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Use this option to send an email that does not relate to a trip, dinner money or an extended day club, for example to notify parents of a child's absence; advise parents that the school is closed due to snow; or to send a newsletter. |
Send a General Email Message
- Click on the Communications tab
- Select Create a message
- Ensure only Email is selected
(Text might be selected as default if this is the default option set in Communications - System Options) - If you don't wish to send the email straight away, select Schedule message and select the required date and time
- Click on the address book to select the Recipients
- Using the appropriate tabs, select the individual recipients
- or select via Classes, Year Groups, Cohorts, Staff as required
- Select Include leavers, if required
- Click Done
- Enter a Subject
- Type the Message text
- The Email message can be formatted using the Bold, Italics, Underline, Alignment, Bullet points or Font size
- Use the Insert hyperlink button to insert links to web pages such as www.scopay.com
- Click on the paperclip to attach a document. A warning will be displayed if the file you are attaching is too large.
For good practice we recommend the following: - Save any attachments in pdf format
- Reduce the file size by reformatting any large photos or other images
- As a guide, try to keep the file size less than 2MB
- Attach up to a maximum of 5 files
- Ensure that the total of all attachmentsareis not greater than 20Mb, otherwise they will fail to send
- Email contact priorities is set to Priority 1 only by default. To change the priority, click on Email contact priorities.
- Select the required priority level
- Click OK
- Click Send
- The contacts with email accounts configured will be displayed
- Click on any line to read the message, if required
- Deselect any recipients in the Send column, if required
- Click OK and click OK
- The email message will be sent and a list of any accounts without an email address in SCO will be displayed
- If required, click the Export to Excel button to create a list of names in Excel
- Click Done
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Note: if both Email and Text messages are created, the recipient will receive either an email or a text message (not both) depending on the default import setting specified. |
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