Finalsite's new mobile app provides a way for you to strengthen the connection between school and home, providing a streamlined and consolidated hub for parents to chat with teachers, receive important messages, and stay informed. This article will help you to get started for the first time!
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Download your school or district's new mobile app
Are you an iOS/Apple or Android user? Select your instructions below for how to add the app to your device.
- To download the new mobile app on your iOS/Apple device, start by opening the Apple App Store.
- Search for the app using your school or district name. Your school leader / main website admin can instruct you on how to search for your app.
- Select and download your app by tapping the Get button next to your app and clicking Install if needed. You may need to enter your Apple ID password to authorize the download.
- Open up the app on your device.
If these instructions have changed or are not what you see on your end, click "Download apps and games on your iPhone or iPad" to see more current instructions.
- To download the new mobile app on an Android device, open the Google Play Store.
- Search for the app using your school or district name. Your school leader / main website admin can instruct you on how to search for your app.
- Select the app from the search results and tap to download. Click Install to start the download and install process.
- Review the Permissions and click Accept to proceed.
- One app is installed on your Android device, open it directly from the Play Store by tapping the Open button or find the app icon on your home screen.
If these instructions have changed or are not what you see on your end, click "Get Android apps & digital content from the Google Play Store" to see more current instructions.
Log in to your app
- Enter your Username and then Password.
Don't know your login credentials?
- Select Forgot password to have a reset password link sent to the email address associated with your account. You'll be directed to a Login page where you can Create a new Password.
- Does your district or school use a third-party to authenticate logins? You may be instructed to enter those credentials instead.
- You may be prompted to Select your language to the preferred language you'd like the app to display. Your language may already be preset, if your SIS language is one of our languages in the list of 30 supported languages. If your SIS and device language are not yet supported, English will be preselected.
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Choose schools: Subscribe to view the content of one or multiple schools if you are on a district app. Toggle on to agree to view the content on your mobile app for a particular school.
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Get notified: Decide the level of Notifications you'd like to receive on your mobile app. Select Allow notifications to opt in to notifications, another window will pop up where you can give permission to allow notifications. Select Not now to decline receiving notifications.
Subscribe to mailing lists: Select the mailing lists to get only what you want.
Browse through your new mobile app
Now you are ready to jump in and browse to find what interests you most!
- News at the top of your homescreen
- Events in the middle and lower areas of your homescreen
- Bottom toolbar will take you to the individual areas
- Tap the More button to see what else your district or school has waiting for you!
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