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Teacher Notifications: How does the School Signals system notify teachers?
Teacher Notifications: How does the School Signals system notify teachers?
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Teachers receive notifications through email, text messages, app push notifications, and system notifications via the bell icon. They can customize their notification preferences and frequency under My Account > Notifications.


Additionally, teachers may have feature-specific roles, such as managing groups, events, or volunteer opportunities, and receive relevant updates accordingly.

School-Wide News Posts

  • Teachers have rights to post School News in the School Feed.

  • Notification settings:

    • Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly

    • Mobile text: For Priority posts

    • Instant mobile push

    • System notification bell: Updates on posts they've made, commented on, or followed


Grade-Level Posts

  • Teachers can make posts to all grade levels

  • Notification settings:

    • Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly

    • Mobile text: For Priority posts

    • Instant mobile push (for admins using the app)

    • System notification bell: Updates on posts they’ve made, commented on, or followed


Classrooms

  • From the School Feed, teachers have the rights to make posts to any Classroom

  • Teachers can join any Classroom and there by access Classroom pages

  • To receive Classroom-specific feed notifications, the teacher must be a member of the Classroom

  • Classroom members can set notifications for:

    • Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly

    • Mobile text: For Priority posts

    • Instant mobile push (for admins using the app)

    • System notification bell: Updates on posts they’ve made, commented on, or followed

  • Classroom Admin Role: Classroom Admins receive daily notifications on new classroom applications requiring manual approval.


Groups

  • Teachers can access and post in Groups that they've created, are Group Admins, and/or are members

  • To receive Group-specific notifications, an teacher must join the Group.

  • Group members can set notifications for:

    • Email: Immediate, daily, or weekly

    • Mobile text: For Priority posts

    • Instant mobile push (for admins using the app)

    • System notification bell: Updates on posts they’ve made, commented on, or followed

  • Group Admin Role:

    • Group Admins receive daily notifications on new group applications.

    • Teachers assigned as Group Admins can edit the Group.


Photo Galleries

  • Teachers can create Photo Galleries.

  • Mobile push notifications are sent to users who follow a gallery.

  • System notifications (bell) provide updates for users following a gallery.


RSVP Events

  • Teachers can create events.

  • Teachers can be added as Event Admins via the event’s add/edit interface.

  • Event Admins receive:

    • Daily notifications on new comments in the Event Feed

    • Daily notifications on RSVP sign-ups


Volunteering

  • Teachers can be added as Volunteer Admins.

  • Volunteer Admins receive bell notifications when a parent signs up for a volunteer task.

  • Bell notifications also update Volunteer Admins on new comments in the Volunteer Feed.

  • Teachers who are not Volunteer Admins can follow a volunteer opportunity to receive bell updates on new Volunteer Feed posts.


Parent-Teacher Conferences

  • Teachers receive updates when parents sign up for conferences in their classroom.


Chat Messaging

  • Teacher receive daily email notifications for their new messages.

  • Immediate app push notifications are sent for new messages.

  • The Chat icon displays message counts for unread messages.


New Content Announcements

  • Teachers can announce new content they create (e.g., new groups, events, galleries) in the School Feed.

  • The School Feed’s notification settings apply to teachers receiving these notifications.

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