Text Messaging

Sending Messages

 Enter details

 

• Message Details: Enter message to be sent in the Message box
• Scheduling Information: Schedule when to be sent
• Recipients Details: Enter mobile number to be sent to

Confirmation of Total Messages Delivered

 Details shown of how many are sent or undelivered:

 

• Total Messages Delivered
• Undelivered Messages
• Unique Mobile Number

Global Group

To send the message to a list of recipients present in ASIS, select the 'Global Groups' option.

Select your groups that you whish to send the message to and generate a list on the right marked 'Selected Group Codes'

 

Use the 'arrows' to generate your list of groups, as these act as a filter:

 

Select 'All contacts that appear in all selected groups' to target all of the selected courses/modules and selected groups. This will be every student that is present in any selected groups. If you select 'Only Contacts that appear in all selected groups' then only students that are present in groups selected will received the message.

 

Click on the 'Return to send messages' button

 

 

 

 

You should now be able to see selected global groups when uploaded to previous screen.

Now click 'send' and a confirmation will appear of number to be delivered.

Importing Spreadsheets CSV/Excel

You can also send one text message to several mobile numbers by creating a 'CSV/Excel' spreadsheet and then upload for sending.

 Once uploaded and text message written in 'Message to send' box, click on 'send' and confirmation will appear on how many is delivered.

 

Personal Profile

If changes need to be made, these can be done in profile settings

  

 

Click on Edit/Update

 

Amend details required, eg: Session Timeout (from as little as 20mins to 60mins) 

    

 

Then click 'Update' to confirm

 

 

Price List

Alpha Tag (Sender ID)

This is the heading text that appears at the top of an SMS Text message, which will identify your department. The alphatag can be a maximum of 11 characters. Special characters are not allowed except space and hyphen. The first character cannot be a number. When a Reply number is used the Alpha Tag is not displayed.

Price: £5 per month

 

Reply Number (Virtual Number)

A department may wish to be able to receive responses from its students. Messages can be transmitted to the handset with a virtual number that can be replied to. This allows the department to solicit information from the student. The response received can be directed to be delivered to the website used to send the message or an email address. For example might be a department sends a message requesting students to confirm their attendance of a particular function. The student can reply and the response will be delivered to the message sender via the website email. These reply numbers ate effectively another virtual mobile phone and are similar in length (11 digits)

Price: £10 per month

 

Messages

Messages sent and received are charged at the following rates. Messages sent to a landline number are delivered as a voice message. Computer software in BT converts the message from a text to voice.

Standard mobile delivery       Price 3.5p each

Landline deliver                      Price 6.5p each

Inbound message                    Price 1.5p each

 

Shortcode Shared

This five digit code can be used by organisations other thant the one in which you are operating. However you will receive inbound messages that are prefixed with the keyword that you have registered. These messages can be delivered to the website or a designated email address.

Example: Keyword BHAM has been registered to shortcode 81234 would be to text BHAM Hello world to 81234. The message Hello world be delivered to a departments website user account or designated email.

This product is provided with a single key word. On a shared shortcode some keywords may already be taken by another user of that shortcode.

Setup                                     Price: No charge

Monthly Maintenance            Price: £25.00 monthly