Bloomz FAQs

Here is the full feature list that Bloomz offers. Posts/Announcements/Alerts Inserting pictures Attaching Files Scheduling posts for future dates Enabling/Disabling Comments Facebook Share Read Receipts Post Options Translation Inserting Videos Print Updates Feed Messaging Private Reply (Context-based one to one messaging) One-to-one messaging One-to-many messaging Class/group chat Pictures and File sharing in Messages Read Receipts Print Message threads Calendar Event with Invites & RSVP ON Event with Invites No RSVP ON Event Added to Calendar Notify All Event Added to Calendar Do Not Notify All Configurable Options Recurrence Events Reminders Calendar Sync (iCAL) Email Event History (Premium) Calendar Views - Month, Weekly, Day, List views (Premium) Volunteer Requests Party invites with RSVP & items and help Item requests Help requests Recurring help requests Assigning Volunteers Removing Assigned Volunteers Reminders Parent Teacher Conference Scheduling Conference Saving Conference as draft Opening it up for only for few parents Opening it up for all parents Assigning Parents (Not on Bloomz) to slots Editing Conference Details and Slots Printing Conference Schedule Keep sign-ups private Media Creating Albums Adding Photos Adding Documents Photo/ Video Downloads (Premium) Year End Video (Premium) Theming the group Pages with Cover Photos/ Mascot Images Profile Photos Video Studen Portfolios Adding Students Student Access Codes (QR Code & Access Code) Student access to app on iOS and Android apps & Desktop Pictures, Annotations, Voice Recording, Videos, File sharing Student work submissions by students using iPad, Chromebook, desktop Approvals by Teacher Teacher posting student work Student Timelines Access to Parents, Students and Teachers Notifications for Parents Behavior Management Class level Behavior management setting Student profiles - Flower pots, Pokemon Monster themes Teams Behavior Settings - Sounds, Sort order, points on the grid, points to bloom the flower Attendance Full Screen of student grid Add/ Edit or Delete Award Types Ability to give the award to each student or the whole class, or teams with notes Reset Points Retract given awards Email to parents of the student - Daily summary of awards given to the student Award summary and Goal summary in the Student Timelines Access to student awards only to the parents of the student Behavior Reports End of the day behavior summary email to the parents Class Goals (Coming soon!) Membership management Add/ Edit the name of the members Changing roles of the members Removing Members Approval Policies Member Verification Parent to Parent communication Control Spouse connection Grouping of Parents by Child Invite members from one group to another School Hierarchy (Premium) Verified Communities Creating Classes Creating subgroups Role-based privileges School-wide updates Updates to specific classes or subgroups Calendar sync Class Communication Copies Engagement reports for the entire school Invites Role-based invitations Copy pasting of emails or phone numbers Invite using existing Contact groups using your phone's email or Gmail Bulk Import using CSV file of Emails Class/ Group/ Community Access Code SMS Signups One way communication Can view the Content (140 chars) Invite via phone number Sign in using Phone number Translation Translation into 84 languages Auto translation User-driven translation Google APIs Notifications Email Notifications for web signups Push Notifications (APNS/GCM) Badge Notifications Auto Turn off the Email Notification Settings for users who downloaded the Smart Phone app Email Notification Settings - profile level Push Notification Settings - profile level Quiet Hours Notification center Moderation Flagging Posts/Comments Deleting Posts/Comments Muting Members at group level Muting a personal connection Removing Members Ease of Use Intuitive navigation Guided-onboarding with Learnability card Facebook-like experience for instant familiarity Inline Videos for features Available everywhere Web-based app on all browsers Mobile-responsive website iOS native app Android native app One app for all roles – users can play multiple roles (teacher/parent/admin) in the same app "See a comparison of Bloomz against other apps, created by an independent teacher here" Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz is available on the desktop, iPhone and Android phones. Downloading the app is very easy and can be done in a couple of minutes. To download from a mobile device, tablet or iPad: Go to your app store (AppStore or PlayStore) Search for Bloomz You will see a Bloomz app, which is free, with the following logo: Click "Install" Alternatively, you can click on the following links from your mobile phone's browser: Apple AppStore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id690437499?mt=8 Google PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.bloomz To use on a desktop computer, PC or Mac: Go to www.bloomz.net You can log in (if you have received an invitation in email) by clicking "Join Bloomz". Teachers can join any time, create a class and invite parents. If you're a parent and would like Bloomz to help with your child’s classroom communications, and connect with other parents at school, please contact your teacher about us. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

