Newsfeed: Event Alerts

You can set up Daily and Weekly Event Alerts so send as push notifications and/or show in your newsfeed for selected calendars.

News > Settings > Feeds > Event Alerts tab.

Daily Alert Settings

1. Create News Item: Select to have the Daily Event Alert be created and added to the newsfeed.
2. Send Push Notification: Select to have the Daily Event Alert create a push notification.
3. Send daily Event Alerts on preceeding day: Select to create an event alert for what's happening tomorrow rather than what's happening today.
4. Limit visibility days: By default, this is set to 1 which means the daily alert will only show for the day of the events.
5. Send time: The time that the news item and/or push notification should be created & sent.
6. Send on: Select which days the Daily Event Alert should be created and sent.
7. Daily Alert Title Type: 
   
   1. Default: Here's what's happening today/tomorrow...
   2. Day of Week: Here's what's happening on Thursday...
   3. Exact Date: Here's what's happening on 10/15/2020...
   4. Custom: Add your custom alert title.
8. Hide Site name: Select to hide the site (ex. school name) from the alert.
9. Hide Calendar name: Select to hide the calendar name (ex. calendar category) from the alert.
10. Suspend Daily Alert: Select to suspend the alert from being created and sent until a certain date.

Weekly Alert Settings

1. Create News Item: Select to have the Weekly Event Alert be created and added to the newsfeed.
2. Send Push Notification: Select to have the Weekly Event Alert create a push notification.
3. Limit visibility days: By default, this is set to 7 which means the weekly alert will only show for the week of the events.
4. Send time: The time that the news item and/or push notification should be created & sent.
5. Send on: Select which day the Weekly Event Alert should be created and sent.
6. Weekly Alert Title Type:
   
   1. Default: Here's what's happening this week...
   2. Week of Year: Here's what's happening on Week 42...
   3. Custom: Add your custom alert title
7. Hide Site name: Select to hide the site (ex. school name) from the alert.
8. Hide Calendar name: Select to hide the calendar name (ex. calendar category) from the alert.
9. Suspend Weekly Alert: Select to suspend the alert from being created and sent until a certain date.

Calendars

1. Use every calendar: Select to have the event alerts include all calendars in the Feature > Events. Unselect, to choose which calendars you would like to appear in the event alerts.
2. Enabled Daily Calendars: Shows the selected calendars for the daily alert. Select the eye icon to use the checkboxes to select/unselect additional calendars.
3. Enabled Weekly Calendars: Shows the selected calendars for the weekly alert. Select the eye icon to use the checkboxes to select/unselect additional calendars.