These instructions are applicable to school-only TalkingPoints partnerships. If you are within a district-wide partnership, these permissions are set by district admins.
From the left-hand panel, select 'School Settings.' Select the permissions you would like your teachers and staff to have, and click 'Save Changes.'
Here is a quick overview of the three checkboxes:
Teachers can add students manually:
keep off if you only want teachers to be able to message students from their rosters
turn on if you want your teachers to be able to add students + families (such as students on a club or team they support)
Teachers can add contacts manually:
keep off if you only want contacts from your SIS to be messaged via TalkingPoints
turn on if you want your teachers to have the ability to add additional contacts for each student (such as a student's phone number if they're over 13 or another guardian)
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