Ryver is a great messaging systems with many different features. Users are able to create threaded discussions by topic. They are able to react to posts and assign tasks. Users can share files and archive threads. Notifications are sent when someone reacts to your post, messages you, or mentions you in a post. You are able to have organize a private team/group set of messages, open forum threads or discussions, and direct message other users. Ryver's biggest market that they advertise to are teams, but Ryver can be used by all kinds of organizations. 
Ryver could be used as an effective communication method with parents. Teachers can post announcements to parents and share files with them. Our school is currently undergoing flu-pocalypse and so many parents have been requesting make-up assignments for students. With Ryver, I could make one announcement per day or per unit with attached information and not have to e-mail 40+ parents with file attachments (over the span of three weeks). Teachers are also able to direct message parents updating on student progress. Teachers can let parents know how awesome their students are doing in class. In the case of student lack of progress, teachers have documented evidence of communication with parents to resolve any issues. If planning a project or field trip, Ryver would also be great for assigning tasks to parents. I am a Beta co-sponsor and we attend Beta convention every year. There are thousands of students in one hotel and chaperones/student hotel rooms on any of the 10 plus floors. With Ryver, chaperones could be much more on the same page with what activities are going on and what tasks could be assigned to them. Lastly, Ryver can update parents on just general announcements. Teachers send home forms to be signed and these forms are shoved into middle schoolers backpacks never to been seen again many times. With Ryver, teachers can provide a quick reminder.
Ryver also can provide an effective venue for back channel chats. During a socratic circle, Ryver can provide the means to communicate for the 'outer circle'. The cool thing is that you can have multiple threads for different topics of conversation or different classes. You could also create different groups for different classes and then maybe review some of the ideas of other classes when beneficial. In addition, it can be used as a back channel for regular classroom sessions so that students who are less likely to speak out in class may be more willing to participate in discussions digitally. Lastly, ryver can provide a venue for student brainstorm sessions.
Ryver can also contribute to a general means of online learning. Teachers and students can share files with each other. Students can turn in assignments. Teachers can provide students with assignments and resources quickly and easily. Teachers are also able to compile an archive of student progress without piles of paper work. Ryver can also serve as a communication system when students have a question. It can really serve as the hub that sends students out to the various programs that teachers would have them use. Ryver can be used in a one-to-one setting or used by students at home who have computers. To make things more convenient, there is a ryver app for iPhones and Androids so that students can keep up to date on class assignments, complete online learning, etc. simply by using their phone.
Below is a short video on how Ryver works:
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