What is the Notice Board?
The Notice Board allows staff to send messages to all staff or specific groups of students and parents. It’s typically used for more general messages which aren’t related to one of the other Satchel One apps (Homework, Behaviour etc). Schools often use the Notice Board for newsletters, announcements, upcoming events etc.
View Notice Board
🔏 The actions within this section require the following permissions - My notices, My classes' notices, All notices, School notices, Staff notices and Restricted notice types.
To view the Notice Board home screen, click ‘Notice board’ from the list of options on the left-hand side.
The default display settings for the Notice Board home screen are ‘My notices’ for the current month. However, you can change the dropdown from ‘My notices’ to ‘My classes’ notices' or 'All notices’. You can also adjust the date range to show notices from a previous or future month.
The Notice Board home screen is displayed as a calendar view of the entire month you’ve selected:
This calendar view shows a short preview of any existing notices under the date they were scheduled for.
However, you can click on an individual notice for a full detailed view. The detailed view shows:
The date the notice was scheduled for
The member of staff who posted the notice
The title of the notice
The full description of the notice
The number of staff, students and parents who have already viewed the notice vs the total number it was sent to
Create Notices
To create a new notice, click 'Create’ on the top right-hand side of the Notice Board home screen.
Use the pop-out Create menu to enter all the relevant details for your notice. All of these details will be visible to the audience you select.
Title
Enter a title for your notice.
Description
Type the full description for your notice. You can use the available formatting options - bold, underline, italics, strikethrough, bullet point list, numbered list, or hyperlink.
Attachments
Upload an attachment from your personal computer.
Notice type
The list of notice types available to select from can be amended by a member of staff with the ‘Notice type setup' permission.
Audience
Select the group of people who will receive your notice. The list of options are:
All staff
All students & parents
Class group
Registration group
Year group
ℹ️ If you select a Class group, Registration group, or Year group, your notice will be sent to all of the students and parents in that group
Date
This is the date when the audience recipients are notified about your notice. The default is today’s date, but you can select a future date if you wish. Recipients will not see the notice until that date.
Repeat
Tick the ‘Repeat’ box if you’d like your notice to be automatically repeated. You can choose ‘Weekly’ or ‘Every two weeks’. Your repeat notice will be visible if you navigate forward on the Noticeboard home screen (monthly calendar view).
Edit / Delete Notices
To edit or delete an existing notice, locate and click on the notice from the notice board home screen. Then click the options menu (three vertical dots) on the top right-hand side. Then select either Edit or Delete.
Bear in mind that the recipients will have already received a notification showing the original notice details.
FAQ
Question | Answer |
How are audience recipients notified about a new notice? | Audience recipients are notified via push notification on the Satchel One mobile app, and also by email. |
If I select an individual Class group, Registration group or Year group as the audience, who receives my notice? | Your notice is sent to all of the students and parents in the group you have selected. It’s not possible to only send the notice to individuals within the selected group. |
If I edit or delete an existing notice, are the audience recipients notified? | No. Audience recipients are only notified on the original date selected when the notice is first created. |