Better communicate

[timtom]

Recently some students have admitted to SMT that they tend to ignore most notifications they receive and the kids (ha, 16-18) said being told in an obtrusive way they can't ignore helps. SMT came back and asked me to put pop-up's on all our internet websites.

 

OK, obviously issues here but ignoring the pop-up's I'm looking to help find ways of better communicating messages. We want to get 2-3 things a week students need to be aware of that their tutors aren't telling them (internet safety day coming up, please be quiet during exams, chicken curry for lunch)

 

At the moment we have notices on the VLE, internet homepage, really important are bulk E-mailed, eSignage boards, website, Twitter, Facebook, tutors are supposed to relay messages but often don't

 

We push out a desktop background (jpg) and occasionally we put a notice on there. I was thinking of trying something like the old Active Desktop to have a pretty picture and 3-4 items that change weekly.

 

I've used RainMeter at home but I'm not confident settings will deploy to multiple machines so I'm going to play with that now.

 

Can anyone think of anything else or make any suggestions? Any ideas greatly received!

[CyberNerd]

sms.....?

[timtom]

sms.....?

 

Hmm, yes, good point. We do have a texting service in use by LRC and Study Support and we request mobile phone numbers at enrollment so good shout, thankyou!