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Sending a Private Message to Colleagues
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Written by Julia Rose
Updated this week

πŸ”’ 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 at the top of your screen

  • 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

  • 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

πŸ’‘ 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!)
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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 in your sidebar 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

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