Communications/Messaging

There are 4 methods to communicate with parents, contacts, teachers, admins and students.

Newsletters

Newsletters are delivered directly to the target audience's mailbox. Once sent, you cannot modify or retract it. You can choose the target audience in the newsletters settings before composing the newsletter. To send a newsletter, go to Newsletters/SMS > Newsletters > Create Newsletter

Communicate via SMS

  • SMS can be sent to any group such as to admins or teachers, to a specific classes etc.
  • You can send SMS using ClickSend, VoodooSMS or your own sim card. Please see the SMS section for more information

Portal Messaging

  1. Under Messaging, you can send messages directly to the teacher, parent and student portals
  2. The recipient will use the portal to read the messages and reply
  3. You can add to or reply to their messages and it'll become a discussion always on record until it is locked
  4. An email is received each time a message is sent on the portal
  5. You must set up the portals in order for the recipients to read the messages.

Send via Email

You can always simply your normal email client such as outlook, gmail, live etc. to send emails directly using the email links provided on the system.