SchoolStatus Connect Admin and Staff can make an announcement publicly viewable and share it on Social Media, including Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp. This type of Announcement can be shared and viewed on SMS text notifications, email, social media, and other platforms without needing to log in to SchoolStatus Connect.
Please follow the steps below to create a Social Sharing Announcement.
1. Click on the Context Selector drop-down
2. Click the District name
3. Click the Plus
4. Create an Announcement
5. Click the cog on the right side
6. Toggle the Public Broadcast button to turn it on
7. Click Send, Send Later, or Preview
8. If you choose to preview before you send, the next page is what you will see. If everything looks good, click Send
Note: The new Announcement will be shared with the SchoolStatus Connect Class, School, or District as usual.
Note: Public Broadcast needs to be toggled on in order to send a Newsletter by Smore.
To share it publicly
9. Click on the 3 back dots
10. Click Share
You can: Copy the link or share it directly to Facebook, WhatsApp, or Twitter.
Note: Social Sharing Announcements will look like this on social media. It uses the Districts Logo as an icon with the preview of the Announcement. Clicking it will open the full Announcement without the need to sign in.
Note: When clicked from Social Media and SMS, it will open up without asking to sign in:
Note: On SchoolStatus Connect, the Social Sharing Announcement will look like this and will have the arrow icon on its banner.
Note: You can create a Priority Announcement which is also a Voice Broadcast, Student Broadcast, and/or Social Shared.
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