Reach Out to Students
with
Text Messages & Twitter
Support student success by reaching out to your students with timely reminders. Sometimes students forget to access their online course and they often don't check their e-mail. However, they seem to always be on their cell phones! Find out how you can push course reminders to students using text messages and Twitter.
Student comment about the text messages:
“a fantastic idea … they were great reminders to just make sure I was still on track. I wish more of my teachers utilized this service.”
Send Text Messages From a Browser
- Free service proviced by http://broadtexter.com
- Protects the privacy of your cell phone number
- Type your messages on a keyboard instead of a cell phone
- Messages can be created in advance and sent on a specific day
- Messages can be set to automatically update a Twitter account
Example:
Easy Sign-Up for Students
Either provide a link to your BroadTexter page (http://broadtexter.com/web150) or copy and paste generated code into Blackboard.