Seesaw Administrators can send text and multimedia announcements in a school from the School Dashboard via Messages. Announcements are helpful for scenarios such as sending newsletters and reminders to families and staff members about schoolwide events.
- School admins can select the audience for announcements: students, teachers, and/or families in some or all classes in a school. District admin can send announcements across schools within their district.
- Students, teachers, and families receive notifications and can view Announcements in their Messages.
To create an Announcement:
- Go to Messages and tap the pencil icon. Select New Announcement from the dropdown.
- Select Audience for the Announcement by tapping on Add Classes.
- Select teachers, family members, and/or students by tapping the box next to each audience.
- Select Classes by tapping the box next to each class. You also have the option to filter by school, grade level, or select all classes.
*If you are a district admin, you will need to be listed as a school admin at each school to select from the drop-down list.
- Once recipients are selected, tap Add Selected.
- Individually add recipients (such as School Admins) who don't fall into the above categories.
- Compose the Announcement message in the text box.
- Multimedia attachments can be added to the Announcement by tapping the green +Add icon to access Creative Tools.
- When you're done creating your Announcement, tap the Send button.
💡Tip: You can rename your announcement and message threads to stay more organized! See here!