Notifications - Staff

Owned by Paul Bernardi
Last updated: Nov 21, 2023

Overview

SomerLink includes a notification system that can ensure users stay up to date on what is happening in the school. Notifications are triggered by various actions, such as adding new material, publishing news or calendar events, or as reminders for students of pending work they need to complete. There are four notification types that exist within SomerLink as follows:

  • Instant

  • Email

  • Digest (Email)

  • Push (SomerLink App)

 

On this page, you can learn about notifications in SomerLink, including how to configure notifications.

 

Manage Your Notifications

  1. Select your profile picture in the top menu.

 

2. Select 'Settings'.

 

3. Review the additional notifications.

 

 

Notification Symbols

Mute

Selecting mute will ensure you do not receive a notification for the selected setting.

Email Digest 

Selecting email digest will ensure you will receive a notification in the form of an email digest. An email digest is a periodic email that is sent out to you with a summary of all the notifications that you have elected to receive in the digest. 

The default News notification for Parents and Staff is the Daily Digest.

  • The Digest for Staff is 8:00am every weekday

  • The Digest for Students is 8:00am every weekday

  • The Digest for Parents is 4:00pm every weekday

Instant

Selecting instant will mean you will receive a notification in the top right corner of Schoolbox. You can access these by clicking on the red bell icon. 

Email

Selecting email means you will receive an email at the time the notification is triggered.

Mobile

Selecting mobile will allow notifications to be sent to your mobile phone immediately when notifications are triggered. This type of notification is only available if your school has chosen to have a mobile app.

 

NOTE: Instant notifications can be paired with email notifications and/or mobile notifications. Selecting email digest will not allow any other notification type to be selected.

Group Notifications

Since version 22 group notifications have moved from the Settings page.

To view Group notifications, click the ‘My Favourite Groups’ in the left hand menu

Then in the dropdown in the top right click ‘Groups I’m In’

Clicking the bell icon will toggle on/off notifications for that group

A shaded bell is notifications on, and an outline is notifications off.

Notification Types

There are four types of notifications available in SomerLink.

1. Instant notification

  • These notifications appear in the SomerLink application, in the notification panel.

  • These notifications appear instantly as they are triggered.

  • Clicking on the notification takes you directly to the item that it refers to EG a news item, a due work, or a social stream comment.

  • These notifications remain visible for two weeks after they have been read. After two weeks they expire and are no longer able to be viewed.

2. Email notifications

  • These notifications will send an individual email to the user involved.

  • The email will be sent to the  email recorded on the User Profile.

  • The email will be sent instantly as the notification is triggered.

  • The email will contain a link directly to the item that it refers to EG a news item, a due work, or a social stream comment.

3. Email Digest

  • If Email Digest has been given as an option for users but the Digest Schedule has not been set, the user will not receive a notification.

  • The email will be sent to the email recorded on the User Profile.

  • The email will contain a series of links directly to the items that they refer to EG a news item, a due work, or a social stream comment.

4. Push Notifications 

  • The notification will go directly to the mobile phone of the user who has downloaded the application and logged in.

  • The notification will be sent instantly as the notification is triggered.

  • The notification will contain a link directly to the item that it refers to EG a news item, a due work, or a social stream comment.