Feature Guides

Story Workflow - from Playground to Family Response

Suggestions on how to fit story creation into your teaching day - from taking playground photos through to conversations with families

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Using PDFs in Stories - Why and Why Not

How to use a PDF from Publisher, etc. in Educa - pluses and minuses

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Individualized Framework Linking in Group Stories - US Only

Write one Group Story, then create unique links to framework outcomes or goals for each child - for DRDP, ELOF and all frameworks.

Written by Tierra Talley
Updated over a week ago

Create an Individual Story

Learn how to create a learning story for one child to share with parents, extended family and linked educators only. Draft and publish.

Written by Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Creating Stories on Your Phone - Teacher Web App

Learn how to create a story on mobile using Educa's teacher web app - on the go. For Android and Apple, iOS 13 and higher.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Get Creative! Story Layouts & Designs

Educa supports creative layouts, backgrounds and fonts.

Written by Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Manage Images - Size, Editor, Orientation

Rotate images, change sizes, crop, add colour, replace one image with another, add a border - from our image toolbar and image editor.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Edit, Delete & Print Stories

Learn how to edit, delete, print and download stories. Alos how to locate draft stories.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

View a Story

Learn how to view, comment and thank stories.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Print Story Formatting and Save Options

Educa has many learning story printing options. Change your title header, add backgrounds, change page size and more.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Marking a Story as a "Day Journal"

Sometimes it's not a Learning Story, it's just about fun with the children. About the Day Journal option.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Video Upload Errors, Embed Instead

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 Vicki Campbell
Updated over a week ago

Download PDF & Print Options

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

How to Delete or Edit Form Templates

A form template can not be archived or edited once a form has been created from the template. We explain.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

About Forms - Child, Teacher and Centre Forms

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Linking to Plans - Live & Copy as PDF

Educa allows for internal linking to plans and from plans to help document your process and for collecting evidence.

Written by Vicki Campbell
Updated over a week ago

Setting Up Planning Templates

How to create or edit plan templates for teachers. Set linking and family visibility settings for each template.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

DRDP Ratings - Assessment

Setup for Admins and Ratings workflow for teachers explained - for DRDP for Head Start and state agencies.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

ELOF Ratings for NYC DECE

How the ELOF framework linking and period end reporting works for sites reporting to the NYC DECE, including the DRDP report.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Teacher Portfolios

Every teacher has a private Teacher Profile and Teacher Portfolio - for managing and documenting your professional development.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Teacher Messages

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Child Reports

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Educator Reports

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Usage Reports

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Message Board

For announcements and news - for your entire teacher and/or family community or for selected segments - classes or groups.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Conversations

How to use conversations to send private messages

Written by Kate Smith
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 Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Calendar

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Resources

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Routines

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Assign Teachers Different Access

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Linking Siblings

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Archiving Child Profiles

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Child Transfer

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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Archiving Children - Restore & Other Info

Archiving options and how to make an archived child's profile active again

Written by Vicki Campbell
Updated over a week ago

Set a Teacher as a Parent

How to add an educator as a parent

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Multi-Site Sharing

How to share posts and documents between multiple Educa sites.

Written by Geoff Nixon
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

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

About Student Users (& Invites) - Schools

Educa has a "student user" option - mainly for schools.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Student User - Create Story & Approval Process - Schools

Students use stories to highlight work, interact with the teacher, link to personal goals and frameworks, and share with family.

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

Approving Stories - for School Teachers

Educa has two ways to manage pending stories - full edit mode where you can add to the story or a quick approval mode.

Written by Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
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 Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago