Parent Communications Overview
Parent Reach Module for IRIS Reach used to send MyEd app messages, texts, or emails to parents and carers for individual or all students. is used to send messages from your organisation A school, multi-academy trust (MAT), single academy trust (SAT), club, nursery or organisation that uses the software. to a person A parent, legal guardian, carer, or someone responsible for a student. linked to students. These communications can be text or in-app messages, emails, letters, and include forms, event invites, etc.
By default, students are grouped based on your Management Information System (MIS) setup, typically year group, registration group or house, etc. In addition, you can create and modify groups of students (for breakfast clubs, sports clubs and teams, drama groups, etc.)
To save time, you can create templates for outgoing text or in-app messages, emails, and letters, including standard replies.
With many communications, it is necessary to send attachments, such as exam preparation, school reports, school event details, or trips. Microsites, mini websites containing all the applicable documents, are created. These microsites can then be used to make groups of documents available in the MyEd Name of the application parents and carers use to receive messages sent by schools using IRIS Reach. app, such as revision guides including links to videos, marking plans, or school policy documents.
You can send text messages, emails, letter, in-app messages or digital documents to a person responsible for students individually or by using a group.
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Select Parent Reach > Send Communication.
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The Parent Reach - Send Communication page is displayed. Select the type of communication you want to send.
Please see the following articles for more information:
Select Communication Recipients
Manage Parent Reach Communication Templates
Create, Edit and Delete Parent Groups
Set Up Recurring Text Messages