Communications
Post notices for the whole school, a class, a section or staff only, flag the urgent ones, and send them to parents on WhatsApp. This page replaces the old Announcements.
Creating an announcement
Click Communications in the left sidebar, or New Announcement on the Dashboard.
- 1Enter a Title and pick the Date.
- 2Type the Message.
- 3Choose the Audience: All School, Staff only, a whole class (e.g. Class 3) or one section (e.g. Class 3 - Section A).
- 4Tick Mark as Important for urgent notices.
- 5Click Save Announcement.
The announcements list
Announcements are listed newest first with the date, title, message and audience. Important ones have a red border and a light red background.
- Edit New — change the announcement in place, then click Save (or Cancel).
- Delete — remove it.
Sharing with parents New
| Audience | Button | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| All School | Copy message for WhatsApp groups | Copies the text so you can paste it into your school's WhatsApp groups. |
| A class or section | Send to parents on WhatsApp | Opens a list of that class's parents. Tap Open next parent to open each parent's chat with the message ready. The button counts down, e.g. Open next parent (12 left), until All parents opened. |
| Staff only | Copy message | Copies the text for your staff group. |
Once you've sent a class announcement, its row shows Sent to parents. The message uses the General Announcement template in School Settings. By default that's the title, the message, and your school name.
On the Dashboard
The five newest announcements appear in Recent Announcements on the Dashboard.