How to Post Updates to the Resident Portal Dashboard

Admins can keep students informed by creating updates on the admin portal, which appear on the resident portal. These updates can announce events or share competition registration details. Learn how to post an update here:

Steps to Post an Update on the Resident Portal

1. Click Communications on the navigation panel.

2. Click Updates.

3. This is how the updates dashboard looks like; the already posted updates are visible; you can also search for the updates using the search bar.

4. To post a new update, click New Update.

5. This opens up a text editor with the following options:

1. Pin Update - You can pin the update post to land up as the first spot on the resident portal.
   Note - You cannot pin updates with tags.
2. Update Title - Give your update post a title here.
3. Date range - Set the post a date range to be visible during this period.
4. Formatting - Text formatting options like Bold, Italics, Underline, adding links, and adding media can be applied.
5. Update - Write your update body in this section.
6. Images - you can also drag and drop images in this section.
7. Tags - Make this update visible to only a set of students by applying tags.
   1. To choose a tag for the update post, click on +Tag, search for the tag, and select it.
      
   2. For example, selecting the Honors-Student tag would make this update visible to only Honors students.
      
      Once your update post is edited, click Create to make the post visible on the resident portal.

6. This is how your post would look on the portal:

9. You can also edit the post by clicking the pencil icon.

10. Click save to Save the edits. You can also delete the post by clicking Delete.

You can also add useful resources to the resident portal, learn how.