Heads up:This article is for districts or schools that manually add their data to Connect, not those that sync from the SIS.
Connecting with families is essential to making your experience of using SchoolStatus Connect successful.There are multiple ways to do this and it's up to you to decide what process will work best for your classroom. This article will explain all three options you have in inviting guardians of your student to Connect.
First, decide how you'll invite the parents
How you choose to invite parents to SchoolStatus Connect depends on whether or not you have good email addresses or mobile numbers available to you.
If you have updated contact information for parents, then inviting them via email or SMS is a great idea because they will start receiving your communications right away before they join your class on SchoolStatus Connect.
If you have the parents’ email addresses or mobile numbers, you can add this information to your Directory so that the system will send a notification to parents to join your class on SchoolStatus Connect. If you have both the email and mobile number of a parent, you can decide to include only one contact or both. Once you provide an email address, you will see an option to add a mobile number for that same parent or vice versa. Keep in mind that when you include both contacts, the default communication channel will be Email.
Important Note:
Parents' email addresses and mobile numbers will only be visible to you, and not to other parents. Once parents join SchoolStatus Connect, they can select to make their contact information visible to other parents or not. This puts parents in control of their own privacy and that becomes one less thing you have to worry about.
Adding Students and Guardians Manually
1. Go to the classroom page
2. Click the Directory tab
3. Click the black dual-person button on the side
4. Click Assign Students
5. Click Enroll Student
6. Enter the student's First and Last name
7. Click Add
8. On the student's profile, click the black button on the Guardians
9. Enter the parent/guardian's email address and/or mobile number
10. Select the parent's preferred Language
11. Click Add
Repeat the process until you've added all students and their parents/guardians' contact information.
Note: The invitation will automatically translate to the Language that you selected.
Pro tip: Use the Preview Message button to see how the parent/guardian will see the invite!
Using a Spreadsheet
1. Prepare your spreadsheet following the format in this example file
Note: The title of each column MUST be the same as the example for it to work.
2. Follow the instructions in this article
Syncing with Google Classrooms
If you already have set up your class roster on a Google Classroom, you can sync the students from Google to SchoolStatus Connect.
1. Click Directory
2. Click the black button on the side
3. Click Connect to Google Class
4. Select your Google Account. Allow SchoolStatus Connect to access your Google Account
5. Invite the students' parents/guardians
Note: If a User is unreachable they will have a red exclamation point next to their name
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