To open up the main menu, simply click on the Bloomz logo at the top left of your screen. In the Main menu, you will find at the top buttons to invite others to use Bloomz, Settings, and Support. The Home button will take you to your main screen where you can see your feed of content. Underneath Home, you will find all your Communities (e.g. schools you belong to), Classes and Groups. You can always add more by clicking on "+ Add..." in each of these. Think about this as 'filters' for your home feed, as they will show you the content posted by people only in those Communities, Classes or Groups. At the bottom of your screen, you will see the main navigation, with buttons to your Home, Calendar, Messages, Volunteer requests and Contacts: Clicking on Home allows you to see recent posts from all the Communities, Classes and Groups you belong to, and also allows you to post new updates. Likewise, My Calendar shows you all events for all the Communities, Classes and Groups you belong to, as well as to schedule events of your own. Messages are text conversations you can have with one or more of your connections. Volunteers are all the pending volunteer requests from the Communities, Classes and Groups you belong to. In My Contacts you will find all the people you have connected with, personally or through the groups you belong to. By pressing the + icon on the bottom, a list of tools will be displayed. They are : Post Announcement Message Class Alert Event Volunteer Help Parent Teacher Conference People/ group Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz Privacy Policy Please refer to our current privacy policy posted here: https://www.bloomz.net/privacypolicy/ Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz is the easy to use, secure app that connects parents, teachers, and school administrators to build stronger communities around children. Bloomz helps teachers save time in their communication with Parents. Parents stay engaged with their school community, and on top of their child's world. And, schools can deeply connect and coordinate with their community, effectively increasing engagement, satisfaction and retention. Take a look at our latest video to learn more about Bloomz: Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz is an Invitation only network: New members may gain access to Bloomz only through an invitation from an existing member, a Class Code or by requesting an invitation directly from Bloomz. Teachers can always control who can join the classroom and can also remove unwanted members. Verified Parent status: Parents status will be further verified once they have been invited or approved by a Bloomz-recognized school. Measures like this provide members the required level of trust when interacting and connecting with the other members of the network. Privacy Controls: The ability to set privacy options for your child's attributes such as Date of Birth and Activities. This enables parents to control what they expose to their contacts. Secure HTTPS communications: We use standard HTTPS protocols for secure communication over your computer network. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Are you wondering how Bloomz compares to other communication apps? Look no further! This table was created by an independent teacher, comparing the available apps in the market. You can see her original work here. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

How much does Bloomz cost? Bloomz is FREE for Parents and Teachers, and our commitment to you is that we will always offer a holistic set of tools for you to connect, communicate and coordinate with parents, at no cost. If your school is interested in implementing Bloomz, please fill out the form here for an online demo and pricing. If it's free, then how does Bloomz make money? Bloomz is funded by prestigious investor groups like 8VC, FFVC and others, as well as past senior leaders at Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and other reputable companies, which allows us to focus all of our efforts on growing and improving Bloomz. We also recently launched premium products for parents, teachers and schools that they can sign up for, or stay in the free service if preferred. We will continue to add functionality to our free app in the future, bringing unmatched value to parents and educators, while we explore with others sources of revenue. Rest assured, your satisfaction, is our top-most priority. We don't require Parents or Teachers to pay for Bloomz and we do not sell users' private information to other companies. To learn more about our policies regarding user privacy, please read our Privacy Policy. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

