The Community and Communication solution is the central hub that brings your entire school together in one digital space. This guide will walk you through setting up posting permissions, managing moderation, and enabling direct messaging to ensure a safe and engaging environment. By the end of this article, you will be able to customize how your school interacts and shares content effectively.
Permission Level Required: Owner | District Manager | Manager
In this article:
Configure Posting Preferences: Define which roles can post content, upload videos, and comment.
Manage the Photo Gallery: Enable the school-wide gallery and set contributor permissions.
Enable Direct Messaging: Set up secure communication channels between specific school roles.
Monitor Content with Moderation: Use automated and manual tools to keep your community safe.
Configure Posting Preferences
You can customize who is allowed to share information on the main school feed by adjusting your Posting Preferences. This ensures that the content remains relevant and follows your school's communication policy.
Step-by-Step Guide to Configuring Posting Preferences
Step-by-Step Guide to Configuring Posting Preferences
Click on Settings in the main navigation menu.
Select the Settings tab.
Scroll down to the Posting Preferences section and click the arrow to expand the menu.
Select the Checkboxes for the roles you want to grant permissions to:
Allow to post to the main feed: Choose roles like Teacher, Staff or Student Leader to create top-level posts.
Allow to upload custom videos: Select which roles have permission to share video content directly.
Allow to comment by default: Determine which roles can respond to posts to encourage discussion.
Note: Owners, District Managers, and Managers have these permissions by default, and the permissions for these roles cannot be revoked.
Good to Know: Permissions for posting within specific Groups are managed separately within individual group settings rather than the main school feed settings.
Manage the Photo Gallery
The Photo Gallery shares photos with your entire community at the top of the Home Feed, making it a great way to show off school spirit. You can also control who has the authority to create new clubs and associations.
Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Photo Gallery and Group Preferences
Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Photo Gallery and Group Preferences
Navigate to your Minga Settings.
Locate the Photo Gallery Preferences section.
Toggle the switch to Enable Photo Gallery (this is on by default).
Select the Checkboxes under Allow the following roles to add photos to the gallery.
Scroll to Group Preferences to decide which roles can add new groups to your Minga.
Select roles such as Teacher or Staff to allow them to manage their own clubs and teams.
Pro Tip: Enabling Student Leaders to post photos is a great way to capture authentic school moments and events.
Enable Direct Messaging
You can simplify communication between students, parents, and staff by enabling Direct Messaging. Owners can specifically control which roles are allowed to message each other to maintain privacy and safety.
Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Direct Messaging
Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Direct Messaging
Navigate to Settings from the left side menu.
Click on the downward arrow for the Communication & Notifications section.
To allow Direct Messaging, toggle on Enable Direct Messaging.
If you would like to give users the option to disable Direct Messaging for their account, toggle on Allow users to disable direct messaging in their preferences.
Decide what roles can send Direct Messages by enabling the following options under Messaging permissions:
• Between Owners, Managers, Teachers and Staff (enabled by default when Direct Messaging is enabled).
• Students ↔ Owners/Managers/Teachers/Staff
• Parents ↔ Owners/Managers/Teachers/Staff
• Student Leaders ↔ Students
• Between Student Leaders
• Between Students
• Between Parents
Monitor Content with Moderation
Minga includes a moderation engine that automatically checks all submitted content for inappropriate material. You can also review content that has been manually reported by users to keep your digital community safe.
Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Moderation in Minga
Step-by-Step Guide to Enabling Moderation in Minga
Navigate to Settings from the main menu.
Click on the downward arrow under Moderation.
To automatically check and block inappropriate material, toggle Enable Moderation to On.
Toggle on Block Flagged Content if you want to prevent inappropriate posts from appearing entirely.
To view content that has been manually reported, follow the steps below:
Step-by-Step Guide to Monitoring Flagged Content
Step-by-Step Guide to Monitoring Flagged Content
Go to Home > Moderation > Reported Content in your Minga
You will see additional buttons for lists of unresolved and resolved reports.
Each reported post captures:
The unresolved post Type
The User who posted the content
The date and time the content was posted
The reporter(s) of the content
The date and time the content was reported by each reporter
Create and Manage Events
Your Events calendar will be the only place students, staff and parents need to see all school events. Create events for photo day, athletic events, prom, school colors day - whatever you have happening at school! Create an event so it is shared with your school community.
For an in depth walkthrough on Events, check out these resources:
Creating and Managing Groups
Create groups for athletics clubs, associations, teams and more to manage and communicate with specific groups easily and effectively. Every group has its own space within Minga for discussion, updates, activities, events and information.
For an in depth walkthrough on Groups, check out these resources:
Additional Features and Settings
Minga Points and Rewards:
Utilize the Points solution to see even more engagement with your community content. Encourage your community to become more involved by awarding Minga Points when they attend events, and respond to challenges and polls.
These points go towards their individual and team leaderboard total for healthy and fair competition. They can also be redeemed for Rewards that you have set up in Minga.
For an in depth walkthrough on Points and Rewards, check out these resources:
Post Content to your Minga:
Introduce a new teacher, celebrate team achievements, share photos of awesome school spirit, share important announcements and welcome everyone back for another great school year.
Learn more about creating posts, challenges and sharing information in these resources:
Resources