To bulk send a message to multiple recipients on OpenApply, first navigate to the Inquiries, Applicants, or Students roster on the left panel.
Click the Filter button on the top right. Filter for the groups of applicants, for example students from a particular grades or status, that you would like to send the bulk message to.
Selecting Recipients
Select all or some of the filtered results by using the checkboxes at the left of the roster.
Next, click Send Messages. You can select from previous message templates, or click New Message to create a new template.
Writing your Message
Edit your message using the available legend (mail-merge) values. Simply click on a mail-merge value in the legend, and it will be inserted into the message, in the location of the cursor.
Please ensure that the email notifications are enabled for parents you wish to message. You can enable them using the Enable Notifications button at the top-right. Any parents with email notifications not enabled will not receive emails from the school.
Once you are satisfied with your message, you can select whether to send it to Parents, Applicants, Agents or you can select all 3 options.
At the top of the page, you can choose to Show All recipients for your message.
Before sending the message, you can Preview the message using the icon at the bottom-left.
Click Send (at the bottom right) when you are ready to send the message to the selected recipients. A copy of the message will be shown on the Latest Activity of each recipient’s profile.
To know more about sending a message individually via the applicant profile, you may click here.