What is Behavior Management? The all-inclusive parent communication provided by Bloomz continues to improve, now with the addition of instantaneous feedback on student behavior. With the upcoming addition of Behavior Management, a teacher can report a student’s classroom behavior instantly, with minimal effort on their end, and the benefit to both parents and students. Why is Bloomz adding Behavior Management? Our vision is to provide a single app that provides all the tools teachers need to communicate with parents, so teachers do not need to disperse and collect information from multiple sources, and similarly parents do not need to sign into different apps to get that information. With the Behavior Management feature we aim to reduce the number of tools that teachers currently use, by incorporating functionality both teachers and parents require and that they may be seeking elsewhere. We listened to their feedback and then also enhanced our app to fill in the gaps that other existing solutions don’t cover, offering everything teachers need in one place. Positive Reinforcement As the old saying goes, “you catch more bees with honey than vinegar”. Behavior Management from Bloomz was created with the intention of reinforcing positive behavior. Not only can teachers provide individual reinforcement, but they have the unique option to set classwide goals (with rewards like a pizza party!) that rally students together to achieve them. In developing this tool, Bloomz began by listening to the concerns of parents and teachers, and concluded that other behavior management mechanisms could occasionally have the unintended effect of embarrassing less behaved students. Recently the Huffington Post and the New York Times raised issues over public displays of children’s negative behavior in the classroom which can be embarrassing and raise privacy concerns. Bloomz has opted to give teacher the option to display or not negative feedback in a student’s timeline – still keeping record of and informing parents about it, but without the public shaming that comes with it. Preview to how Bloomz Behavior Management works The teacher rewards points by selecting either the “Good Job” or “Needs Work” category, and then choosing from among the different awards available. While assigning an award, the teacher has an option to add comments or notes about why she chose it. These notes will be sent to the parent as part of the report. If the teacher wants to instantly communicate with the parents of the student, she can message them as well. If the teacher chooses to display behavior progress for their students they can project a student’s flower growth animation via their device or computer. The animation will show the current state of the student’s plant growth. For every 5 points the student earns, their flower display will animate/grow to the next stage. Only the last stage will vary: a random flower type will appear, and on the next point earned after it blooms, the animation will reset to the beginning. Feedback from parents and teachers? The Bloomz Approach “I want to see more than two weeks of behavior progress at a time so I can see how students have participated during the marking period.” Bloomz provides a year-long student timeline, continuing across years and grades to provide more comprehensive insight to parents and teachers, as opposed to just 2-weeks of behavior feedback data. “We are worried about behavior management incentivizing students with only rewards and punishments rather than self-motivation.” The Bloomz behavior feedback tool works to keep parents in the loop while providing mild reward incentives (in the form of flower animations that grow into different characters) to positively reinforce good behavior. This does not infringe upon the child’s self motivation, rather it works as a safety net for teachers and parents by providing instant feedback so they can make sure a child’s behavior is addressed and adapted to, and they don’t fall behind. “Behavior management concerns us because of its potential for publicly shaming students with less-than-stellar behavior.” With Bloomz, as soon as a teacher updates a student’s behavior points, parents receive notifications instantly or at the frequency specified by the teacher. All behavior information is visible only to the child’s parents and the teacher reporting to them, preventing any privacy issues or unintended exposure. Thus, if a student receives behavior points in the “needs work” category, other classmates and parents will not be able to view this information; any potentially public embarrassment side effects are avoided and ‘criticism’ feedback becomes genuinely constructive. “I have to leave the Behavior Management app open, and I’m restricted from selecting prior dates to enter points for students. If I noted down behavior offline during class time, I cannot enter the information later. This causes time and mobility constraints.” We understand how precious class time can be, and know that teachers must move about the classroom during instruction rather than perching at a desktop, so Bloomz allows teachers to enter behavior points for students on prior dates of their choosing. If they jotted down notes on student behavior while class was in session, or throughout the week, they can always go back at a later time or date to enter in points for students. “Awards have a fixed number of points, and when students start at an even level every day, incrementing by one or a few-points-at-a-time is too hard to manage.” Teachers can customize the number of points they assign to each award. While other behavior management apps have a five-point maximum per award, and require teachers to pay for anything beyond five, Bloomz allows teachers to assign any number points that they would like to. Keeping teachers and parents in sync While we hope teachers enjoy this added functionality from Bloomz, the Behavior Management feature is still just one useful tool of many at their disposal within the app; teachers can always enable or disable Behavior Management. At Bloomz we care about meaningful, constructive communication, and strive to make the parent community an engaged and collaborative one. We know that enabling teacher-parent communication is paramount to children’s success, but we also are aware that current methods, as modern as they may seem, are not working. We believe the teacher-parent relationship is one of mutual respect and collaboration, and we want to continue to develop that to its fullest potential. Overall, with Behavior Management and other easy-to-use parent-teacher communication tools in one convenient location, teachers can keep parents informed about their child’s behavior in class instantly. This partnership between teachers and parents can prepare them to help the student improve and succeed. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

