Reach Events is an Extension Module and was created to provide an efficient management tool for organising, sharing, and managing recreation activities, excursions, or events being held by your school.
Via the Mobile App, this section is mostly an information-based area, however, the actions of registering/managing attendance can be done here. It is designed to show the Events relevant to your login type as created and managed via the Reach Web Portal by your school.
Login Type;
Parents – this will show the Events available to manage for students under their approved care.
The Parental login only allows access to students with previously proven authority.
How to Navigate Events
Once you open the Mobile App and have logged into your account, the home screen will differ, depending on your Login Type. To access Events, dependent on type, an Events ‘Card’ may be visible on the Home Screen as you scroll down, if so, tap on the red word Events. On the large Red Menu bar across the bottom of the screen, this may also show the Events Icon, as can be seen in the image below, tap this to open Events.
Once Events is open, you will be presented with Tabs across the top, again, this will differ per login type.
In this Login example, we are presented with; Discover, Calendar, and Events
Discover Tab
The Parent in the example below has management access for multiple students, as can be seen by their names at the top, currently the Discover section is showing the Events available for the student highlighted red. Simply tap on another student to view their Events
The first Event ‘Card’ that can be seen is showing a Blue Dot at the title, indicating it is an Open Event and the student ‘Can Register’ for this Event
The current Event shows the Reach Logo by default as the Event image. When an Event is created by the school staff, an image can be added to represent the Event, and video files can also be loaded in the information section
If you scroll down, more Event detail can be seen on the current ‘Card’
If you Tap on the Event ‘Card’ it will open to reveal all available information as can be seen in the image to the right. To return, tap the Return Arrow in the top left
In the minimised or extended ‘Card’ view, the red buttons Decline & Register can be seen, simply Tap as required
To Tap either button will instantly activate that action, showing a pop-up to confirm
Calendar Tab
Calendar Tab
This area displays the current registered events, which can be viewed and updated if required.
Navigating the Calendar
When opening the Calendar, the current Month will always show, with a Blue Dot on the current Date.
Tap the Calendar icon to open the current Day view, Tap it again to return to the Month view
Tap the Left/Right arrows to move per Month. When in the Day view, this will move per Day.
Registered Events will show as a small Black Dot on the associated Date., as can be seen in the example below, this is July 7th, 10th & 16th.
In the sample image, July 10th has been tapped. This opens the Day view, where one event can be seen.
Hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains Has been tapped op open all available details for that event.
Tap the Register button to register the student to attend the event
You will receive confirmation as to whether they were successfully registered or if they were placed on the waitlist if the event is full.
My Events Tab
This area similarly to the Discover Card, however, now an Arrow will appear on a card beside the title to show there are more cards registered to that student. Swipe left/right to view.
In the example image a red arrow is pointing to the student names on the left, these are the current students accessible by this parent. Tap on a student name to open their Events.
Scroll down to view the event details
Here we can see by the red arrow on the left, this Registered state is indicated by the green dot, other events may show as still being Waitlisted as a Yellow Dot.
At the top right of screen a black arrow on the event card indicates that there are more registered events to view. You can slide the card left/right to view other events. If the black arrow is not visible, there are no more events to view.
Art the bottom of each event card there is an Unregister button. Tap this to withdraw from the Event.
Communications
The Communications Card is your access to the Reach Now communications module. You will only see this if your school has the Reach Now module turned on. The Reach Now communication module allows you to:
Direct message with staff at the school
View Noticeboards that the school posts to
Participate in Chat Rooms that have been made available to you
Direct Messaging (DM)
Direct Messaging allows you to have one-on-one conversations in real-time with staff contacts in your Reach portal.
Important features of Direct Messaging (DM):
Live chat is restricted to Staff type users connecting with other contacts in your Reach community
Parent-to-parent, student-to-student, parent-to-student for example, are not possible in Direct Messaging
There are no silent conversations in Direct Messaging, as all conversations are logged in Reach
The conversation can be reported historically and viewed in the relevant participant’s personal profile
All Direct Messaging records are maintained on individual user profiles in the Reach portal
Noticeboards (Boards)
Noticeboards function as announcement spaces. They provide a platform for one-way communications to your community.
Important features of Noticeboards (Boards):
You can be included in an unlimited number of Noticeboards
Noticeboards can be open to all user types in your Reach community
The audience cannot reply to items that are published in Noticeboards
Users subscribe to Noticeboards on their Reach login or Mobile App
Subscribers receive notification alerts when information is published