Messaging

On the mobile app, you will see the three lines in upper left corner blinking yellow when you have a message that has not yet been marked as "Read".

To see your message, you will need to click on the three lines in upper left corner (menu) and choose Messages.  You can choose the message marked with yellow highlighting to read. Once it has been read, click on the message to mark as "Read" and clear the yellow notification.

By changing the dates of From and To you can narrow down message selections, just like on the browser.

To initiate a message, simply click the blue + circle at the bottom of the screen.  Click Staff then check the box next to the person you want to message.  Click the blue bar to "Hide Contacts" and click on the "Message Body" to enter what you want to say.  Click "Done Editing Message" blue bar, then click the paper airplane (send) icon at the bottom of the screen to send the message.

Praxi messages automatically populate upon signing in down the center row of the home page. 
Scroll down as the latest messages will be toward the bottom.

Click on the message to indicate you have read/received the message. The blue border around the message will turn off and it will show "Read" at the top.  "Not Read" will remain with a blue border.  Once you have marked it as "read" it will no longer display on your home page (when refreshed), but they can be accessed under your Messages icon under header.  

To reply to a message, click "Messages" at the top under the school banner.  You can toggle any of the box options to flip between message types:  New Messages, Read Messages, Received Messages, Sent/Not Read, Sent Messages and All Messages.  You may also click on the staff ID of the person you already have a conversation going with under the other options.

Click the Blue Circle + at the top will open a dialog box for you to send to the person you are responding to.  If you want to initiate a message, click on All Messages, then click the blue + circle.  Choose the staff you want to message by clicking the box next to their ID and click "Send Message" box.  The dialog box will then come up for you to message that staff member.  Click Send when you are done.

You may clear all messages, marking them as "Read" by clicking the yellow person with a book circle (see next topic below).  This will clear the center column on your portal home page and stop the blinking indicator on the mobile app.  

By changing the dates of From and To you can narrow down or broaden message selections.