This video provides an overview on how teachers can use the Focus Messenger to batch message and individually message their students.
Messenger Overview for Teachers
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SIS Administrator Help
Setup 69
- Portal
- Portal Editor
- Portal Messages
- Automated Cron Messages
- Focus Chat Messages
- System Preferences
- Single Sign-On Configuration
- Site Administration - Links
- Site Administration
- Letterhead Templates
- Address Catalog
- Gradebook Templates
- Gradebook Comment Codes
- Grade Posting Averaging
- School Fields
- Translations
- Translations (New)
- Application Editor
- Login History
- Edit Rules & Workflow
- Lockers/Student Rooms
- Community App
- Third Party Systems
- Blackboard APIs
- Blackboard Transfer Logs
- Ed-Fi Setup
- Ed-Fi Logs
- Moodle API Setup
- Moodle API Import Log
- Moodle API Error Log
- Form Builder
- Approval Flow
- District Info
- District Fields
- School Report
- School Info
- Add a School
- Copy School
- Marking Periods
- Attendance Calendar
- Periods
- Grade Levels
- Rooms
- External Schools
- Hall Pass Setup
- Rollover
- Duplicate Marking Periods
- School Choice Setup
- Tours and Auditions
- Run Lottery
Students 51
- Searching for Students
- Student Info
- Student Info: Enrollment
- Student Info: Immunizations
- Student Info: Re-enrollment Restrictions
- Student Info: Re-enrollment
- Student Info: Vouchers
- Student Info: Instructional Method
- Student Info: Threat Classification
- Student Info: Communication
- Student Info: Letter Log
- Student Info: Hall Passes
- Add a Student
- Communication
- Bulk Create Students
- Bulk Enrollment
- Mass Assign Student Info
- Mass Add Log Records
- Uploaded Files
- Change Requests
- Change Requests Set Up
- Seating Charts
- Online Enrollments
- ISP Page
- Magnet/Special Assignment
- Title I Eligibility
- Hall Passes
- Advanced Report
- Add / Drop Report
- Communication Reports
- Hall Pass Trends
- Student Form Records
- Student Breakdown
- Print Student Information
- Print Letters & Send Email
- Letter Queue
- Workflow Triggers
- Print Avery Labels
- Print ID Badges
- Audit Trail
- Invalid Address Report
- Birthday Report
- Uploaded Files Report
- Seating Chart Contact Tracing
- Student Fields
- Sort Order for Fields
- Address Fields
- Student Groups
- Computed Student Fields
- Enrollment Codes
Users 42
- User Info
- User Info: Communication
- Add a User
- Mass Assign User Info
- Mass Assign User Profiles
- Mass Add Log Records
- My Preferences
- Calendar
- Uploaded Files
- Advanced Report
- User Form Records
- User Breakdown
- Letter Queue
- Print Letters & Send Email
- Print Avery Labels
- Print ID Badges
- Audit Trail
- User Action Log
- Verify Parent Accounts
- Uploaded Files Report
- Profiles
- User Permissions
- Profile Permissions Audit Trail
- Associate Students with Parents
- User Fields
- User Groups
- Curriculum Guides
- Take Attendance (Teacher Programs)
- Reward Positive Behavior (Teacher Programs)
- Seating Charts (Teacher Programs)
- Post Final Grades (Teacher Programs)
- Post Standard Grades (Teacher Programs)
- Preferences (Teacher Programs)
- Gradebook (Teacher Programs)
- Proficiency Gradebook (Teacher Programs)
- Gradebook: Gradebook Templates (Teacher Programs)
- Gradebook Reports (Teacher Programs)
- Request Grade Changes (Teacher Programs)
- Next-Year Schedule Requests (Teacher Programs)
- Reauthorization (Teacher Programs)
- Web Pages (Teacher Programs)
- Profiles (Permissions)
Scheduling 42
- Student Schedule
- Student Requests
- Alternate Course Requests
- Mass Change Schedule
- Mass Add Course
- Mass Drop Course
- Mass Requests (Prior to 12.0.41)
- Mass Requests
- Automatic Course Requests
- Course Progression
- Waitlist
- Requests Reports
- Builder Reports
- Loading Reports
- Scheduled Section Hours Errors
- Teacher Next-Year Schedule Request Completion
- Reauthorization Completion
- Master Schedule Report
- Teacher Schedules Report
- Room Schedules Report
- Schedule Report
- Add/Drop Report
- Students with Inclusion
- Print Student Schedules
- Print Teacher Schedules
- Print Class Lists
- Modify Programs
- Course Catalog (Old v.12)
- New Course Catalog
- Courses & Sections
- Classes for Sale
