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[For Admins + Managers] Learn how start communicating with families and other staff with brightwheel messaging

Start messaging in brightwheel

[For All Staff] Learn how to view messages received from families and other staff.

View your messages

[For All Staff] Learn what types of messages Admins, Managers, and Teachers can send to families.

Types of messages to send

[For all Staff] Learn how to send attachments, files, and documents via brightwheel messaging!

Send message attachments

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Message families & staff

[For All Staff] Learn how to send and view parent communications using brightwheel's Messaging feature.

Send messages to families

[For Admins + Managers] Learn how to view and send messages to your student's families using the Messaging feature.

Send messages to families only visible to Admin

Providers can use brightwheel’s Admissions Dashboard to send messages for students who aren’t yet actively attending.

Send messages to prospective students

[For all Staff] Learn how to engage families with photos & information about group activities and events through newsletters.

Send newsletters

[For Admins + Managers] Communicate effectively with families in cases of school closings, natural disasters, or any urgent situation

Best practices for communicating with families in emergency situations

Learn how to message parents, guardians, and family members! 

Message families

[For All Staff] Learn how to send messages to other teachers and individual administrators

Message other teachers

[For all staff] Learn how admins, managers, and staff can communicate individually or in groups using brightwheel Messaging.

Message your staff as Admin

Learn how to message teachers, staff and admin!   

Message teachers & staff

[For Admins] Learn how to delete any message sent by any user on the web.

Delete messages

[For All Staff] Learn how to manage newsletters.

Edit & delete newsletters

[For All Users] Learn how to manage message threads by marking them as read or unread.

Mark messages as read & unread

[For all users] Learn what file types can be attached to brightwheel messages by all users and uploaded as a Shared file by admins/managers

Allowed message file types

[For All Staff] Learn how to use speech-to-text function when messaging

Is there a way speak my messages instead of typing?

Manage messages

Create a custom design with text, images, and links

Brightwheel Website

Early Education Resources

Blog

Additional Resources

Go to your brightwheel account

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