What are Student Timelines? Student Timelines are our latest feature that allows teachers to share student work with parents. From the beginning to end of the school year, students and teachers can upload instructional work items to build a collection of student experiences and projects—within the security of the Bloomz app. This collection of a student’s work is then added to their individual timeline and updated instantly as it grows. Throughout the school year parents can easily review their child’s progression in one place, enabling parents to review the great work their child is doing. The student timeline also lets the teacher assess student work as they submit items for approval. Empower students The Bloomz Student Timeline empowers students to document what they are learning in school by uploading photos and videos of their work. The app organizes everything in a single location to be shared with their parents. Retaining a collection of learning moments puts parents, teachers, and students on the same page; thus creating transparency ensuring parents are informed. Parents can review student work at home so students can better understand the skills being practiced. Get everyone on the same page The Student Timeline is a collection of various contributions to the student’s profile. These can include student work submissions for all subjects. When a student’s work is approved/published by the teacher, a real time update is sent to the parents of the student. Parents will be notified via email/push notifications. The update can be viewed in the parent’s Bloomz feed and is also added to the Student Timeline. Why is Bloomz adding Student Timelines? In our vision to provide one single app that provides all the tools teachers need to communicate with parents, the students’ work is an important component in the communication flow. We began with feedback from teachers and parents as we were designing the portfolio feature, and filled in the gaps that existing solutions don’t cover. Here are a couple of examples of how we developed our vision: Feedback from Teachers & Parents: There are too many different tools across multiple information outlets to send and receive feedback about students’ work from the classroom. Existing student portfolio solutions may not transfer from year to year, across grade levels. In other existing student portfolio solutions, parents are not able to access the student timeline and they only receive an email about the submission. Students can only submit the pictures or videos that they have taken. Bloomz approach: Bloomz complements its existing communication tools with Student Timelines. Teachers can now compile all student work with minimal effort, from one location, making for more meaningful communication with parents. This gives parents a larger window into what work is being done in the classroom. With Bloomz, students and teachers save a portfolio of classwork items across multiple years/grades, allowing future teachers to better prepare and adapt to the student needs based on past projects, assignments, and areas of interest or pride expressed by the students themselves. With Bloomz Student Timeline, teachers are always in control. The portfolio is still primarily student-driven (photo and video submission via all devices), however, all submissions are reviewed, edited if need be, and approved by the teacher before they appear in a student’s portfolio and are sent to parents. Whether it’s a class admin or the student submitting student work, it gets forwarded to the teacher for approval. Parents have access to their child’s timeline, and receive real time updates with push notifications in addition to email. Students have the option to annotate their submissions with text, drawings, and audio. Student Timelines are not only excellent for documenting and viewing memorable learning moments, but they can also be used by teachers and parents to identify a child’s strengths and areas for improvement. By collecting student work in one place, they also help create a common understanding in preparation for parent-teacher conferences. This upcoming feature continues to make Bloomz the all-inclusive, one-stop parental engagement app on the market. We hope this new feature makes recording student work and communicating with parents faster and easier. We welcome your feedback, and encourage you to tell us what you think in the comments section below. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz's navigation has been modified to let you easily access various settings. Where is Support? Account Settings Profile Picture Settings Where is Support? The Support link has moved from the top right of the page. It can now be found in the bottom right of the left menu, next to Settings. Within Support, you can find options to View Support Center, watch Quick Tutorials, and send feedback using I Have Issues. Account Settings Account settings can now be located within Settings, left of Support. Settings gives you the option to access Account Settings or Class/Group Settings. Account Settings shows you options to adjust your Calendar Settings, Notifications, Profile Settings, timezone, etc. Profile Picture Settings Clicking on the profile in the top of the screen lets you access My Profile, Change Profile Photo, Account Settings, and Sign Out. Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz has changed its UI to make items more accessible. Changes to the Navigation Changes to Create button Messages breakdown Changes to the Navigation In the old navigation, the Updates, Calendar, Media, and My Contacts buttons were shown on the top bar. Now, they are shown as icons above the top bar. The sections within the tabs are now shown on the top bar. The theme color of the class/group is now displayed as a bar next to the class/group name. Old Navigation: New Navigation: Changes to create button The Create button has been moved to be inline with the top bar, rather than above it. The button also changes color with the theme color of the page. Old Create button: New Create button: Messages breakdown When in the All Groups page, Bloomz will display messages from all the classes/groups. However, when Bloomz is showing a class/group page, only messages from that class/group will display. All Groups: Within a Class: Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz has changed how you view the left navigation menu. Show for All Groups Group Filtering Show for All Groups All Groups has been changed to Show for All Groups. Within Updates, Feed shows updates from all the classes/groups. Behavior shows behavior reports of your children and/or classes you teach. Portfolios shows portfolios of your children and/or students you teach. Signups shows all volunteer asks and Parent Teacher Conferences from the classes you're in. Reports shows Engagement Reports from the classes you're in (Premium only). Within My Calendar, Basic View shows you all the events from all the classes and groups you are in (list format). Month, Week, Day Views shows all the events from all the classes and groups you are (grid format - Premium only). In this view, you can go back to past dates and view past events or signups. Within Media, Photos shows all the photos that have been shared with the classes and groups you are in. Albums shows all the albums that have been shared with all the groups and classes you are part of. Documents shows the document folder of each class or group you are part of. The document folder will contain all the documents shared with that class. My Contacts shows all the members of all the groups and classes you are part of. Group Filtering Click on the class/ group in the left navigation tray, you will be able to view the class/ group specific content. When viewing a class/group page, you can see only the messages exchanged with the members of that class/ group. Show for All Groups: Class/Group Page: Caption - Only messages from class. No unrelated messages. Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz has been updated to give the option to notify the class when a new document is added. How to access the Upload a Document screen: Open class page from the left nav. Click Media (mountains picture) from the icon bar. Click Documents from the top bar. Click the +Media button and choose Upload Documents from the dropdown menu. How to notify class that there's a new document: (Continued steps from above) Fill out the Title/Info and Attach Files or Insert Photo. Click Save in the top right of the screen. Choose to Notify All Members to post a notification on the class page. After choosing Notify All Members, a post will show up in the class feed. Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

