Approve Schoolbox messages

• Teacher
• Director
• Admin
• Needs: Create Schoolbox Messages
• May need approval
• Phone
• Desktop
• Draft

If you don't see this

• It needs the Create Schoolbox Messages permission. A director grants it under Manage School → Staff → Permissions.
• This action may go to the Approval Center and take effect once a director approves it.

If your account requires approval, your messages wait until a director (or anyone with Approve Communication Items) sends them.

Before you start

• Finish Send a Schoolbox message first.

When you send a message that needs approval

1. After you tap Approve & Send, a Sent for Approval message appears. Tap Okay.
2. Find the message on the Approve chip (not in your Outbox). You can open it there to change it.

Approve a message (directors)

1. In Schoolbox, tap Approve. The count shows how many are waiting.

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   Messages waiting on the Approve chip

2. Tap a message. It opens in the composer so you can fix the subject, message, recipients or attachments.
3. Tap Approve & Send, then Approve and Send to confirm.
4. To reject it, tap Delete and confirm.

Tips

• Pending messages also appear in the Approval Center (on phones, Approvals).
• Scheduled messages go out at their scheduled time without waiting for approval.