RenWeb FAQs: Using Parent Alert for Attendance Notifications

Sep 11

Written by: blogadmin
9/11/2012 9:03 AM

You may be familiar with some of the features of Parent Alert already—like emergency notifications or the ability to send parents an instant alert when buses are running late from a football away game—but did you know you can also send attendance notifications to parents*?

You can use Parent Alert to automatically send alerts to parent phones via a recorded voice call, text message or a text to speech call when their student has reached a pre-determined number of absences or tardies.

If desired, click the Parent Alert tab in the notification area of the Attendance Notification.
You may utilize all or selected Notification types:
1. Voice Message: Select the saved voice message from the drop-down menu to send a voice alert if a student reaches the specified number of tardies or absences.
2. Text Message: Type in a message of 140 characters or less to be sent to the parents of the student who has reached the specified number of absences or tardies. You may use the Variable List options if desired. (You may copy and paste variable items from the Email Notification tab if desired.)
3. Text to Speech: You may type a message to be read by a computerized voice. You may copy and paste information, including variables, from the Email Notification area directly into this area for the computer to read.
Click Save.