The "New" tag has been repositioned. In the old navigation, the "New" tag was put at the bottom of the post. This made it hard to know quickly if a long post was read or unread. In the new implementation, however, Bloomz has been updated to show the "New" tag at the top of the post. This reposition also applies to comments on a post. Related Articles: How do I know what is new in my app? Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz now has a button to invite to a class in one click. In the left navigation menu, there is a button to invite (blue envelope icon). All Groups Invite button: Click Show for All Groups. Click Invite. Follow steps to invite. Class Invite button: Open class page. Click Invite. Choose to Invite to [Group Name] or Another Class/Group. Follow steps to invite. Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

You may have noticed that there have been some changes to the Bloomz app. What does the blue dot on the Home icon indicate? How do I know what is new in the Home feed? What does the blue box around the posts in the Home feed indicate? What does a badge on the bell icon on the top right corner of the app indicate? What does the badge on the bell icon on the message icon on the top right corner of the app indicate? What does the blue dot on the Home icon indicate? The dot indicates there are new updates in the Home feed. How do I know what is new in the Home feed? For new updates in the home feed, we show a "New" label for all the new posts, announcements, alerts and comments. Please check this article - What's new in my home feed? What does the blue box around the posts in the Home feed indicate? The blue box around the posts and announcements in the feed indicate that they are from today (the curent date). What does a badge on the bell icon on the top right corner of the app indicate? The bell icon on the top right corner of the app is the notification center. If you click on it, it will show all invites to events, groups, submissions, etc, which require an action from the user. You will see a blue dot on the items which are new to the notification center. Once you load the notification center and even if you did not act on the items, the badge is reset to zero. What does the badge on the bell icon on the message icon on the top right corner of the app indicate? This indicates that you have a new message. Once you click on it, the message panel will open and you will see a blue dot on the threads which have new message(s). Once you load the message panel and even if you did not open the new message(s), the badge is reset to zero. Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz has been changed to help you view students' behavior/portfolio tabs more efficiently. Behavior: Behavior: Parent View Behavior: Teacher View Teacher Actions for Behavior Card Behavior: Parent View The Parent View shows you your children's behavior cards. These behavior cards include the progress circle and the points breakdown. You can also set the time range for the behavior breakdown. Behavior: Teacher View The Teacher View shows you your children's behavior cards (if any), and the class behavior cards of any class you are a part of. You can also set the time range for the behavior breakdown. Teacher Actions for Behavior As a teacher of a class, you have three options in the class behavior card. These are: Take Attendance, Track Behavior, and View Reports. Take Attendance takes you to the attendance screen, where you can mark students present or absent. Track Behavior takes you to the behavior screen, where you can give positive or negative points to your students. View Reports takes you to the reports screen, where you can check the progress of each individual student in the class. Back to Top Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz will introduce the Student Accounts. The team is still working on developing and testing the feature for broader use. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz is most effective in facilitating parent-teacher communication. We have found that this communication is most needed in the early stages of education and people from Pre-K through 8th grade have been very interested in our product. However, Bloomz can help in any environment where educators, instructors and teachers want to keep an open channel of communication and coordination with parents. In fact, Bloomz has successfully been implemented in Preschools, Middle schools/Jr. High, High School, as well as Adult Education Programs. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Yes! We recently updated our app to allow for content translation, so posts made in a group or classroom will now have the option to be translated to the user's preferred language. You can read more about Content Translation here. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Absolutely. When you want to message just one contact, include only their name(s) in the “To” bar and you would be messaging them one-on-one. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz takes security and privacy very seriously. Here are some of the ways we protect your information: Bloomz is an Invitation only network: New members may gain access to Bloomz only through an invitation from an existing member or by requesting an invitation directly from Bloomz. Verified Parent status: Parents status will be further verified once they have been invited or approved by a Bloomz-recognized school. Measures like this provide members the required level of trust when interacting and connecting with the other members of the network. Privacy Controls: The ability to set privacy options for your child's attributes such as Date of Birth and Activities. This enables parents to control what they expose to their contacts. Secure HTTPS communications: We use standard HTTPS protocols for secure communication over your computer network. As far as Identity security measures, here are some of them: Clear text passwords are not stored in the DB. Passwords should be at least 8 characters long and must have one alphabet and one number. Salted passwords with one-way encryption are recorded. Passwords are only sent via HTTPS only. Request old password while updating to new password. Request password to change the identity of the user. Authentication tokens are valid for one week for authenticated users. All Cookies are HTTPS and domain associated so that other services cannot read the cookies. We do not sell users' private information to other companies. To learn more about our policies regarding user privacy, please read our Privacy Policy. If you are interested in learning more about our security systems, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Notifications from the Teacher are sent to Parents in multiple ways: Via the phone app notifications system (iOS or Android) Via email Via Text or SMS (read more about it here) Via in-app badges (receive notifications inside Bloomz app as well) Parents and Teachers can always choose how they want to receive their notifications and which notifications they want to receive in these ways under Settings -> Email Notifications Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Here at Bloomz, our mission is to provide an efficient method of communication between parents and teachers.We enable these connections, and we do it in a secure and private environment, where teachers and parents feel comfortable sharing moments and ideas, knowing they are in control of their information. We strive to bring about a unique platform that allows parents seeking better communications with teachers rather than a network for social purposes. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Want to send a quick message to your teacher or your class or your group? Bloomz has made it easy. You can message any particular contact in your contact list or you can engage in a Group Chat. If the recipient of the message is not on the app and has not viewed the message within 20 mins from the time it is sent, the message is sent as an email notification. Click on Messages icon on the top menu of the Home screen (iPhone/Android) Click on + Message icon on the top right corner of the Messages screen. (On Desktop) Tap in the To field. Select the contact, you want to send the message to. Type the message in the message text box and tap Send. On Desktop: On IOS/Andriod: Another way to message someone is through My Contacts. Click on My Contacts icon on the bottom menu of the Home screen (iPhone/Android) Click on My Contacts on the top right corner of the menu bar. (On Desktop) Select the Contact you would like to message Click on the Send Message icon Type the message in the message text box and tap Send On Desktop: On IOS/Andriod: Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Bloomz is currently supported on Chrome, Internet Explorer (10, 11 and the newest version Edge) and Safari. Chrome is generally preferred. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

