Group Alerts for Student Cafe and Parent Lounge Video

This video demonstrates how to create notifications in Staff Kiosk that display in Student Cafe for students and Parent Lounge for parents. It walks through selecting recipients, setting display dates, entering alert messages, and excluding individuals if needed. The video also shows how alerts appear in both student and parent portals, how users can acknowledge alerts, and how staff can view acknowledgement reports in Staff Kiosk.

This video references the ‘Teacher' menu. From v01.059.10.200, this menu was renamed to 'Staff’.

This video references the ‘Alerts' program. Since filming the video, the program has been renamed to 'Notifications'.

This video references the ‘Create Alerts' options in the hamburger menu of the Staff Kiosk Home Page. Since filming the video, this option has been renamed to 'Create Notifications'.

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00:00 - Introduction to creating alerts
00:10 - Navigating to Staff Kiosk and alert options
00:31 - Example: Sending an alert to a class
00:46 - Selecting recipients and date range
01:09 - Entering alert message
01:22 - Excluding recipients and portal access info
01:42 - Confirming and distributing the alert
01:50 - Viewing alert in Student Cafe
02:23 - Viewing alert in Parent Lounge
02:54 - Returning to Staff Kiosk to check acknowledgements
03:12 - Generating acknowledgement report
03:32 - Summary and help resources

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