CONNECT_ED Autodial System
ABC Unified School District recognizes the importance of communicating with parents and staff. Our district has the ability to send messages to multiple households at once. Open House, Special Events, State Testing Dates and Safety Notices are just examples of the types of messages that we are currently sending.. We also use the Connect_Ed system to automate our absence notifications which has helped to keep kids in the classrooms.
How to Record, Schedule, and Send a Message
Only individuals with a user name and password can operate the Connect_Ed system. Please check with your school's secretary to assist you in scheduling a message.
Visit www.blackboardconnect.com and click Sign in Here.
Enter your username and password and click Sign In.
If you forget your username and/or password, click Get help here, and follow the on-screen prompts to have the username and password immediately e-mailed to the registered user.
Once logged in, select a message type:
Community Outreach messages are general announcements delivered to each contact’s primary and optional additional phone number.
Attendance Notification messages allow users to send automated daily messages to parents/guardians of students identified as absent.
Emergency Communication messages enable school administrators to directly notify and update parents and staff during an emergency at up to six numbers per contact.
Single Survey messages enable your recipients to RSVP for school events or provide input on school initiatives using their telephone keypad. Receive detailed reports within minutes of sending your call.
STEP 1: Record or Create Message
a) Click Create New Message (to send an existing message, skip to “Step 1,
section f” below)
b) Select Record with Voice (for more on Text-to-Speech messages refer to the
Help section online)
c) Title your message and, if you have loaded languages in your database,
select a language.
d) Type an optional script for your message, or select a previously created
script from the pulldown, and click Next
e) Follow the on-screen instructions to record your message via a telephone
and click Done
f) On the Select Your Message page, select your message and click Next...
STEP 2: Select Contacts
a) Click on Select All to quickly select your audience or use the pull-down filters
to narrow your choices. Check the boxes to the right of the desired
audience to select individually. Use the Selected Contacts sub-tab to view
list of your desired audience to receive this call.
b) Once you have selected your contacts, click Next..
.
STEP 3: Schedule and Send your Message
a) Select your time zone, choose Send My Message Now for immediate
delivery or schedule a date and time for future delivery. Click Next
b) Verify that all scheduling information is correct, then click Confirm...
c) Review the Log and confirm that your message status reads Scheduled or
Sending.
Still need help?
Submit a work order to Information Technology with the subject
"Autodialer Training Needed" please provide your name and ext number in the description area of the work order.
If this is an emergency please dial 21011 or contact rafael.waites@abcusd.k12.ca.us