When a Teacher makes a post/announcement/alert to your class or when a School Admin makes a post/announcement/alert to your community. If you have any question related to that update, you can privately message the teacher/school admin in the context of the update they made by one click. Click on Private Reply link in the Post made by your teacher/school admin Message window shows up with the teacher/school admin as the recipient The update shows up as a snippet in the Message text box Type up your response and send the private message to your teacher On Desktop: On IOS/Andriod: Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Want to send a quick message to your class? Bloomz has made it easy. If the recipient of the message is not on the app and has not viewed the message within 20 mins from the time it is sent, the message is sent as an email notification. PS: Whenever a user is replying a message to the group chat for the first time the user will be prompted that they are replying to a group thread. Click on Messages icon on the top right corner of the Home screen. (on iPhone/Android Phone) Click on + Message icon on the bottom right corner of the Messages screen. (On Desktop) Tap in the To field. Select the class/group, you want to send the message to. Type the message in the message text box and tap Send. On Desktop: On IOS/Andriod: Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

When you invite members via email through our Bloomz app, they are automatically added to your contact/member list. Parents can always decide when to join Bloomz, but as long as your member list is up to date, all announcements, photos and events you send through Bloomz will be sent to all members, whether it’s through the Bloomz app or directly to their email, even if they haven’t signed up for an account. * Automatic notifications do not work with Class Code invitations, as Parents will not be added to your members list until they use the code to join the classroom. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

To Delete an Album that you created please follow the steps below - Click on All Groups. Click on your class name in the left navigation tray Click on the Media tab in the bottom menu Click Albums Click Options button below the Album Cover in Albums list view Select Delete Album Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

