Staff are able to login and send messages to any student/family. This includes teachers, admin, secretaries, nurses, etc. External staff are people who are not able to send messages (except with limitations like coaches), and generally will be just receiving messages. This might include bus drivers, crossing guards, coaches, and volunteers.
You can always add one member of staff one at a time or you can add a CSV of many regular or external staff members. .
Adding a Staff Member
Begin by accessing your spreadsheet. Select teacher contacts in the upper right.
Then click the "+" button in the lower left. Here you can add individual teachers manually.
If you want to upload a spreadsheet select the upload button
Open your spreadsheet:
*OUTLOOK USERS will get an email to access the sheet
Complete the necessary fields-- to learn more about the fields click here.
When you are ready, "Validate" your spreadsheet. If you select, deactivate teachers not in this file, it will remove any teachers you have removed from the spreadsheet.
To add students with a csv, learn more here.
UPDATE SHEET
After you have uploaded the sheet once to update the spreadsheet to reflect any manually added individual teachers select "update"
Viewing External Contacts
At any time, under teacher contacts, you can view your external staff by selecting the "Only external staff" filter on the left hand side.