PPS Instructional Technology

Are you looking for an easy way to send emails to all your parents/students?  Thanks to the Skyward message center you can easily set emails to all the parent/student emails we have on file for your class(es). Step 1: Log in to Skyward and click on the blue book for the class you want to send the email to. Elementary teachers, I would always pick the same class (ex: Mathematics). Step 2: Go to the Other Access menu at the top left.  Select Message Center. Step 3: If you are an Elementary Teacher you will want to select "Add Message for Current Class".  If you are a Secondary Teacher, you can choose to send your message to multiple classes by choosing, "Add Message to Multiple Classes" or you can send to just the current selected class with "Add Message for Current Class". Step 4: Give your message a Subject by typing in the Message Summary box. Step 5: Write the body of your email in the Message Detail box. Step 6: Click Attach to add at...

Tech Tip: Distribution Groups in Gmail Begin in your chrome browser while visiting your PortagePS Gmail. At the upper-left corner of your gmail, you will see the compose button and above that the "Mail" title. Click on "Mail" and you will see this drop down menu, select "Contacts". Now under contacts you will see "New Group". Click there... Enter a name for your new group in the dialog box that pops up. Click OK Now that the group has been created, there are a couple of different ways to add contacts to your new list. Method 1: Go to your new list and add contacts directly from there. At the top of your contacts, click on the person with the "+" sign. Click in the text box. Begin typing a name and choose from the selections available. Then click "Add". Note: You can type and select multiple contacts prior to clicking "Add". Method 2: ...