Open the Messages menu: you land on your inbox, the list of your conversations.
Click New message. A window opens.
In the Recipients field, type a name to search for your correspondent among the school’s staff and parents, then select them. You can add several recipients.
Fill in the Subject (200 characters maximum).
Write your message in the text field (10,000 characters maximum).
Click Send.
Replying within a conversation
Open the conversation from your inbox.
Type your reply in the field at the bottom of the screen.
Click Send, or use the Ctrl+Enter shortcut.
Tracking unread messages
The total number of unread messages is shown at the top of the inbox (“X unread”).
Each conversation containing unread messages carries an Unread badge.
On your own sent messages, checkmarks show whether they have been sent and then read by the recipient.
Good to know
Messages are text only: it is not possible to attach a file.
No e-mail is sent when a new message is received; check your inbox regularly.
To inform an entire group (a class, a grade level, the whole school), messaging is not the right tool: use the Circulars module.
Conversations cannot be archived; they all remain accessible in the inbox.
