Staying organized and ensuring timely communication is easy with ClassDojo's message scheduling feature. This allows you to compose messages in advance and set a specific time for them to be sent, ensuring your updates reach parents at the most appropriate moments. Whether you're planning reminders or important announcements, scheduling messages helps you manage your communication efficiently. Follow these steps to learn how to schedule a message on ClassDojo!
From the Web
Here's how to schedule a message from the web:
- Open your class
- Click on the "Messages" tab, then click the blue plus sign “New message”
- Select the family or families you would like to message (This is where you can create a private, group, or mass message)
- Click on the downward-pointing arrow next to the "Send" button
- Choose the day and time to schedule your message
- Set your scheduled time and click on the blue Schedule Message button
- Click on "Schedule It Now" to schedule your message in the pop-up window
Please Note: You'll now see a grey note above your compose box in the individual thread with the parent, which has your scheduled message in it. Click on the blue “Show scheduled message” text to view message information or remove the scheduled message. At this time, there is not a way to edit a scheduled message. You will need to go into each individual message thread in order to remove any scheduled messages and schedule another message by following the steps above.
From the App
Here's how to schedule a message from the app:
- Open your class
- Tap the “Messages” button in the bottom right corner of the screen
- Tap the plus sign in the upper left corner and select "Select all" to send a message to all connected parents, or tap on a student’s name to send a message to their connected parent as an individual message
Please Note: To send a scheduled message to an individual parent, you will need to
hold down the airplane icon in order to schedule the message. - Tap on the clock icon below the "Type a Message" line
- Set the date and time you'd like the message to be sent and tap "Schedule message"
- Write your message, select "Schedule Message" and then tap the airplane icon when you're ready to schedule your message.
Please Note: You'll now see a note above the text box that says "Show scheduled message" in individual messaging threads. Tap on this message to view or delete the message.