To insert a link into an email via the desktop version of Schoolcomms:
- Click on messaging.
- Send an email.
- When you are ready to insert the link into the message click on the insert hyperlink icon (see screenshot below).
- You can then input the text to display and the link.
- Click Ok.
- Finish composing the message.
To insert a link into an email via the web version of Schoolcomms:
- Click in Dashboard.
- Messaging (The envelope icon).
- Click on Compose a message.
- When you are ready to insert the link into the message click on the insert link icon (see screenshot below).
- You can then input the text to display and the link.
- Click Insert.
- Finish composing the message.
Please note:
Some links that schools send out (e.g. to external forms) are case sensitive, and depending on how the hyperlink has been inserted into Schoolcomms, sometimes the link is converted to lower-case when opened in the browser and takes the user to a dead link.
To ensure the casing is kept in-tact on the link, when inserting a hyperlink via desktop please ensure you select “https://” from the drop-down box, and then paste the link in the box to the right (removing the “https://” from the start) - see the example below: