This article will cover everything you need to do to ensure your new Educa site is set up correctly for your teachers to start using.

Once you have activated your site, you'll need to make sure you can login anytime with ease.

On your computer you can save your sites link as a bookmark. For accessing on your phone or tablet, you can save the site as a shortcut to your homescreen.

More information on accessing your site here: Logging into Educa

More information on accessing Educa on your mobile device here: Mobile web experience - for Teachers

There are a few easy steps to take to make sure your site is set up and ready for you Teachers to start using.

This information is visible to parents so it's important to make sure it's correct to ensure families know your contact information. Adding your logo is also important to maike Educa your own.

You can update this information through Settings > Site Settings > About Us.

Related article: Updating your centre info

Educa works best when you have your Children's profiles organised into classes. You can then assign Teachers to one or more classes so they can easily access their assigned children's profiles.

You can create and manage classes through Children > Classes & Groups.

Related article: Class Management

Once you have complete some of your initial site setup, you can start adding other teachers to join and start using Educa.

You can invite Teachers to join through Centre > All Teachers > +New Teacher.

As you are inviting them, you can assign them to their desired class so they are assigned to the correct children right away.

Related article: Inviting a Teacher

It's important to select which Frameworks you want to use for compliance when recording a Child's learning. Educa has many Frameworks and Curriculums added for you to use and you can also create your own.

Related article: How to Manage Frameworks in Educa

Now you've completed some initial setup, it's time to start adding children, decide on privacy settings and get ready for families to join.

You can create child profiles through Children > All Children > +New Child.

Once you have added the Child profiles, you can assign them to classes so they are organised and Teachers can easily find the profiles.

If you have a lot of children to add, you can request us to add them in bulk after filling out a template and sending it through to us.

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Educa gives you the controls to decide which child profiles your teachers have access to.

By default, all teachers can access all child's profiles. If you would like to configure which profiles they can access, you can change this through Settings > Site Settings > Privacy.

You can also set up story approvals if you would like senior Teachers to review other Teachers stories before they are published.

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By default, stories start with a blank field for your teachers to add to. There are also 2 additional fields titled "What learning is happening here?" and "Opportunities and possibilities. What's next?”. If you wish to make any changes to this, you can edit these through Settings > Site Settings > Stories.

Related article: Learning Story Settings

Now the child profiles have been created, you can start adding Family Members so they can access their child's profile.

You can send invites to Family Members through the child's profile > Invite Family.

By default, all Teachers and added Family can send invites. You can change this setting so only Teachers or even only Admins can invite Families through Settings > Site Settings > Privacy.

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Now that you have all the basics setup, Teachers added, Child profiles created and families added, you are good to start properly using Educa to record and share the child's learning.

Now that you have the basics set up, you and your team can start recording your children's learning.

When you're ready to start exploring more of Educa, here are some areas to explore next.