Viewing Messages and Customizing your Inbox

Viewing your Messages Inbox

• Sign in to your Teacher ClassReach account.
• Navigate to the Messages tab on the top of the screen.  This will load your Messages Inbox
• You have several options to Filter your messages, as seen on the left-hand navigation menu (Inbox, Sent, Unread, Drafts, by Labels, etc)
  

Options and Customizing the Messages Inbox

• To search for a message use the Search bar at the top of the window.
  • Once you locate the message you would like to view, click on that message to view.
• To view Messages you have sent, select the Sent folder in the left column.
• To filter your inbox to only display Unread messages, select the Unread folder in the left column.
• To view saved drafts, select the Draft folder in the left column.
• To view messages you have archived, select the Archived folder in the left column.
  
  
• You can create and use customized personal Message Groups from your inbox.
  • Click Messaging Groups in the left sidebar. Here, you can add common groups together. For example, Teachers or PTO.
  • Simply name the group and add all the users you would like in the group.
  • Click Save.
  • Once the Message Group has been created you will be able to type the name of the group into the recipient field within a message to add all members of the group to your message at once.

• You can create Labels for your messages to help you organize your messages by topic, sender, event, etc
  • Select Manage Labels in the left column.  From here you can:
    • Add a new label by clicking the green +Label button
      • This will allow you to name and choose a color for the new label.
    • Edit an existing label's name or color
    • Change the order that your labels appear on the left column of your inbox
    • Delete a label by clicking on the red trashcan icon
  • Any labels you have created will appear in the left column and can be selected to view messages with that assigned label.  Important is considered a label and can be filtered.