Audience: Teachers
Office Hours allows teachers to set when they are available and have all notifications muted outside those times. Family members or students who try to send a message outside office hours will see a banner in the messaging thread, letting them know it is outside the teacher’s office hours.
- Teachers and admins can set office hours by going to Account Settings → Notifications → Office Hours.
- A preview of your current Office Hours will be visible from the Account Settings menu.
- To set your office hours, select the days and times when you want to receive notifications. Tap the Save Office Hours button.
- To edit or remove your office hours, go to Account Settings → Notifications → Office Hours and edit or remove your existing office hours.
- Outside office hours, all app notifications (including non-Messaging notifications) from Seesaw will be muted.
- Teachers will not receive push, app badge, or SMS notifications outside office hours.
- Email notifications will still be sent outside office hours.
- If teachers open Seesaw outside office hours, their notifications within Seesaw will be accurate (e.g. Messages badge count, Notifications badge count).
- During office hours, all app notifications from Seesaw will be delivered as normal.
- In 1:1 or group conversation threads with their teacher, families will see a banner that shows it is outside the teacher’s office hours.
- Families can still choose to send messages to the teacher outside their office hours (but teachers will not be notified).
Can families or students set office hours?
The office hours feature is only available for teachers and admins. How do these features interact with School Settings? All features respect School Settings (or Class Settings for Seesaw Basic).
Can teachers with multiple account roles (e.g. also a family member) set office hours?
Yes. All teachers can set office hours. If teachers or admins have multiple roles with the same account, their office hours settings will apply across all their roles (for example, family push notifications will also be muted outside office hours).
Which notifications will be muted outside office hours?
All push, app badge (red dot), and SMS notifications will be muted outside office hours. Email notifications will continue to be sent outside office hours.
Can Seesaw Basic teachers set office hours?
Yes. Office hours is available for all teachers and admins.
How does office hours work with time zones?
Office hours will be set according to the time zone of the teacher or admin who set the office hours.