Mobile App

Before you start:

1. Go to: https://www.jocombs.org/fs/chat or download the mobile app 
    
2. Use your Combs email address and password to log in. 
    
3. Once logged in, you’ll see your assigned classes as well as any teams, clubs, or other extracurricular groups you are associated with. These are automatically populated with the teacher, coach, advisor, students, and parents/guardians.
    
4. Bookmark the site or pin it to your browser for easy access.

• In the upper right corner, tap the circle with your initials.

• From the menu, select “Schools.”

• You’ll see a list of schools in the district. Tap to select the schools you want to follow — for example, Combs High School and Harmon Elementary School.

• Once selected, you’ll receive news and updates from those schools directly in your app feed.

• In the upper right corner, tap the circle with your initials.

• From the menu, select “Notifications.”

• You’ll see two sections: Important Announcements and Chat Notifications.

  • For Important Announcements, tap the gray box to toggle notifications on or off.

  • For Chat Notifications, tap the arrow and select your preferred notification setting.

• Once your preferences are saved, you’ll receive updates and alerts based on your selections — right in your app feed.

• On the home page, tap “Events” at the bottom of the screen.

• In the top right corner, tap the three lines (menu icon).

• You’ll see a list of available calendars. Tap to select the calendars you want to follow — for example, District and Ranch Elementary School.

• Once selected, events and updates from those calendars will automatically appear in your app feed.

• Filtering and blocklists are used to detect but are not limited to the list below:

  • Profanity

  • Toxicity

  • Threats or harmful language

  • Spam or irrelevant promotional content

  • Personal information that shouldn’t be shared

  • Obscene or explicit language and content 

• Some messages can be blocked before sending if they contain disallowed content; others are flagged for admin review

• District/school administrators (and in some roles teachers) can review flagged content and take appropriate action

• Users can also manually report inappropriate messages directly within the chat interface

What Happens to Flagged or Blocked Content

• Blocked: Messages prevented from being sent due to profanity or clear violations 

• Flagged: Content that may be inappropriate gets flagged for review by administrators

• Review/Action: School or district admins can then decide whether to allow, remove, or take other action on flagged content

The mobile app was developed to ensure our multilingual community will receive all school news, info, and messaging in their preferred language. Based on your SIS or mobile device settings, community members can select which language they want for their mobile app experience. Today, approximately 57 languages are supported and are continuously increasing our language offerings.

Finalsite's New Mobile App and Chat offers dynamic chat translation offering the content on the mobile app and chat feature in each user's preferred language. This means that users accessing the app and chat feature can view content, send, and receive messages in their preferred language.

All content in the app, including chat messages, are translated into each user's preferred language.