Want to communicate with parents of an entire class?

Ever wish you could talk to all the parents in a class at the same time, perhaps to announce a change in policy, or to let them know about something that happened in class?

Edline gives you that ability. When you’re in the home page for a class, look on the lower left part of your screen and click on “Send email.” Then click on “select all” and down at the bottom “send email.” You’ll get to choose if you want this to go to just parents, just students, or both. Then you’ll have the opportunity to write your email. The editor is plain vanilla – no bold, italics, or bullet points – but you can get a message sent. A copy of your email will be sent to your email address as well, so you have a record of it.

A few caveats:

• · Be sure to remember to include a subject line.
• · Be sure to include a signature (unlike in a normal email program, one won’t be added automatically.)
• · If you copy and paste from Word, formatting disappears – including spacing between paragraphs – so be sure to check through the email to make sure you like the spacing before you send it.

You could also use this feature this to communicate with individual parents, simply by selecting just their names when you first start this process.

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