There are 2 ways to create an album in your classes. A) Creating an album from the Home screen of the app - From the "Home" view of the app, click on "Media" button at the bottom. (On desktop, it will be Media sub-menu in the middle area) Click image + (blue circle with + image) in the bottom right corner Select Create Album Input the title of the Album Choose the class under Shared with option Can Contribute flag is ON -(This will allow other members/parents in the class to add photos to the album you are creating. If you do not want parents to add photos to this album -turn this toggle button OFF) Click Create Note: The album gets created and it starts showing in the Albums tab. Check how to Add photos to the album B) Creating an album from the Class page - To create an album in your class, follow these simple steps - Click on your class name in the left navigation tray Click on the Media tab in the bottom menu Click + in the bottom right corner Select Create Album Input the title of the Album Can Contribute flag is ON -(This will allow other members/parents in the class to add photos to the album you are creating. If you do not want parents to add photos to this album -turn this toggle button OFF) Click Create Note: The album gets created and it starts showing in the Albums tab. Check how to Add photos to the album Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Photos can be downloaded from Bloomz in various ways: If using an Android device, one can download photos by clicking on them and then using the download button. If using an iOS device, at this time, one would need to take a screen shot of the photo that will save it to the camera roll. Hold the power button and the Home button at the same time and it will make a camera flash sound. If using the web version, one can right click or command click (Mac) to save the photo to the computer. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

If you recently received a message on your app or through email that you've ran out of storage space in your account, don't worry. When you surpass your limit, you are not locked out of your account and you'll still be able to post text to your classroom or group, create events, send messages and anything that doesn't include a photo, video or attached document. Having said that, there are a few things you can do to continue to enjoy Bloomz: Ask your administrator to schedule a call with our team to discuss a Premium subscription for your school. Right now, Bloomz is running a free trial promotion for remainder of the 2018-20019 school year, so you can quickly get back to your usual activities and get everyone on board. You can upgrade to a teacher premium account that will give you unlimited storage and a few other premium features. You can also delete media to stay within the 125 item limit. Please click on in the left menu and click on the Media tab, click Albums on the app, and select the enough items in the "Photos Added By You" album and remove, so you can bring your count down and continue to share photos, video and documents through the app. We know storage limits are a little inconvenience to our users, but we hope you understand that we need to set these limits on free accounts to keep our business running for many years to come, and continue to offer the high quality service you expect from us. If this is your first notice, you will still be able to add images, video and documents for now. We are, however, giving this advance notice to all our users in this situation, so they can prepare and take appropriate action. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

To add photos to the album you created, follow these simple steps - Click on All Groups Click on your class name in the left navigation tray Click on the Media tab in the bottom menu Click Albums Click Add Photos button below the Album Cover in Albums list view Select the pictures you want to upload from the photo gallery and click Choose A status bar will be seen showing the upload status. The photos selected will be uploaded to the album. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

The admin of the group / community will receive a post if members of the group/ community flag a post / comment as inappropriate. The admin can remove flagged posts or comments from the group. Then that post / comment will not show up for anyone in that group. 1. Click on Remove Posts from All Groups. 2. Click Confirm. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Muting a member blocks the member from posting/ messaging further. Also, you will no longer receive email notifications from this member's posts or comments. A notification is sent to the member indicating that he has been muted. It does not interrupt other members' ability to view posts. Click on Members tab at the bottom Click on the name of the person you wish to mute. Once the window opens click on Options. Then select Mute in Class. Muted members will not be able to post ... pop up is seen. Click Confirm. Member is muted successfully message is seen. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

You can easily remove a member from your community/ group/ class by just following these quick steps. You can remove members of your group if they are no longer part of your group. Go to the Community or class or group from your left navigation tray. Click Members tab on the bottom. Click the name of the person you wish to remove from the community. Click Options in the top right corner of the profile screen of that member. Click Remove from Community/Class/Group. Do you want to remove this member from this group? pop up is shown. Click Confirm. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Members can report and flag content they think is inappropriate, so as to ensure a safe group or community. To flag a message as inappropriate: Select the down arrow icon placed on the top right corner of the comment or post Select Flag as Inappropriate. The post/ comment will disappear from the feed and a post is sent to the admin of the group indicating that the post has been flagged by you. You can also have the option to Hide the Post from your feed by tapping the down arrow icon and selecting Hide post. Hiding the post will not trigger any notification to the admin of the group. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

If the administrator has muted a particular member, he/ she can no longer post to the group or add comments to the posts in the group. The muted member must contact the administrator in order to get unmuted. However, the muted contact is still a part of the community or the group. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

