How To Turn on Emergency Alerts
Go to your Dashboard
Toggle switch to enable Emergency Alerts.
You can send a test notification to yourself when all settings have been configured and you’re ready to test. The test text will be sent to the phone number specified in the user profile of the user that’s logged in (the user name will show after clicking on the person/gear icon in the top right-hand corner of the dashboard).
Change Who Can Send Emergency Alerts
Any Faculty role can be given the ability to issue an Emergency Alert.
Navigate to Settings→Roles on the Dashboard
Click on any Faculty role
In this example, we will work with the Employee role
Under Employee Permissions, toggle on Dashboard Access.
NOTE: The Employee role will now have the ability to access the Dashboard via campus.visitu.com.
Toggle on Dashboard Access→Send emergency alerts
The role will now be able to send Emergency Alerts.
Create New Template
Go to Settings→Emergency
Click Create New Template under the Standard Response Protocol and Emergency Message Templates
Enter the following information:
Title - The name of the new Template
Status - The type of emergency that is shown in Visitu based on the "I Love You Guys" website standards
Message - The message that is sent to contacts in your Visitu database