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Steps to manage your scheduled text messages from the Admin section of Teachers2Parents.
Instructions – Add Scheduled Text Messages
- Go to Admin > Scheduled Texts.
- Click Add to open the Schedule a Text window.
- Click Select Message and select Type your Own to write your own message, or one of your Message Templates to use a pre-existing message.
- Tick the check box for the contacts you want to send the text to.
- Select All Parents: This will tick everyone who has Contact Type set as Parent.
- Select All Non-Parents: This will tick everyone who has Contact Type set as Staff / Other.
- Click Date to open a calendar window > select the date > OK.
- Select the hour and minute for the Time that you want to send the message.
- Note: You can only schedule text messages to send from 7am to 9.55pm.
- Click Save.
- The preview will show the date/time selected, the contents of the message, and the number of recipients. Click OK.
- You will see this scheduled text appear under Message Schedule.
Instructions – Edit Scheduled Text Messages
- Go to Admin > Scheduled Texts.
- Select the message you want to edit. On the right, you will see a preview of the message contents and the intended recipients.
- Click Edit to open the Edit Scheduled Text window where you can change the contents, the recipients and the date/time it is scheduled for
- Click Save.
- The preview will show the date/time selected, the contents of the message, and the number of recipients. Click OK.
- You will see the updated scheduled text in Message Schedule.
Instructions – Delete Scheduled Text Messages
- Go to Admin > Scheduled Texts.
- Tick the check box for each scheduled text that you want to remove.
- Click Delete.
- In the confirmation window, click OK.
- The scheduled text(s) will be removed from Message Schedule and no longer send.
