Contact your students in Classwork
If your school’s IT administrator enabled FaceTime and Messages for your school and allowed Use FaceTime and Messages access for your role and your students in Apple School Manager, you can contact your students by sending a message or making a FaceTime call, right from the assignment or assessment details view.
Note: Before you can send a message or make a call, confirm you and your student are signed in to Messages and FaceTime. The option to contact a student using Messages or FaceTime from Classwork is not available on devices configured with User Enrolment.
Message a student from an assignment
In the Classwork app , do one of the following in the sidebar:
Tap Recent Activity, tap an assignment, tap for the student you want to message, then tap Send Message.
Tap a class, tap the name of the student you want to message, then tap in the upper-right corner.
Classwork opens a new message and adds your student’s Managed Apple ID in the To field.
Enter the message you want to send to your student, then tap .
Message a student from an assessment
In the Classwork app , tap Recent Activity, Assessments or a class in the sidebar.
Tap an assessment, then do one of the following:
Touch and hold a student in the list.
Tap Select in the upper-right corner, select one or more students in the list, then tap More at the bottom of the window.
Tap Message.
Classwork opens a new message and adds your student’s Managed Apple ID in the To field.
Enter the message you want to send to your student, then tap .
FaceTime a student
In the Classwork app , tap a class in the sidebar.
Tap the name of the student you want to call, then tap in the upper-right corner.
Classwork opens a new FaceTime window, adds your student’s Managed Apple ID, then starts the FaceTime call.
You can also tap Search in the sidebar, search for students by name, tap the name of the student you want, then tap or to send a message or make a FaceTime call to the student.