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How to send a message
Whether you're sending a bit of encouragement, a reminder to get back on task or some helpful in-the-moment feedback, sending messages in Highlights is a powerful way to quickly and discretely check in with students.
Sending a message to multiple students
From the Send message button, you have to option to send messages to your entire class, specific groups, or individual students. To do this:
- Click on the Send message button and choose the audience for your message. You can send a message to the whole class, specific groups, or one or more individual students
- Type in the message you want to send to your students. This message can be up to 170 characters long.
- If you'd like, you can add an emoji to the message by clicking add emoji to open the emoji library.
- Click the Send Message button. Within seconds, your students will receive your message.
Sending a message to one student
You can also quickly and easily send a message to a specific student right from their student tile. This is a great option for sending specific feedback or for warning a student before you close a tab. To send a message from the student tile:
- Click the speech bubble to open the Send message window.
- Type your message and then click Send message. Within seconds, the student should receive the message.
- If you'd like, you can add an emoji to the message by clicking add emoji to open the emoji library.
The student experience
When your students receive the message, it will appear in a pop up in the center of their screen like this:
Messages will stay on students' screens until they click OK or dismiss the message. At this time, students are not able to respond to messages.