Use News categories to organise the school’s News feed—for example, Sports, Events, General or individual year groups.
Categories organise posts; they do not make them private. All app users can see News posts. The push-alert recipient selection controls who receives an alert, not who can see the post.
1. Add a News category
- From the main dashboard, open Communications → News → Categories. In the News screen’s left-hand menu, this is labelled Category.
- Click Add.
- Enter the name in News Category.
- Enter a Sort Order. Use the minimum and maximum order values shown on the form as a reference.
- Review the details and click Submit.
2. Choose the display order
Sort Order controls where the category appears across the top of the feed. Higher numbers appear before lower numbers—for example, a category with order 7 appears before one with order 6.
3. Use the category on a News post
When creating or editing a News item, choose the category from its Category dropdown.
See Posting News for the full publishing steps.