THEISWhen you need to tell the whole team something at once — and you do not want to write it in the chat or on individual videos — use Settings → Bulk message. You write a short notice and it pops up for your colleagues on their computer and on their phone.
How to send the message
- Open Settings → Bulk message. You will find the section there A message to the whole team.
- In the field Title write a short headline — it is the first (and sometimes the only) thing people will see.
- In the field Message fill in the text itself. Stick to one or two sentences, longer text gets cut off on a phone anyway.
- Click on Send message. If you leave one of the fields empty, THEIS will prompt you to fill in both the title and the text.
Preview before you send
Next to the fields there is Preview, which is rewritten as you type. It shows the icon, the title and the text roughly the way the message will land on the display. It is the fastest way to find out that the title is too long or that the first sentence does not say what matters.
Who the message reaches
To all active members of your team — to nobody outside it. The message arrives as a notification, so people see it even when they do not have THEIS open. The condition is that they have in Settings → Notifications on Push on this device; anyone who has turned notifications off will not see the message.
When it comes in handy
- Before an event: „Tomorrow we are filming from 8:00, upload materials as you go."
- Deadlines: a reminder of the cut-off by which the content must be finished.
- Operational messages: a change of procedure, a new tab, a pause in publishing.
A broadcast message is a one-off notification, not a task. It assigns nothing to anyone and does not stay hanging anywhere — when someone has something to do, give it to them as a task and use the message only as a reminder.