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Exploring the Message Center

Improve communication with your families, staff, students, and activity groups with easy to use emailing, texting and phone calling.

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Written by Bill McElmury
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Message Center is your fully integrated tool for sending voice calls, emails, and text messages directly from jmc Office. Whether you need to notify families about weather alerts, send reminders by grade level or bus route, or keep students updated on school events, Message Center helps you reach the right people, at the right time. Plus, with features to track message delivery, monitor staff usage, and review message history, staying connected has never been easier.

Log in to jmc Office and select the "Message Center" module to learn more.

Send Messages

The Send Messages page is your central hub for sending mass emails, text messages, and voice calls to families, students, and emergency contacts. Choose from four different message types to communicate with individuals or targeted groups based on grade level, activity, course, bus route, and more. Messages can be sent immediately or scheduled for later, giving you flexibility to ensure your information is received at the right time.

Message Status

Keep track of your outgoing messages with the Message Status page. Here, you can monitor the progress of messages in real time, including how many have been successfully delivered and how many are still pending. For scheduled messages, you have the flexibility to adjust the delivery date or time—or cancel a message entirely if plans change.

Messaging Logs

Easily keep a record of your school’s communication with Messaging Logs. View a detailed list of all phone calls and text messages sent through jmc Office or the mobile apps, including who sent the message, the recipient, and the delivery time. You can also print or export the log for record-keeping or quick reference later on.

Manage Phone Recordings

The Manage Phone Recordings page gives you full control over your saved phone recordings. Review your recordings, rename them for easy organization, and keep everything ready to go for future messages. Whether you’re double-checking a recording before sending or tidying up your message list, this is the place to manage it all.

Attendance Notification Settings

Who has free time to call parents and guardians at 9:00? If a student is absent the first period of the day, messages can be set up to automatically call families notifying them of their student's absence. Want to call only for unexcused absences and not excused absences? No problem! Want a daily email report automatically sent with who was called? We've got you covered there too.

External Communication Detail Log

Need to review past communications in detail? This log provides a thorough view of messages sent, including the message type, associated building, school year, sender, location, date, and any queued information. Plus, you can easily export the log to keep a record for future reference.

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