Staff can use Messenger 2.0 to send messages to students, parents, and staff. This tool combines several of the tools that exist in Messenger 1.0, and gives the added capability of sending messages from mobile devices.
See the Messenger 2.0 article to learn how to use this tool.
Messenger 2.0
Users must have Read access to Communication and Messenger in the User Tool Rights Editor.
Available Tool Rights
Messenger 2.0 tool rights are "on/off" rights. Select All for any Messenger 2.0 feature you want to give users access to. See the Messenger Logs article to learn more about those tool rights.
Tool Right
Definition
Messenger 2.0
Selects ALL the tools in Messenger 2.0
View/Edit All Scheduled Messages
Allows user to view and edit all scheduled messages
Roll User Group Templates
After the Calendar Wizard has been used to roll calendars forward, this tool can be used to roll templates from a source school year to a destination school year. Results will provide a list of templates that could not be rolled.
Delivery Modes
Process Inbox
Email
Text
Voice
Grants access to deliver messages to:
Users' Message Center in Campus.
Email address
Text message to mobile Device
Calls the designated phone number
Recipient Types
Students/Contacts
Staff
District Staff
Non-Campus Recipients
Individual Recipients
Select which people are to receive messages
Enrolled students, student Messenger contacts
District and School Staff
District Staff
Manually add people without a Campus account
Manually add/select individuals with a Campus record
Message Types
General
Priority
Emergency
Categories of messages
Emails/phone numbers marked to receive general messages
Emails/phone numbers marked to receive priority messages
Immediately deliver to students, messenger contacts, and staff
Suggested User Groups
Following are examples of groups that may need access to some or all of these tools.
Messenger 2.0
