Please Note: You will only be able to adjust these settings if your district admin has given you permission in their account, or if you are part of an individual school account.
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; you could also consider option 1 in this article)
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)