The Notch platform automatically sends some reminders and updates to your officials when games change, assignments are approved, etc. However, you will often find yourself needing to send custom announcements for a multitude of different reasons. Notch allows you to do this through our "Announcements" functionality.
To get started navigate to https://live.joinnotch.com/login and sign into your assignor profile.
From your home dashboard click on the bullhorn icon as displayed above. You will then be brought to your "Announcements" page of your dashboard.
In this page you will be able to review all your sent and archived announcements, as well as create new ones.
To create a new announcement click on the green "New Announcement+" button as shown above. A popup window will appear prompting you to select the type of announcement you wish to send. After selecting the announcement type you will be presented with the "New Announcement" creation window.
You will have several options to choose from when sending announcements. A breakdown of these options will be outlined below :
"Send To" - This field will allow you to restrict who receives your announcements.
All Officials - All officials associated with your group will receive the communication.
All Users - All users (officials, admins, etc.) associated with your group will receive the communication.
Certified Only - Officials with a "Certified" status in your group will receive the communication.
"Subject Line" - This field will only be configurable for email communications and will come through as the subject line of the email.
Urgent/Email/SMS Checkboxes - This will dictate what type of message is being sent out and if it needs to be marked as a priority.
"Message" - Is the main body of the message being sent.
Once you are finished creating your announcement simply select "Send" at the bottom of the announcement creation window. Should you wish to save the announcement for later you can select "Save as Draft" and pick up where you left off at a later date. After you have sent your announcement it will appear in the list of "Sent" announcements.