div>
+        <label for="create-announcement-type">Type</label>
+        <select id="create-announcement-type" v-model="createAnnouncementFormData.type">
+          <option value="INFO" selected>INFO</option>
+          <option value="ERROR">ERROR</option>
+        </select>
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <label for="create-announcement-message">Message</label>
+        <textarea id="create-announcement-message" v-model="createAnnouncementFormData.message" maxlength="2000"
+          minlength="1" required style="min-width: 300px; min-height: 100px;"></textarea>
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <button type="submit">Create</button>
+      </div>
+    </form>
+
     <ConfirmDialog ref="deleteUserConfirmDialog">
       <p>
         Are you sure you want to delete this user?
diff --git a/bruno-api/Generate Sample Data.bru b/bruno-api/Generate Sample Data.bru
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded7d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bruno-api/Generate Sample Data.bru	
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+meta {
+  name: Generate Sample Data
+  type: http
+  seq: 3
+}
+
+get {
+  url: {{base_url}}/generate-sample-data
+  body: none
+  auth: none
+}
diff --git a/bruno-api/Initialize Schema.bru b/bruno-api/Initialize Schema.bru
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa95c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bruno-api/Initialize Schema.bru	
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+meta {
+  name: Initialize Schema
+  type: http
+  seq: 2
+}
+
+get {
+  url: {{base_url}}/initialize-schema
+  body: none
+  auth: none
+}