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10 reasons to use School Jotter : Number 1
School Jotter can be edited from any computer that has an internet connection - all
you need is your username and password to log on.
Contents
02: Introduction “We absolutely love the SchoolJotter website programme
due to its ease of use and all the fantastic functions and
03: Registration and login continued developments of the system. I would strongly
recommend any school to use this programme”
03: Choosing your template
Mark Harrison - Head Teacher of Blacko Primary School,
04: Customising your site Lancashire
04: Managing users and permissions “When shopping around it became very clear, very quickly,
that SchoolJotter was the best value and choice for us.
04: Creating draft pages With its range of templates you can easily change your
website design whenever you want. It has fun, child
05: Weekly spellings friendly designs as well as ones more suitable for an
adult audience. The added features give you the ability
05: BBC schools ‘Bitesize’ links to challenge and engage your children with learning at
home. My staff are really happy with the website, but
05: Invite a friend more importantly the children and parents are.”
06: Synthetic phonics exercises
Gareth Baker - Deputy Head Teacher of Hawthorne Primary
06: PayPal donate button and Nursery School, Nottinghamshire
06: Site search functionality “We’ve found it really easy to use, in a busy school
environment the website can go to the bottom of your pile
06: Posting comments of jobs to do, but when you have a website that’s as easy
to create and maintain as this, life is made a lot easier.”
07: Contact forms
Adele Kerr - Head Teacher of Enniskillen Integrated Primary
07: Photo slideshow School, Northern Ireland
07: Creating a database of users “The staff at our school were very impressed by many
aspects of the company. We liked the range and flexibility
08: Staff directory of different styles of website. The choice was big, and
enabled us to choose a design which fitted with the ethos
08: Videos of our school. I, personally, as ICT leader very much like the
ease in which the website can be managed and appreciate
09: Podcasts the work that was put in by you in adding extras to the site.
The online training was very informative and now all staff
09: Calendars involved in maintaining the site feel confident. The speed
of action was also very impressive. From initial enquiry to
09: Monitoring website usage up and running in two weeks.”
10: Editing and adding site elements
Steve Box - ICT Leader of Stechford Primary School,
10: Job vacancies Birmingham
10: Surveys
11: Packages and prices
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School Jotter lets you create password protected pages. This means you can set up
areas for teachers, governors etc. that only they can access.
Introduction
Because School Jotter is web-based, you can update your website from anywhere with an Internet connection, giving you
the freedom to work wherever you prefer, and the flexibility to make urgent changes without having to go in to school.
Following the model exemplified by popular Web 2.0 initiatives such as Wikipedia and Facebook, School Jotter allows
students and teachers to collaborate in the creation and maintenance of the school’s web presence, whilst ensuring that
all contributions can be centrally controlled and monitored to comply with data and security policies. The importance of
the emergent shift towards Web 2.0 for the education sector was underlined by Becta as early as 2006:
“...it is likely that Web 2.0 approaches will be an important part of the mix in a system that supports flexible,
personalised learning within a specified curriculum and assessment structure...”
“Web 2.0 – what might it mean for developers?” © Becta 2006 (retrieved from http://www.becta.org.uk)
With a range of customisable templates and a variety of colour options, you can be sure that your site will stand out from
the crowd. And if you feel like a change, the template and colour schemes can be changed with a few clicks.
The inline content editor makes short work of updating your latest news or prospectus information, and our page
management system allows you to arrange the sections and links quickly and easily to ensure users have a stress-free
experience when they visit.
With a huge range of optional plug-ins and add-ons, you can make your website as versatile as you like. Amongst others,
the range includes plug-ins to handle spelling tests, quizzes, polls, videos, podcasting, mass email, and much more…
School Jotter is accessible from any computer with Internet access, allowing
you to update your site from any location.
Signing up for a School Jotter account is simple, and takes less than two minutes. First, enter your school postcode in
the first box on the form and click the ‘Find School’ button. We’ll identify your school, and it will appear in the drop-down
menu titled ‘Please choose’.
