Feature Guides

Create an Individual Story

Learn how to create a story for a single child to be shared with parents, extended family and linked educators only.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Create a Group Story

Save time by writing one story and posting it to multiple children's portfolios for their families to see.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Copy a Story

Save time by copying individual stories to another child's profile, making changes before publishing.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Formatting Your Learning Story

Use smart image sizing, image auto-alignment, backgrounds, dozens of fonts and more to add pizzazz to your stories.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Advanced Image Editor

Learn how to make the most out of Educa's image editor.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

View a Story

Learn how to view, comment and thank stories.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Manage a Story

Learn how to edit, delete, print and download stories.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Print Wizard

Learn how to print stories created on Educa.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Embedding Videos

Getting a video too large error? There are 2 ways around the Educa video limit size - embed or compress using a free online site.

Written by Aaron Rushworth
Updated over a week ago

Using Educa Touch for Dictation

Use our voice-to-text dictation tool to write stories without having to type.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Create a PDF from Stories

How to save stories as a PDF on iOS and different browsers

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Forms

Forms are online documents. They can relate to children, teachers or your centre, they can be private or shared.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Form Types & Use Cases

Choose the right form type for your purpose depending on your subject - children, teachers or your centre.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Creating a Form Template

Each new form requires a source Form Template. You can use or adapt a "public" Educa template or create one from scratch.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Creating a Form

Create new forms from the Active Forms page. Each form has its own unique template. Forms can be used as often as needed.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Setting Up Planning Templates

How to create or edit a planning template that will show up in Active Plans, for teachers to use.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Writing a Plan

Use plans to connect stories into a bigger narrative, to plan learning experiences or to set goals, for individuals or groups.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Linking to a Plan

How to link a plan to individual or a group stories, forms, teacher portfolio posts or to other plans.

Written by Kieren Swann
Updated over a week ago

DRDP & ELOF Ratings - Assessment

Summative and formative assessment in Educa, scoring and rating DRDP and ELOF for Head Start and state agencies.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Teacher Portfolios

Educa's Teacher Portfolios allow you to document your professional development in collaboration with mentors and peers.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Teacher Messages

Strengthen communication between your team of educators by utilising Educa's Teacher Messages.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Child Reports

Discover the Educa generated reports, based on a child's development.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Educator Reports

Discover the Educa generated reports build around a teacher and their Educa activity.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Usage Reports

Discover the Educa generated reports providing you with insights into your usage.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Message Board

Share announcements and news - by class, group or with everyone - families and educators, your choice. This is everyone's home page.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Child Notes

How to add shared or private notes to a Child's profile for parents and teachers to view.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Centre Info

Also known as Service Info or School Info, this is a page to display all of your centre contact details.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Calendar

Create your own or import your Google Calendar to Educa to keep families and educators informed.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Policies

Store you policy documents digitally with Educa and share them with families and educators in one click.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Resources

Share resources with families or only teachers through Educa's Resources Library.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Routines

Learn how to use Routines to record nappy changes, sleep times, meals and more.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Communicate Using Groups

Use groups to manage children outside classes and to communicate with parents and teachers with shared circumstances.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Assign Teachers Different Access

How to enable a teacher's Admin rights, reviewer settings and approval settings.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Multi-Site Sharing

How to share posts and documents between multiple Educa sites.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Linking Siblings

Learn how to link siblings to each other and link the associated parent accounts.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Archiving Child Profiles

How to delete/archive a profile when a child has left your service.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Recover an Archived Profile

How to re-activate a child's archived profile

Written by Kieren Swann
Updated over a week ago

Child Transfer

How to transfer a child's profile to another Service.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Set a Teacher as a Parent

How to add an educator as a parent

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Network Hub - Management Site for Groups

Set up and overview of new remote management and reporting site for groups and associations (in beta, December 2020)

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Inviting Student Users

Invite student users to write stories in Educa

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Create a Student Story

Learn how students can share their work with their family, once approved by a teacher.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Approving Student Stories

How to approve stories written by students.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

New Zealand Curriculum

If your school is using the New Zealand Curriculum, find out how to switch the display in Educa.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Programs to Assist with Distance Learning

Learn how to maintain a connection with your community when distance learning.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Turn on Spell Check in your browser

How to set up spell check in Google Chrome

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Translating Educa using Google Translate

How to translate a page on your Educa Site to a different Language

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Finding Your Software Version

Sometimes Educa Support may ask you to provide the version of iOS, Android or Educa Touch installed on your device.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago

Logbook

How to use the Logbook to either record events or create a schedule all teachers can see.

Written by Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago