The product updates we promised our customers in our March 24th update are now available:
We know every school and district has greatly increased school-to-home communications, due to school closures and remote learning. We also know the increased volume of messaging is challenging for teachers, staff and parents to manage.
We designed these features to help lighten the burden for schools and their teachers, staff, parents and students. Please read on to learn more!
One of the biggest needs for school-to-home communication right now is the ability to share resources efficiently with parents and students. Resource Hub makes it easier for teachers and staff to share resources from any source or platform.
How It Works
Teachers and Staff can easily organize and share resources:
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Upload or link to any kind of digital resource
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Categorize by subject
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Share with a class, grade or the entire school
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Include resource links in your messages
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Users can also access them any time from their own Resource Hub
Why Use Resource Hub?
Resource Hub can serve as the bridge between your communications and Learning Management System(s), remote learning hubs, or any other important platforms in use.
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Resource Hub is an easier alternative for teachers currently sending multiple posts with links to various LMS, docs, videos, etc., which becomes very difficult to manage over time.
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School and district staff can use it to group key resources (i.e. COVID-19, Lunch/packet/chrome book pickups, FAQs, support contacts, etc.)
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Parents will be able to more easily keep track of the available resources and platforms, especially if they have more than one student and multiple schools/teachers/subjects to manage. They can find them all in one place.
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You can also share key links and resources with Students on StudentSquare.
For more details, please visit the Resource Hub help page (login required) or contact us.
We’ve integrated with Learning Explorer by Lesson Planet, to make it easy for teachers to find and share curated, standards-aligned, learning resources with students and parents.
When activated, teachers can use Learning Explorer by Lesson Planet within ParentSquare and share resources and collections with students and parents.
We released many product enhancements in March, including expanded video messaging capabilities, additional notification options, iOS app updates, School Directory updates and much more.
Please see the March Changelog for more details or contact us!
Don’t forget to review our detailed suggestions for advanced ways to use ParentSquare for remote communications during this Coronavirus epidemic.
