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Texting

Texting allows for you to reach your student on the device they’re using most each day. Please reach out to customersuccess@awardspring.com if you are interested in adding texting functionality to your site.

When texting is enabled, Texting appears under Communications in the left navigation.

The main navigation with Communications expanded and Texting highlighted, beside the Texting screen.

The Texting screen has a Message box on the left and a Recipients search box on the right.

The Texting screen with the Message box on the left and the Recipients search box on the right.

Text messages can be up to 140 characters, and you are able to send a maximum of 14,000 texts at one time. Texts are sent at the rate of 1 per second.

Use the Message box on the left to compose the 140 character message to your applicants.

The message box on the Texting screen with example text filled in, used to compose the 140 character message sent to applicants.

The Recipients box on the right contains a search box for your recipient list. You can search by name or phone number. You can also paste a list of phone numbers into this field.

The Recipients search box with 555017 typed in, listing three matches with phone numbers: Ashby, Devon; Ashworth, Corinne; Ferreira, Talia.

Click Send Message. Messages will be sent at the rate of 1 message per second.

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