I'm trying to start a Ning network for my class of 7th grade students. I can't seem to find answers anywhere. What is the Badge? Can it be removed? Is there a way to filter which member activity we follow? We tried to use the Advanced Search field to search only certain members in a group, but it didn't seem to work. Also, can one send a private message to someone other than your friend? Thanks in advance for any input.

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Hi Yumi,
My son (grade 7) has a NING network he set up for his class. NING generously removed all the ads for FREE.
Under manage and features, you can remove the badge.
Admins can send private message to any member of the community.

Good for you starting a NING community for your students.
Thank you so much for your quick reply!
I use a ning site with my 7th graders MrLicata.ning.com I customized following of activity but it matters how you set up the main page. Private messages can be sent to any member friend or not. Is your site public?
Ours is not public. We are planning on using Ning with our 7th graders as a way to teach about social networking. We would like each 7th grade advisor/teacher to monitor the activities of only their advisees. What's the best way to do this? How have you set it up? We want to do more than just follow the Latest Activity updates.
Thanks!
Still having trouble sending a private message to a member who's not a friend. Our site is not public, does this have anything to do with it? How are you able to send private messages?

Thank you again,
Yumi
I'm just curious how you can use Ning with 7th graders since many of them will be under 13 - at least when the year starts.
Most of our 7th graders are already 13, and we have our site as a private one, although I don't know if that matters or not.
Hi Yumi,

You can remove the Badge, click on the Manage tab, click Featyres. Drag the Badges block off the site

You can send an email to a private member other than your friend. Click on the Inbox, Select Compose. Type your message and select from the Members page who you want to send an email to.

You can turn off any or all email notifications coming from your social network from your Email Settings page. To get to your Email Settings page, click on the "Settings" link in the right column of the page. Click the Email tab.
Thank you! I will look into emailing members on our network who are not friends with me.

I do know about the email settings. Is there a way to receive email notification for only certain member activity? We would like our 7th grade advisors/teachers to monitor the activities of only their own advisees/students. Is this possible?

Thanks so much!
Hi Dee,

I was able to remove the Badge successfully. Thank you!

I'm still unable to email a member on our network who's not a friend. I followed your instructions, but can't figure out how to enter or select the member as a recipient. Only my friends come up in my list of possible recipients. Is there way to manually enter or navigate to a member on the network?

Thanks again,
Yumi

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