The Message Board is your central place to keep everyone informed. This article explains who can post, how to create and manage posts, and how to use the Message Board effectively with your community.
What is the Message Board?
The Message Board is a shared noticeboard for your centre. You can use it to:
Post important announcements and reminders.
Share photos and short updates from the day.
Attach newsletters or longer documents for families.
Who Can Post on the Message Board?
By default, only Site Admins can create Message Board posts and they can give permission to Teachers and families to create posts as well.
If you don’t see the option to create Message Board posts, you do not currently have posting rights. Ask someone with site admin access to update your profile.
🔒 Site Admins only – If you need to update others access to create Message Board post, check out our help article on granting Teachers or families permission to create posts.
How to Create a Message Board Post
Click + at the top right then Message Board Post.
Enter a title for your post.
Write your message in the text box.
Use Add Media to add images or videos.
Use Attach File to add a PDF or Word file (one file per post).
Choose who can see your post (for example, all families or selected classes/groups).
Choose who to send emails to.
Decide how comments should work:
Approved Comments Only (Default)– comments are held for approval before they show for everyone.
Auto Approve Comments – families and teachers can comment immediately.
Disable Comments – no one can comment on this post.
Choose to Pin important messages to the top of the page (optional).
Click Draft to work on later or Publish to make the post live and notify everyone.
Editing or Deleting a Message Board Post
Edit a post
Open the Message Board.
Find your post and click Edit.
Update the title, message, audience or settings as needed.
Click Save or Update.
Delete a post
Click the three dots (•••) on the post.
Select Delete.
Confirm to remove the post permanently.
Note: Deleting a post removes it for everyone who had access to it.
Viewing Message Board Posts
Message Board posts appear in a feed, with the newest posts at the top.
Pinned posts stay at the top of the page above the rest of the feed.
You can switch between:
Feed view – shows the full message content.
Index view – shows a headline-only list so you can quickly scan posts.
What Families Can See
Family members can only see Message Board posts created after they join your site.
If you have an earlier post that new families need to see (for example, welcome post for new families), create a new post or edit the existing post to a current date so it appears in their Message Board feed.
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