You can create groups to have a pre-selected set of people to send a message quickly. The groups will be available under My Groups when you are selecting recipients for messages.
What can groups be used for?
- Sports: Coaches, create a group for your team and their parents for when you need send them messages.
- Clubs: Send out meeting reminders or special interest newsletters.
- Parents of a specific class: Select only the parents of one of your classes.
This article will show you how to create and manage your user groups.
This Help article provides teachers with step-by-step guidance on how to navigate and utilize the TeacherComms Enterprise area of Messages XR Enterprise for seamless communication.
Navigate to Messages > Groups to start learning how to manage your user groups.
Add a new group
Have you thought of a new group you'd like to create and utilize for your message-sending?
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Select the Add button to create a new group.
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Select from the School dropdown: Teachers will only see the groups that they have access to.
- Type the new Group name.
- Select Private ID for the Group ID to be autopopulated and assigned.
- Select the members for your group in the left panel.
- Click the folder icon to expand out each folder that includes students and parents from your classes or other groups.
- Add entire folder of names by clicking Select next to the folder.
- To add individuals, click on the existing Group name, then select the individual's name so that it will populate in the right-hand panel.
- Current members selected will display in the Selected Members panel on the right.
- To remove any members, select the name from this list.
Select Save when finished.
Remove a group
- From the main Groups window, check the box next to the group or groups you would like to remove.
- Then select the Remove button.
- Confirm in the window that pops up that you'd like to remove this group.