Student Communication
Messages to a student, a section, a cohort, a program or everyone. The audience is resolved when it is sent.
Where to find it
- Module: Student Lifecycle
- Group: Student Success
- Section: Communication
- Screen: Student Communication
Address in the console: /slcm/communications
List · 9 columns · 8 fields on its form · 2 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Message | Code | message_no |
| Subject | Text | subject |
| Channel | Status | channel |
| Audience | Status | audience |
| Which | Code | audience_ref |
| Student | Text | student_name |
| Recipients | Number | recipient_count |
| Sent | Date and time | sent_at |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject required | Text | ||
| Message | Long text | ||
| Channel | Choice | email, sms, portal, push, letter | |
| Audience required | Choice | students, applicants, faculty, advisors, alumni, program, section, cohort, individual | |
| Program code or cohort | Text | Used when the audience is a program or a cohort. | |
| Individual student | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Section | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Send at | Date and time |
What you can do here
Send primary
Asks for confirmation: Send this message? The audience is resolved now, so anyone who has joined since it was drafted is included.
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.