How to Send an Email to Students

This topic shows you how to create and send an email message to students in your religious education program.

  1. Open the Students & Volunteers page.
  2. In the Terms list, select the desired term.
  3. Make sure the Students tab is selected.
  4. If necessary, use the filters at the top of the tab to narrow down the list of students. For example, if you are emailing students in a specific class or grade, select the class and grade from the respective filters. Then, click .

A list of students matching your filter criteria is displayed.

  1. Select the checkbox next to the name of each student you are sending the email to. If you are sending the email to all students in the list, select the Select All checkbox. This checkbox is located to the left of the First Name column header. 
  2. In the toolbar, click  to open the New Email window. This window has three main sections: RecipientsSender, and Message.
  3. In the Recipient section, the names of the selected students appear in the Send To field. If necessary, do one of the following:
    1. To remove a student from the recipient list, click  to the right of their name.
    2. To add a recipient, click  and complete the Find Member search process. Note that only members with Family Directory records appear in the search list.
  4. By default, two under 18 recipient options are selected:
    1. For recipients under 18 include parents/guardians
    2. Don't send to recipients under 18 (recommended)

Deselect the options that you do not want to apply.

  1. The Recipient List link shows the number (in parentheses) of email recipients. To view the names of recipients and their email addresses, select the link. Note that if you select the option to include parents and guardians, they are included in the recipient count, and their names and email addresses appear in the list. 
  2. Open the Sender section. To do this, click . The name of the sender and their email address appear are displayed. Do one of the following:
    1. If the Sender information is accurate, go to Step 11.
    2. If you want to change the Sender information, click inside the fields and type your changes.
  3. Click  to move to the Message section.
  4. Type a subject for your email. Then, compose your message. If desired, use the formatting options available in the toolbar. To attach a file, click . To attach an image, click .
  5. Review the email. If you need to edit Recipient or Sender information, click  in the respective sections and make the necessary changes.
  6. When ready to send email, click .

To help ensure delivery, the email is sent from no-reply@parishsoft.com. However, if the recipient replies, their email goes to the address in your email's Reply To field.

 
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