Reading · 3 min

Write to the class and to one student

Goal: Write to your whole class, and to one student with a copy to a parent when it helps.
Whole lesson: About 6 minutes
Before you start: A class (Lesson 4)

Where to click

Write to the whole class for reminders everyone needs. Write to one student for a personal check-in, for example after a missed week.
To write to the whole class, open My Activities⁠, then Post Announcement⁠, and press Add⁠.
Type a Name and your Message⁠.
Never put a username or password in an announcement. The whole class would see it.
Choose the Class⁠.
Choose the Account Type⁠: Student⁠, Parent⁠, or both.
Set an Expiration Date⁠, then press Add⁠.
To write to one student, open Message Student and press Compose Mail⁠.
In To⁠, choose the student. Tick Parent if a parent should get a copy.
Type a Subject and your Message⁠, then press Send⁠.
Keep messages short and kind. Name the lesson, and offer a time to look at it together. For example: “Hi Timur, I saw Elements of Story is hard. Shall we look at it together on Thursday?”

You're done when you can write to your whole class and to one student, with a copy to a parent when it helps.

Post Announcement or Message Student?

Use Message Student to write to one student. If several students need the same reminder, use Post Announcement⁠.

Stuck?

Write to support (support@gsed.ch) or to your coordinator.