Teachers can use Classlist to communicate with parents in any class, year group or parent group on Classlist.
Announcements are the best way for teachers to reach the parents in a class - simply choose the classes or groups you want to reach, add a title and send your message.
Parents will be notified by email and/or the app depending on their preference.
You can add images, links and attachments, and format the fonts etc.
Youtube videos can be shared by pasting in the url.
Admin status
To send Announcements teachers need Staff Admin status on Classlist.
Staff Admins can see parent comments on the announcements they send. They can turn off the comments on an announcement straight after sending it or later on.
Staff Admins are ringfenced from parents. They do not have access to private messaging, to avoid parents creating additional work for staff by contacting them in this way. Plus Staff Admins cannot read parent group content.
This is so that Staff Admins have control over their communications on Classlist via announcements, but do not have to monitor other content from parents which would create work for Staff.
- Staff Admins are not in the parent group, but they can send Announcements to the group. They can see the comments on those Announcements.
- Parents in groups can post to their groups, but can't send Announcements. (Obviously parents with Admin rights, such as Ambassadors, can send announcements too).
- Admin-sent Announcements do appear in the group feed and look very like a parent post, but Announcements do say at the top that they are an announcement to clarify the difference.
- Announcements also appear in the Announcements tab for parents to see.
- Staff Admins can't create posts directly, they can only create Announcements.
- Staff Admins cannot see the parent group or its feed, as they are not parents and can't access groups.
- Staff Admins can see Announcements in the admin section, including announcements sent by other admins.
- Staff Admins can see comments on those Announcements, including comments on announcements sent by other admins.
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