Communications

Our powerful communication feature enables real-time, two-way messaging between students, parents, teachers, and administrators—fostering a more connected and responsive school community. Whether sending announcements, following up on assignments, or addressing urgent concerns, users can securely message individuals or groups with ease.

Craft and publish announcements tailored to specific schools, staff, groups, guardians, or students. Opt for public announcements to keep users with the mobile app informed. Reach your audience with precision and inclusivity.

Connecting with families is easier than ever with Focus Translations. Messages sent in English are automatically translated into over 70 languages—ensuring every family receives information in a language they understand. Recipients can respond in their own language, and their replies are automatically translated back into English for staff, enabling seamless two-way communication. This feature is supported across all communication types, including phone calls, when using the text-to-speech call option.

Ensure that private and confidential communications remain just that – private. When selecting this option, the student/user will receive a notification to log into their portal account to view the secure message.

Craft specific timing for communications. Schedule announcements and messages to be sent on a chosen future date and time, ensuring the communication hits the right mark. Choose between sending out a one-time message or set up a recurrence. 

Utilize engaging, interactive polls as a way to increase community engagement and gauge feedback or preferences. Gather responses through various methods such as multiple choice, reactions, true or false, and free response.

Sign Ups are an invaluable tool for recruiting volunteers and distributing responsibilities among students, staff, and parents. This function facilitates streamlined communication and efficient coordination within educational environments, ensuring that everyone can contribute effectively to various initiatives and activities.

Focus tracks all communication sent through the platform and displays a report for end users to quickly review communication. Easily select which profiles to grant Communications Reports permissions to.

The full Communications Module is available from the Focus app, allowing for two-way messaging through the browser or mobile app.