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Ask families to opt in to text alerts

A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 6 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
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How to ask families to opt in to text alerts

  1. 1Click Settings in the Administration section of the sidebar and open Modules & campuses
  2. 2Click Credits & settings on the Text messages row
  3. 3Scroll to the Who you can text card: how many families can be texted, how many haven't opted in yet, how many replied STOP, and how many have no phone number on file
  4. 4Click the button that reads Email N families an invitation — N counts the families who haven't opted in and can be reached: an email address, email turned on, and a number that can be texted; a line above it says how many can't. It sends one email, never a text, and at most once a week
  5. 5Families turn texts on themselves in their portal settings — no text is ever sent to ask
  6. 6Come back later and watch the number of families who can be texted climb

Part of Messages & announcements

One compose reaches every family's portal inbox — plus teacher-to-family threads and an oversight search so leadership can stand behind every message.

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