Secondary schools are busy places with lots of information to share. From school club updates, to room changes, student work staff announcements, and so much more. Digital signage is an effective, easy way to manage and distribute all of this information in a way that’s eye-catching and digestible for your audience. Let’s run through five top TrilbyTV features that can help you to do just that.
Tailored access permissions
Why not turn everyone at your school into a content creator for your signage? Students, subject teachers, senior leaders and support staff can all contribute to the screens with both important updates and inspiring content.
With TrilbyTV’s User Permissions, you can decide who can access certain features of TrilbyTV, such as who can upload or moderate content and who can manage your TrilbyTV account or Players. For example, you might want students to upload content but not to be able to publish it – that’s all possible with flexible Permissions that you can update at any time.
Schedules
One of the key principles of effective signage is having the right content, in the right place, at the right time. If the same content is playing everywhere at all times, staff and students will likely pay less attention after a while.
To help keep everything fresh and relevant, our Schedules feature automatically changes screen content based on the time of day or day of the week. Set up a schedule on a per-screen basis and copy that to any number of screens to keep things in sync. For example, you might change a breakfast menu to a lunch menu at 12pm each day on each of your canteen screens.
Calendars
There’s a lot going on in secondary schools and it can be difficult for staff and students to keep track of events outside of their normal timetable. Displaying calendars is a great way to help everyone stay organised. TrilbyTV’s Calendar feature takes your existing feed via an ICS link and turns it into visually appealing, easy-to-read content.
There are many different ways to organise your calendars – you might have a calendar for each year group, subject area, or room. Many of our schools also have a staff calendar displayed on-screen in the staffroom which is a great way to promote meetings, training, and social events.
Announcements
If something important comes up at the last minute, digital signage can be the perfect way to get the message out quickly and clearly. Whether it’s a snow day or a last-minute change to assembly time, the TrilbyTV Announcements feature is here to help. In a few clicks, you can take over all screens or a group of screens to show your critical message wherever it’s needed.
Polls
Student voice is vital, giving your school community the chance to share their opinions and shape their educational experience. With our Polls feature, you can turn your signage into a tool to gather student opinions and feedback. Simply share a question on your screens and students can scan the QR code to cast their vote. After the polling is over, you can choose to share the results or to keep them private. It’s also a great, interactive option for staff meetings, parents evenings or open days.
We hope this list provided inspiration for the many different ways digital signage can be used in your school. If you’d like to find out more about how we work with secondaries to help them get the most from their digital signage, take a look at our case studies. If you want to discuss your signage requirements in more detail, why not book a free demo? Our team will walk you through the platform and help you find the right solution for your school. You can also sign up for a 30-day free trial if you’d like to try out TrilbyTV for yourself.