Message Center

The Skyward Message Center allows teachers to send an email message to students and/or parents for students enrolled in their class. The same message can be sent to one section or multiple sections. Attachment are able to be included in the message. It is recommended to include the attachments as a PDF instead of Word or PowerPoint since not everyone has these programs installed.

1) Open Skyward.

2) Open the Gradebook for one section to send the message.

3) Hover over Other Access then click on Message Center.

4) Click Add Message for Multiple Classes or Add Message for Current Class.

Multiple Classes allows multiple sections to be selected but all students in those sections are sent the message.

Current Class allows individual students to be selected or deselected.

5) Compose the email (a & b), select the recipients (c & d), select the class (e), add attachments (f) if necessary, and Save (g). See details below.

(a) Email subject.

(b) Email body. Some styling can be added by clicking the arrow next to View Style Toolbar.

(c) This area allows the message to be posted to Family Access or Student Access. Families and students see this when they log into their Skyward account. They must log in in order to see the message unless the Emailing Options is selected.

(d) This area allows the message to be sent as an email to the email addresses that are in Skyward. The checkboxes shown are recommended when sending to students. The same email message can be sent to Guardians by clicking the Email to Guardians checkbox.

The date and time are when the message will be sent out. The default time is about 1/2 hour in the future. It is recommended to leave the default time or setting the time for a few minutes in the future in case any changes are needed before the message is processed.

(e) Check the sections to send the email message. All students (and/or parents) enrolled in the checked section will receive the message.

(f) Click the Attach button in order to upload an attachment. The number in parentheses shows how many attachments will be included in the message. It is recommended to include attachments as PDF's.

(g) Saving the message will add it to the Message Center list. Messages that have not been sent can be edited. Messages cannot be deleted but in some cases, can be recalled.

Messages that are posted to Family or Student Access can be recalled to remove the message from view.

Messages that have not been emailed can be recalled so they are not sent.

Messages that have been emailed cannot be unsent.