Schola has two messaging surfaces: Announcements for one-to-many broadcasts and Inbox for one-to-one conversations.
Announcements
Posting an announcement (admin)
Go to Announcements in the sidebar.
- Type a Title and the announcement body.
- Choose the audience:
- Everyone — reaches both parents and teachers.
- Parents — parents only.
- Teachers — teachers only.
- Click Post.
The announcement appears immediately in the Announcements feed for everyone in the selected audience.
Reading announcements (teachers and parents)
Open Announcements in your sidebar. The most recent announcements are at the top. Unread items are highlighted until you open them.
Inbox
The Inbox handles direct, one-to-one message threads.
Who can message whom
- Admins can message any teacher or parent.
- Teachers can message parents of the students in their form class, and admins.
- Parents can message their child's form teacher and admins.
Starting a new conversation
- Open Inbox in the sidebar.
- Click New.
- Search for the person by name and click their name to open a thread.
- Type your message and press Enter or click Send.
Replying to a thread
Click a thread in the Inbox list to open it. Type in the reply box at the bottom and press Enter to send.