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Post to the school Community
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 7 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to post to the school Community
- 1Click Community in the Communication section of the sidebar
- 2Choose the room in "Post to" — the whole school, your own classes, and any group you're in
- 3Pick a Kind — Post, Photos, Event or Volunteering — a label families can filter on
- 4Announcement and Welcome are for whoever moderates the community, so they aren't in your Kind list unless you moderate; an Announcement emails and pushes everyone in the room
- 5Write the post under "What's happening?"
- 6Click "Add photos" and choose pictures — Pearspark says how many children in the room have no photo release on file
- 7Click Post — the post appears at the top of the feed
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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