How to Use Remind to Send Messages to Multiple Classes at the Same Time
Yesterday I posted a video about how to get started using Remind to send text messages from your computer to students and their parents. This morning a high school teacher asked me if it would be better to have just one large class in Remind or multiple classes in Remind representative of her schedule with […]
How to Use Remind to Send Text Messages from Your Computer
Remind is a service for sending text messages to your students without having to reveal your real phone number. I’ve been recommending and using it for years. One of my favorite aspects of Remind is that I can schedule and send messages from my computer and respond to messages from my computer. In the following […]
More Good News for Remind Users – And a Bit of Bad News
Last night I shared the great news that Verizon has reversed their policy on the fee that they were going to start charging Remind to deliver free text messages. That means that the 7 million Remind users who were due to stop receiving texts via Remind will not experience any service disruptions. This morning in […]
Huge News! No Service Disruptions for Remind Users on Verizon Mobile Plans
Eleven days ago Remind announced that they would be discontinuing delivery of text messages to students and parents who were on Verizon wireless plans. That change was due to a change in the way that Verizon was classifying Remind messages and a huge increase in the fee that Verizon was going to charge Remind to […]
Here’s How Parents Can Receive Text Notifications in the SeeSaw App
In all of last week’s kerfuffle about Remind and Verizon it got lost that there are other ways for students and their parents to receive mobile updates from you. SeeSaw is one of the services that offers a way for parents to receive text notifications. SeeSaw’s parent app includes the option for parents to enable […]
A Huge Change Coming to Remind – No More Texts for Verizon Subscribers
Many of us woke up to an announcement from Remind that they are going to discontinue text message delivery for teachers, students, and parents who use Verizon Wireless services. As is explained here, Verizon has increased the fee it charges Remind to deliver text messages. That fee will cost Remind eleven times more than it […]
Did You Get the Text? – Google Calendar to Stop Sending Texts
From the department of “no one uses that feature anymore,” Google has announced via text message and on the G Suite Update blog that as of January 7th you’ll no longer be able to receive text (SMS) notifications about Google Calendar events. Until I read the notification this week, I did not realize that getting […]
How to Download Your Remind Message History
At about this time last year I published a video that showed you how to download the history of the messages that you sent through Remind. Since then the process has changed slightly. In the new video embedded below I demonstrate how to download your Remind.com message history. Applications for Education You might want to […]