School Leaders can now send an Announcement to multiple students from the school directory without the need to make it schoolwide. This can be used for updates applicable only to select students such as academic camps, after-school programs, assignments, attendance, group photos, and behavior supports.
To send this type of Announcement, please follow the instructions below.
1. Click on the context Drop-down.
2. Select your school page.
3. Click Directory.
4. Search and Select the students by putting a check next to their names.
5. Click Actions.
6. Click Announce.
7. A pop-up message will appear asking you click Announce (& after confirming that you selected the correct number of students/families.
8. Fill out the Announcement form. You can use almost all functions as a regular Announcement such as scheduling it for a later time (by clicking the dropdown arrow beside the Send button) and attaching files and videos . Robo-calling, social sharing, and student broadcast are not supported at the moment.
Note: If you click Preview, you can see the preview of the email and SMS message the parents will receive.
Note: If the user has both email and SMS contact details, the default notification method would be via email.
If notifications are not successfully sent to the preferred channel, the system will use the alternative method. For example, if the user's email inbox is full and the notifications are not delivered successfully, the system will send the notifications to SMS.Once the issue behind the failed emails is resolved, and the user’s email status is reset either by the user or by Connect support, the system will revert back to sending communications via the preferred channel - email.
EXPLORE MORE:
- How can I create an Announcement?
- How do I track activities/events on SchoolStatus Connect?
- How can I organize a Parent-Teacher Conference?
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