Simply click on your school name and a username will be generated for you. If the username appears in red text, it is
already in use, and you’ll have to amend it until it turns green. All that remains is for you to choose a password, fill in your
name, job role and email address, and you’re on your way!
You will be able to change your template at a later stage, even after you’ve populated your site with content, so this isn’t
the final decision.
School Jotter has a wide selection of themes to suit your school. When you see a template you like, simply click on it, and
it will be applied to your new site.
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There is no limit to the number of pages you can create. Your school Jotter website
can have as many or as few pages as you require.
On this site the links, background colour and heading have been
customised to match the school colours.
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School Jotter allows you to redesign your site for free by browsing our gallery of
new and exciting designs.
Weekly spellings
Spelling tests are easily added from the
‘Insert’ module drop down list. When you
insert a spelling test module you get 50
random spelling tests to use with your
pupils.
Invite a friend
As a user of School Jotter you will already be aware of its fantastic features, not to mention the freedom of being able
to update your website from anywhere with an internet connection. You can now tell someone else about School Jotter
through the invite function.
To tell someone else about School Jotter, click on the ‘Invite’ button and fill in the form.
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School Jotter allows you to insert e-learning modules such as weekly spellings &
maths practice, phonics exercises and links to the BBC ‘Bitesize’ web pages.
Posting comments
A comments module can be added to your webpages where vistors to your site can leave
their comments. This has many uses such as allowing visitors to leave general comments
about your site, or allowing them to leave comments about the content of a particular
page - for example podcasts or videos.
Comments can then be viewed via the ‘manage comments’ page where the website
administrator can either approve or delete comments.
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Web stats allows you to see which pages of your website have been viewed and
how many times. These can be viewed by day, week or month.
Contact forms
Your contact form can be used for parents and website
users alike to send information and requests to your
school email address.
Photo slideshow
You can add a dynamic slideshow with only a few clicks.
You can easily upload your photographs to create a rolling slideshow of images
which showcase your school, facilities, examples of childrens’ work or images from
school trips.
You can then add these details to a user database for communication at a
later date.
Data from your forms is compatible with Microsoft Excel
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You can use keywords and descriptions on your webpages to make it easier for them
to appear in all the popular search engines.
Staff directory
A staff directory is easily created using common contact details such as
phone/fax numbers, job titles and email addresses. Images of your staff
can also be uploded.
Videos
Videos are a great way of bringing school activity to life.
Using our new video insert module you can add video clips
to any page on your School Jotter website.
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Online forms allow you to gather details from your visitors and communicate with
them via a single click ‘bulk email’ option.
Podcasts
MP3 files and videos can be embedded into the website
creating a rich multimedia experience.
Calendars
School Jotter features an interactive and fully editable calendar
allowing you to view or browse dates by day, week, month or year.
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School Jotter’s online vacancy option allows you to post job vacancies and then easily
manage the details of multilple applicants.
Job vacancies
You can easily post and manage job vacancies in your school by
inserting the ‘Job Vacancy’ module. Once you have posted your job
vacancy, visitors to your School Jotter website can see all the job
details and apply for the position.
Applicants can apply for job vacancies by
filling in and submitting the online form.
They can also upload their CV in Microsoft
Word format. Senior staff can review &
manage applications all in one place.
Online form filling is security protcted using
reCAPTCHA technology.
Surveys
The surveys option is a powerful data-gathering tool which allows
your school to conduct and interpret a survey from your school
website.
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Wikipedia search
Site search
Draft pages
DCSF RSS
Clock
Slideshow
Google map
Gallery
Calendar
Newsletter form
Staff directory
Bulk emails
Web stats
Video module
Podcast module
Poll module
PayPal
Vacancy module
Spellings module
Maths module
French module
Quizzes module
Lesson Powerpoints
Phonics module
Surveys module
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