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Authentic assessment in Educa, set up guide

Written by Geoff Nixon
Updated over a week ago

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

Learn how you can use image alignment and tables to layout our stories on Educa.

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

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 new Form Template. You can use a standard template, copy an existing 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

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

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

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