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title: Access level comparison (CONNECT)
description: By default, only the Organization and Site Communication Teams can send messages with CONNECT. If your Organization includes Staff Access, then teachers and staff can also send messages.
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# Access level comparison (CONNECT)

## By default, only the Organization and Site Communication Teams can send messages with CONNECT. If your Organization includes Staff Access, then teachers and staff can also send messages.

### Default

 

| **Feature** | **Organization** **Communication** **Team** | **Site** **Communication** **Team** | **Teachers &** **Staff** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Sending Messages** |  |  |  |
| **Scope of Communication** | Any Contact in the Organization/District | Any Contact in the School |  |
| **Post to Facebook** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Post to Twitter** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Post to Website Announcements** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Notify in Parent App** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **View Message History** | Any in the Organization | Any Sent by Site |  |
| **Schedule Messages** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Save Drafts** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Create Message Templates** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Access to EMS Alert Button** | Yes if EMS Client | Yes if EMS Client |  |
| **EMS Scripts** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Manage Recipients** |  |  |  |
| **Import a Custom Contact List** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Share a Custom Contact List** | With Any Site in the Organization | With Everyone at the Site |  |
| **Recipient Preview** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **View Opt-Out List** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Manage Users** |  |  |  |
| **Manage District Users** | ✓ |  |  |
| **Manage Site Users** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Modify Personal Contact Information** | Any Staff in the Organization/District | Any Staff at their School |  |
| **Settings** |  |  |  |
| **Edit Email Disclaimer** | ✓ |  |  |
| **Customize Attendance Alerts** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Customize Lunch Balance Alerts** | ✓ |  |  |

 

### + Staff Access

 

| **Feature** | **Organization** **Communication** **Team** | **Site** **Communication** **Team** | **Teachers &** **Staff** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Sending Messages** |  |  |  |
| **Scope of Communication** | Any Contact in the Organization/District | Any Contact in the School | Any Contact in their Classes |
| **Post to Facebook** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Post to Twitter** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Post to Website Announcements** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Notify in Parent App** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **View Message History** | Any in the Organization | Any Sent by Site | Any Personally Sent |
| **Schedule Messages** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Save Drafts** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Create Message Templates** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Access to EMS Alert Button** | Yes if EMS Client | Yes if EMS Client |  |
| **EMS Scripts** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Manage Recipients** |  |  |  |
| **Import a Custom Contact List** | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Share a Custom Contact List** | With Any Site in the Organization | With Everyone at the Site |  |
| **Recipient Preview** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **View Opt-Out List** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Manage Users** |  |  |  |
| **Manage District Users** | ✓ |  |  |
| **Manage Site Users** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Modify Personal Contact Information** | Any Staff in the Organization/District | Any Staff at their School | Their Personal Information |
| **Settings** |  |  |  |
| **Edit Email Disclaimer** | ✓ |  |  |
| **Customize Attendance Alerts** | ✓ | ✓ |  |
| **Customize Lunch Balance Alerts** | ✓ |  |  |

 

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