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49 articles in this collection
Written by
Geoff Nixon,
Mitch Cowan,
and
Tierra Talley
Learning Stories
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
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
Mitch Cowan
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
Forms
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
Planning
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
Mitch Cowan
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
Ratings (for North America)
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
Professional Development for Teachers
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
Deep Insights from Reporting
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
Keeping Families Informed
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
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
Managing Your Educa Site
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
Mitch Cowan
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
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
For Schools
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
Archived Features (Not available for new sites)
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