Overview
The Communication Event menu in Paradigm is intended to send bulk communications to students or selected recipients with information regarding their study at your business or institution. The body of your email template can be personalised using some of the merge fields that we made available, and emails can contain attachments to provide a more detailed, personalised, and dynamic data to be included in the report/letter attachment. This knowledge article will guide you on how to send bulk communications to a bulk list of students/recipients with or without attachments.
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| title | STEP 1. Create the Bulk List of Students as Recipients to the Communication Event |
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Create the Bulk List of Students as Recipients to the Communication Event
1. There are three ways to create the bulk list of students that you want to be the recipients of the communication event, you have the option to choose either of these three possible ways in creating your bulk list: () Search Course screen (Student > Search Course)You can search for students via this screen by Course Name, Enrolment Status, Institution, Funding Type, Start and End Date, Contact Mode and Hours, Order By, and Agent. Refer to the instructions on this workflow How to ADD a List of Students to a Bulk List. () Upload Bulk List screen (Student > Upload Bulk List)Upload a list from a CSV Source File. You can use this option if you have an existing (valid with all the required fields matching to Paradigm) CSV file with a list of students that you want to send the communication event to. Refer to the instructions on this workflow Student > Upload Bulk List. () Report Builder screen (Report > Report Builder)If you want to build a list of students to send your communication event using your existing saved report or generate a new report with your own criteria / conditions, then this is the best way for you to create the bulk list. Refer to the instructions on this workflow Report Builder > Bulk Student Select. 2. After creating your bulk list, proceed to the Save a New Communication Event to Selected Recipientsinstructions below to save a new communication for the currently loaded (bulk list) students. |
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Save a New Communication Event to Selected Recipients
After creating the bulk list of students to whichever method you choose from the options above( ), you are now ready to save a new communication event to your selected recipients.NOTE: You should have a bulk list ready [following from the instructions above] before you can proceed to following the instructions below. In the sample screenshot below, the Search Course screen is being used to generate the students' bulk list – this should be the initial screen prior to sending bulk communications. You can also remove student(s) at this stage (by clicking the REMOVE button on the right – against the student record to be removed) whom you don’t want to include in the bulk communications. | Note |
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 Choose Student > Communication menus on the side or click the (hat)🎓icon on the top left hand corner then select the Communication(✉) menu. Go to the COMMUNICATION DETAILS section to setup/edit/update your email details.| Tip |
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Refer to the tables above under the Key Terms and Concepts for a description of the required fields below and the available merge fields you can utilise for your email body. |
( ) Enter the Email/Communication Subject accordingly.( ) Enter the Entry Date.( ) Set the Communication Status to Sent.( ) Select the communication template that you want to use.( ) Edit your message body as necessary / as required.( ) After filling out the required fields and the email body, make sure that the Communication Status field is set to Sent, and click the SAVE NEW COMMUNICATIONS FOR LOADED STUDENTS button. After saving your communication/email body from the bulk list, proceed to the| Status |
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Send Bulk Communications WITH Attachments instructions below if you want your communication event to have attachments, else jump toSend Bulk Communications WITHOUT Attachments. |
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It is also assumed that the Reports/Attachments that you want to attach are already configured prior to following the steps below. Contact your Paradigm Administrator to check your reports/attachments setup and configuration, or contact our Support Team for more details. |
After clicking the SAVE NEW COMMUNICATIONS FOR LOADED STUDENTS button, it will display all the students under the COMMUNICATION EVENT BULK LIST section with all details that you’ve filled out from . Leave this screen for now.
Choose Reports > Letters menus on the side. Find the letter/report that you want to attach and click the GET REPORT button.In the sample screenshot below, the COMMONWEALTH ASSISTANCE NOTICE report it selected.
Go to the letter/report parameters section, edit the necessary filters/fields, and click the CREATE REPORT FOR COMMUNICATION EVENTS button.NOTE:
The system has set some default fields to be used as intended, e.g. Unit Enrolment Status, PDF as the default document type to be attached, etc. However, for some reports, you still have to set the fields correctly for it to run/be generated properly. An example would be for CANs, make sure that your Census Dates are set accordingly, see Edit Time Period
Add a Census Date Workflow. If you are sending other attachments ensure that the dates required for that type of attachments are correct e.g. Final Grades, Invoices, etc.
This will take some time to complete, while each report is generated individually. The progress bar provides an indication of the rate of progress.
After generating the report to each student/recipient, you have the option to open a sample file attachment against each student/recipient to check the content, e.g. for CAN notices – check for the correct period and are attached for the correct person for a few of the records. Select all the students on the list by clicking on the checkbox header section. Remove the student from the list by removing the checkmark on the checkbox against the student or by clicking on the REMOVE button. Click the EMAIL SELECTED RECIPIENTS WITH ATTCHMENTS button. The emails have now been sent. Check the statuses of the sent emails to check if any failed sending under the Status column. These will need to be either resent or posted.
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step 4 Send Bulk Communications WITHOUT Attachments
After clicking the SAVE NEW COMMUNICATIONS FOR LOADED STUDENTS button, it will display all the students under the COMMUNICATION EVENT BULK LIST section with all details that you’ve filled out from . Select all the students on the list by clicking on the checkbox header section. Remove the student from the list by removing the checkmark on the checkbox against the student or by clicking on the REMOVE button. Click the EMAIL SELECTED RECIPIENTS button. The emails have now been sent. Check the statuses of the sent emails to check if any failed sending under the Status column. These will need to be either resent or posted.
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