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Written by
Geoff Nixon,
Kieren Swann,
Alick Draper
and 1 other
Engaging Families with Learning Stories
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
Centralising Your Documentation
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
Professional Development for Teachers
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
Deep Insights from Reporting
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
Keeping Families Informed
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
Managing Your Educa Site
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.
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Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago
Multi-Site Sharing
How to share posts and documents between multiple Educa sites.
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Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago
Linking Siblings
Learn how to link siblings to each other and link the associated parent accounts.
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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
Features for Schools
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
Support Your Educa Usage with External Sites
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
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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
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
Alick Draper
Updated over a week ago