How do I configure SMS settings for different scenarios?

Use the SMS Settings page to turn on SMS for your school and decide which events send automatic messages through myschool SMS, and to whom.

Steps to configure SMS settings

1. Go to Menu → Administration → Settings → SMS → SMS Settings.
2. Select the Application checkbox, then click Update. This enables SMS for your school.
3. Select the events that should trigger an automatic message, and the recipients who should receive them (for example Send SMS to Students, Send SMS to Parents and Send SMS to Employees).
4. Click Update to save your changes.

Tip: For the full list of events that can send alerts and who receives each one, see Which events trigger an automatic SMS?.

How these settings affect manual messages

The recipient checkboxes on this page also control who you can message manually:

• Send SMS to Students must be selected to message students. See Send an SMS to students.
• Clearing Send SMS to Students sends student messages to the parent or guardian instead. See Send an SMS to parents.
• Send SMS to Employees must be selected to message employees or departments.
• All three options must be selected to send an SMS to all users.