- Lock Schedules
- Teams
- Lunches
- Planning Periods
- Create Packages
- Elementary Scheduler
- Team Scheduler
- Run Scheduler
- Master Schedule Snapshots
- Master Schedule Builder
- Course Completion Codes
Grades 34
- Final Grades, GPA, & Class Rank
- Course History
- Progression Plan
- Report Cards
- District Report Cards & Transcripts
- CTE Report Cards
- Transcripts
- Approve Grade Changes
- Lesson Templates
- Shared Courses
- Teacher Completion (Grades)
- Lesson Planning Teacher Completion
- Print Grades Verification Sheets
- Honor Roll
- Grade Breakdown
- Missing Final Grades
- Student Final Grades
- Print Progression Plans
- Teacher Gradebook Usage
- Graduation Requirements Report
- Calculate GPA
- Pull Grades for Report Cards
- Average Pass/Fail Grades
- Grading Scales & Comments
- Graduation Requirements
- Progression Plan (Setup)
- Honor Roll Setup
- Resource Browser
- Curriculum Components
- Curriculum Guides
- Teacher Lesson Plans
- Teacher Instruction Groups
- Lesson Plan/Curriculum Guide Detail Report
- View Printed Report Cards
Assessment 34
- Standard Grades Report Cards
- Test History
- Test History Report
- View Standard Grades
- Standard Grades Summary
- Failed Standards
- State Performance Report
- At Risk Students
- Leading Indicator Report
- College Readiness Report
- School Status Report
- Test History Breakdown
- L25 Report
- FAST Report
- Standards
- Assign Standards to Courses
- Post Default Standard Grades
- Standardized Tests
- District Assessments
- Create Assessments
- Create Questions
- Bubble Sheets
- FAS Tests
- View Test Assignments
- Analyze Test
- Create Test
- Create Adaptive Test
- Create Questions - FAS
- Edit Passages
- Scan Bubble Sheets
- Adaptive Test Report
- Standard Test Report
- Learners Proficient Report
- Incomplete Tests
Attendance 18
- Administration
- Late Check In/Early Release
- Add Absences
- Attendance Chart
- Attendance Calendar (Students)
- Attended Hours Report
- Absence Summary
- Perfect/Excessive Attendance
- Absences by Course and Student
- Print Absence Summary
- Average Daily Attendance
- Average Attendance by Day
- Teacher Completion (Attendance)
- Verification Sheets/Sub Rosters
- Check In/Check Out
- No Show/Low Attendance
- Attendance Bulletin
- Attendance Setup
Discipline 15
- Add Referral
- Referrals
- Dynamic Discipline Code Suggestions using AI
- Add a Discipline Incident
- Discipline Incidents
- Detention List
- Positive Behavior Awards
- Students with Referrals
- Category Breakdown
- Referral Log
- Positive Behaviors System Preferences and Profile Permissions
- Positive Behaviors
- Referral Fields
- Incident Fields
- Referral Codes & Actions
Forms 1
Billing 36
- Student Billing
- Mass Invoice Students
- Product List
- Billing Categories
- Automatic Invoices
- Cashout
- Extended Day Credit
- Purchased Add-Ons
- Invoice Report
- Receipt Report
- Receivables Report
- Cashout Report
- Store Setup
- Cost Tier Setup
- Manage Fee Templates
- Manage District Fee Templates
- Manage Individual Fees
- Manage Limited Fees
- Manage Discounts
- Mass Invoice from Schedule
- Mass Invoice from Product List
- Mass Delete Unpaid Invoices
- Quote Course
- Fee Report
- FA Worksheet
- Return to Title IV
- Consecutive Absences
- Pay Period 2 Students
- SAP Minimum Requirements
- Student Academic Report
- COE
- Financial Aid Alerts
- Modify Programs
- Pell Updates
- Gainful Employment
- IPEDS
Eligibility 4
Reports 5
Archives 28
- Payment Method Totals
- Mass Assign Fees
- SMS Attendance Notification System Setup Guide v.11
- Category Totals
- Print Statements
- Categories
- Payment Methods
- Fees & Payments
- Gradebook Grades (Teacher Programs)
- Attendance & Discipline Graphs
- Discipline and SESIR - FAQs
- Gradebook Configuration (Teacher Programs)
- Gradebook Assignments (Teacher Programs)
- Web Pages (Admin) v.10
- Billing Update
- Student Balances
- Daily Transactions
- User Transactions
- COVID-19 District Resources
- Leveraging Focus & Google Classroom for Online Learning
- Messenger Overview for Teachers
- New Student Portal Check In Block - Admin Setup Guide
- Gradebook Grades
- Print Legacy Graduation Requirements Report
- Portal v.11
- Student Info v. 11
- User Info v.11
- Phone Communication