You can either mute a particular contact or unfriend a contact from your contact list. To unfriend a contact, Click My Contacts in the bottom menu of the Home screen. Just tap on the name of the contact you wish to unfriend. Tap on the Connected icon. Click on Unfriend in the Connection Options. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

Open your daycare room page Go to the Activities tab Click on the child Child's activity log opens Click plus at the bottom right Select the Time Add Notes Tap on the activity you want to log Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

To unmute a member of a group is easy on Bloomz. Once unmuted the member can post / comment to the group as before. Click Members tab at the bottom of the class Tap on the name of the member you wish to unmute. Click on Unmute in the profile screen of that member. [OR] Click on Options on the top right corner of the profile screen. Click Unmute This Member. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

You can mute your contact in order to not receive any communication from him on Bloomz. To mute a contact, Click My Contacts in the bottom menu of the Home screen. Just tap on the name of the contact you wish to unfriend. Tap on the Connected icon. Click on Mute this Person in the Connection Options. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

1. Open the left menu 2. Click on your room 3. Click on the Activities tab and the child's name 4. Click the Plus 5. Click the Reminder tab 6. Click on the reminder you need to send 7. Click Send Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

1. Click the left menu 2. Click on your room 3. Click on the Activities tab, and the child's name 4. Click Options 5. Click Add / Remove Parents 6. Select the existing parent, or enter phone number/email for new parent 7. Click Update Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

1. Open your left menu 2. Click on your room 3. Click Add 4. Enter the name of the child 5. Click Add Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

1. Open the left menu 2. Click on your room 3. Click on the Activities tab and the child's name 4. Click on the activity you want to remove 5. Click retract Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

No purchase necessary. Making a purchase will not increase your chances of winning. The promotion is open only to legal residents of the United States who at the time of entry are a) eighteen (18) years of age or older and b) are currently employed full- or part-time as an educator by an accredited public or private K-12 school in the United States. Bloomz is the official administrator and sponsor of this program. Employees of Bloomz and their affiliated companies, subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, agents, advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate families and household members (parent, spouse, child or sibling) of each are not eligible to participate. The Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Entry Rules and Agreements Participant must be a Bloomz account holder and join the TCEA group using the provided code. Participants must take a picture of themselves with a friend or colleague at the Bloomz booth (#2363) and upload it to the TCEA group on Bloomz by 11:59 p.m. on February 10th, 2017 Central Time to be eligible. Entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programming or any other automated means are prohibited and will be disqualified. All entrants must be legal residents of the United States of America with a current U.S. address for prize fulfillment. Prizes not be shipped internationally. Only one entry per participant joining the group and uploading a picture. Entrants can earn a second entry/chance of winning by tweeting their picture using the hashtags #LoveBloomz #TCEA17. Winner Selection Rules and Agreements Winners will be selected by random drawing and announced on the Bloomz blog/website by or around February 15, 2017. Bloomz will make every attempt to fulfill prizes. Prizes unclaimed after 60 days are not awarded. Any depiction of prizes is for illustrative purposes only. All prizes are awarded as-is and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. Winners are responsible for all taxes on prizes received. Product prizes are not redeemable for cash or transferable. No substitution allowed. Only the number of prizes stated in the Rules is available to be won. All prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible Entries is received. General Program and Rules & Terms Bloomz reserves the right to extend the submission deadline and/or winner announcement. Bloomz reserves the right to modify, cancel or suspend the Promotion or any part of it. Information provided by you under this program is subject to Bloomz’ privacy policy located at https://bloomz.net/privacypolicy/. Bloomz is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information whether caused by Internet users or by the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of the entries. Bloomz is not responsible for computer system, phone line, hardware, software, or Promotion malfunctions or other errors, failures, or delays in computer transmissions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Bloomz retains the discretion to make all decisions regarding the interpretation and application of these rules. All decisions are final and discretionary. The laws of the State of Washington shall govern this Promotion. The courts of Washington shall be the exclusive forum for any dispute relating to these Rules and/or this Promotion. All participants and winners agree, by their participation in the Promotion, to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of Washington. Prizes may be considered income, and any and all taxes associated with prizes are the responsibility of the winners Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful

You can create your own group on Bloomz. It is very easy. Just follow these quick steps. Tap on All Groups at the Top left corner The left navigation tray opens up. Click on Add Class/ Group at the top Tap Create a new class or group Click your type of group Then add a name and description and click on Save. The group get created and can be accessed from the left navigation tree. Yes I found this article helpful No I did not find this article helpful