FTT - Remind: we have a district license? We sure do.

Remind: we have a district license? We sure do. 

@LisaBerghoff/@MrKimDHS

Unbeknownst to most non-power users of Remind, last year telecommunications company, Verizon Wireless was threatening to impose new texting fees on Remind users in an effort to control and reduce spam messages. This would have effectively shut down relatively tiny app companies like Remind who offer mostly free services. An interesting online campaign (#ReverseTheFee) made up of educators, parents, and students, as well as intense negotiations between eDavid and eGoliath, ended with a win for the little guys and the service is largely unchanged.

And now: we have a district license! Here's how to take advantage

1. Logging On

To enjoy the premium features through our district license, log in here using your Google sign in. 

If you've been previously using a personal account, you'll have to switch over to your district email.

2. Student Onboarding (It's already done!)

Once logged in you'll see that through some Infinite Campus - Remind integration magic, all of your courses have automatically been uploaded to your Remind site. Not only are your courses already created, your students have also been directly added using their IC data. (although it might be a good time to audit your student drops and transfers) To add new students, give them the Class Code that begins with an "@" sign, and is directly under your course name. 

3. Sending Messages

This is where Remind has made some strides in the messaging department. In addition to text messaging, Remind has teamed up with Google Drive, Quizlet, OneDrive, Flipgrid, and a few other apps to beef up your messaging ability. Now you can attach different varieties of files and videos with your Remind message.

Also find that Remind can translate your message into over 50 different languages! 

As usual, you can schedule your messages ahead of time to help with organization and planning.

You can also have some granular control over who you're sending your messages to. You can send a single message to all of your courses, just your homerooms, and even specific groups of people within your courses.

Thank you to the real heroes - the myriad internet Twitter warriors who tirelessly tweeted and retweeted #ReverseTheFee, and forced the evil telecommunications conglomerate to concede. 

Questions? Comment below!