Messages of the day

The messages of the day serve to display general messages, i.e. news and messages to WebUntis users. It is displayed in the main window after users log in in the dynamic substitution lists (Monitor views) and in your Untis Mobile App.

The messages of the day can either be entered directly in WebUntis or can be transferred from Untis when they have been entered as a daily text in cover planning.

You can create this type of message via <Administration> | <Messages of the day> by clicking on <New> or administer them by clicking on the <Edit> button.

Tip: Restriction of display

You can restrict the display of the messages of the day even further by clicking 'All school years' or/and 'Show only current messages'.

Fr. To

Here you define the time range you want the message to be displayed.

Day of the week

Select a day of the week if the message is to be activated only on this respective day (e.g. student activity in the cafeteria every Friday).

Position

If more than one message has been created for a day, you can use this option to determine the order of the messages.

Public)

You can specify here that a message should be public and also be displayed when the user is logged out of WebUntis.

Show expanded

This option will display both the subject line and the message. Otherwise the message will only be displayed when the user clicks on the subject.

Display range

You can select individually for each message of the day where it should be shown (Display range). The options 'Monitor: Ticker' and 'Monitor: Header' refer to the substitution monitors .

Note: Display of messages of the day in mobile app

In the display range you can also define whether the message of the day should be displayed in Untis mobile app for smartphones and tablets.

Restrict to

When creating or editing the message you can enter both a subject line as well as the actual message. Furthermore, you can confine their display to user groups and departments.

Tip: Message of the day without subject line

You can create messages of the day without any subject line. In this case, e.g. the complete body text is shown in the header of the substitution lists instead of only the subject line. This way it is possible to show formatted messages, e.g. with another font size and colour.

Daily comments/Messages of the day from Untis

Messages of the day from cover scheduling of Untis can be managed by a global setting via <Administration> | <Integration> | <Untis>.

Here you can mark daily comments from Untis as public, i.e. they are also displayed on the start page even if the user is logged out. Additionally, you can define where the daily comments from Untis are displayed.

Publish news of the day as RSS feed

You can provide your users with the possibility to subscribe to the messages of the day by checking 'Publish news of the day as RSS feed' (<Administration> | <Settings>). Users can read the messages then via their RSS readers such as Microsoft Outlook.