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      Using Bulletins

      Using Bulletins provides a simple, clear, and colorful way to quickly communicate with your residents or staff about important issues.

      Bulletins

      The Bulletin is meant to inform the residence of upcoming events or provide other useful information. These can be seen on the Mobile App, Resident Portal, as well as the Digital Sign.

      From the Home Screen of the eCMS, Click Bulletins

      Creating a New Bulletin

      1. Click on the “Add New” button to begin creating the new bulletin. 
      2. On the “Create Bulletins” screen, your bulletin must have the following information: Title, Category, Client, Communities, Program, Body, Start Date, and Display On fields.  (Mandatory fields are identified with an * by their name,)
      3. The other fields are optional but may be helpful in how your bulletin displays. 

      NOTE: The Client, Community, and Programs fields may be preset based on your specific permissions.

      Editing Bulletins

      1. Again, start by clicking Bulletins from the Home Screen.
      2. This brings you to the Bulletins List view. This shows any previously created bulletins and some other details of these past bulletins.
      3. To edit an existing bulletin, simply click the bulletin name to see the Show page of that bulletin. 
      4. A bulletin can be edited or deleted from here by clicking on the buttons “Edit” or “Delete” at the bottom of the screen.
      5. Clicking Edit allows you to make changes to the bulletin fields. Save changes made by clicking “Update” at the bottom of the screen.

      Some additional information about the fields:

      • Title is required and is used to identify the bulletin item in the eCMS. This is displayed.
      • Category is required and can be used to sort or filter which bulletins are displayed.
      • Client, Communities, and Programs are required. Changes made here allow you to restrict a bulletin to a particular audience, e.g. a specific level of living.
      • Description is required and contains the content of the bulletin. This text is displayed.
      • Start Date is required because it determines when the bulletin goes live.
      • Start Time is optional but allows you to set a specific time for the bulletin to go live.
      • End Date is optional but allows you to set an expiration date for the bulletin.
      • End Time is optional but allows you to have even more control of when the bulletin expires.
      • You can upload a photo, enter the URL of an existing photo, or select from available stock photos.
      • Display On is required because it determines where the bulletin can be seen.
      • You should always set a Bulletin as active, with the knowledge that the start and end dates/times determine when it actually displays.

      Suggested Use of Bulletins

      • Update frequently to provide engagement with fresh content!
      • Share a month/week “at a glance” of special, upcoming events
      • Trivia questions
      • Employee and resident highlights
      • Wellness Tips

      For best results, it is recommended that the body field contain no more than 250 characters for Bulletin posts.