🔒 Staff members will always be able to privately message other staff members, but the Start internal staff messages permission can disable staff from starting new private messages
How to Send a Private Message to Colleagues
Send a private message via your messaging inbox
To send a private message to another employee via your messaging inbox:
Click on the speech bubble icon in your menu bar (if you're using Famly on a computer, it'll be at the top right of your screen instead)
Make sure you're in the Private messages tab
💡 You can click on Show all at the bottom of the messages drop-down to expand your messaging inbox to full-screen if you're using Famly on a computer
By clicking on the pen and paper icon, you can start a new message. Depending on your permissions, you can send a private message to Staff or Parents
Next, choose your recipients by clicking on Parents or Staff and ticking off each recipient you'd like to message
💡 You can add up to 50 recipients to a message. If you need to add more, we recommend writing a Newsfeed post instead
Click on Write a message to add text to your message
If you'd like to attach files or photos, click on Upload
Click on Send to send your message or Send & Archive to archive your message once you send it (keeping your inbox nice and tidy!)
Send a Private Message via Your Room Overview
You can also send a private message to colleagues via your room overview. To do so:
Click on the Home icon and go to the Overview tab
From here, click on the room that your colleague is assigned to and scroll down to the Staff section to select them
From the menu box on the right, click on Message
Type your message and click on Send
