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Introduction
Teachers receive notifications through email, text messages, app push notifications, and system notifications via the bell icon. They can customize their notification preferences and frequency under My Account > Notifications.
Additionally, teachers may have feature-specific roles, such as managing groups, events, or volunteer opportunities, and receive relevant updates accordingly.
School-Wide News Posts
- Teachers have rights to post School News in the School Feed.
- Notification settings:
- Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly
- Mobile text: For Priority posts
- Instant mobile push
- System notification bell: Updates on posts they’ve made, commented on, or followed
Grade-Level Posts
- Teachers can make posts to all grade levels
- Notification settings:
- Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly
- Mobile text: For Priority posts
- Instant mobile push (for admins using the app)
- System notification bell: Updates on posts they’ve made, commented on, or followed
Classrooms
- From the School Feed, teachers have the rights to make posts to any Classroom
- Teachers can join any Classroom and there by access Classroom pages
- To receive Classroom-specific feed notifications, the teacher must be a member of the Classroom
- Classroom members can set notifications for:
- Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly
- Mobile text: For Priority posts
- Instant mobile push (for admins using the app)
- System notification bell: Updates on posts they’ve made, commented on, or followed
- Classroom Admin Role: Classroom Admins receive daily notifications on new classroom applications requiring manual approval.
Groups
- Teachers can access and post in Groups that they’ve created, are Group Admins, and/or are members
- To receive Group-specific notifications, an teacher must join the Group.
- Group members can set notifications for:
- Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly
- Mobile text: For Priority posts
- Instant mobile push (for admins using the app)
- System notification bell: Updates on posts they’ve made, commented on, or followed
- Group Admin Role:
- Group Admins receive daily notifications on new group applications.
- Teachers assigned as Group Admins can edit the Group.
Photo Galleries
- Teachers can create Photo Galleries.
- Mobile push notifications are sent to users who follow a gallery.
- System notifications (bell) provide updates for users following a gallery.
RSVP Events
- Teachers can create events.
- Teachers can be added as Event Admins via the event’s add/edit interface.
- Event Admins receive:
- Daily notifications on new comments in the Event Feed
- Daily notifications on RSVP sign-ups
Volunteering
- Teachers can be added as Volunteer Admins.
- Volunteer Admins receive bell notifications when a parent signs up for a volunteer task.
- Bell notifications also update Volunteer Admins on new comments in the Volunteer Feed.
- Teachers who are not Volunteer Admins can follow a volunteer opportunity to receive bell updates on new Volunteer Feed posts.
Parent-Teacher Conferences
- Teachers receive updates when parents sign up for conferences in their classroom.
Chat Messaging
- Teachers receive instant or daily email notifications for their new messages.
- Immediate app push notifications are sent for new messages.
- The Chat icon displays message counts for unread messages.
New Content Announcements
- Teachers can announce new content they create (e.g., new groups, events, galleries) in the School Feed.
- The School Feed’s notification settings apply to teachers receiving these notifications.