Technology can help to transform everyday tasks and allow what was once impossible to happen. In this blog piece we’ll talk about how you can save time managing your digital signage.
Pass the buck / An ear to the ground
Take the pressure off and let your community get involved to foster a sense of responsibility and ownership. Digital Signage Clubs, such as the one at TrilbyTV Trailblazers St John’s College, Cardiff, gives students three ways to ensure the content on display clicks and sticks.
A research team can interview staff, parents, visitors, alumni and fellow students to find out what needs to be celebrated and shared. From classroom work to upcoming events, nothing will be missed, building pride and appreciation for the efforts of the community.
The design team will be ready to show off their skills with a variety of platforms, creating eye-catching, fresh graphics that make your school signage unique.
You could also create a dedicated team that reviews the educational content to provide feedback. Do the designs need to be clearer, or provide more time to take information on board? This important step can help reduce audience frustration and can guarantee your messaging makes a positive impact.
Parent groups, like the PTA, can also play a key role by creating digital content that highlights upcoming events or fundraisers. There might even be a graphic designer in the midst! This involvement can also strengthen the connection between school and home.
Leveraging school websites to identify undervisited pages offers an opportunity to create more targeted educational content. Highlighting overlooked information, such as policies or resources, can help ensure no important message is missed, improving overall communication with students, parents, and staff. By involving students, parents, and digital insights, schools can make their digital signage more interactive, informative, and engaging for the entire community.
The digital blu-tack
In a traditional way, important school information would be printed and fixed to a noticeboard to be shared. Aside from the lower impact in comparison to digital signage, this method takes more of an investment with time as not only must the message go up, it must come down.
TrilbyTV’s tools allow you to easily plan ahead and get your content shown, and removed, precisely when needed. Keep that vital notice in the feed ready for next term, or simply remove those photos saved elsewhere already. Remember that whilst fresh content is engaging, old content can detract from the new material you’re promoting.
The journey from traditional to digital was an easy decision for Scott Jewell, Business Manager at Perth Grammar School, who joined us to talk about developing effective digital school communication.
Stop repeating yourself
Though not about expecting a different result, having to do the same task twice can be tiresome. TrilbyTV integrates with a number of services like Calendars, Canva and Instagram, allowing you to add information that will automatically update on your signage as well. Those familiar and comfortable with using Instagram may never need to sign into TrilbyTV but be heavily involved with celebrating the latest community achievements or promoting their department. Adding social media content for your school can save you time as it doubles up as digital content for your screens.
Even those few seconds from a repetitive job start to add up. TrilbyTV’s Content Management provides a rapid way to achieve a task, like approving or deleting, for multiple items at once. With clear information like file size, date added and content type, you can have complete visibility and control over the entire feed.
TrilbyTV can even go above and beyond your displays and be embedded on your website like Les Quennevais School in Jersey, who display club information and current house points to get the latest updates to those at home or visiting the school.
Take the praise
Great looking digital signage content for schools gets noticed and TrilbyTV comes packed with it.
Smart Content gives you ready-to-use designs that work in a variety of settings. From Super Stats promoting fundraising efforts and attendance levels to Birthdays never being missed (and reminders for more cake!).
Our Content Catalogue goes one step further as everything is finished and ready to go!
Simply ‘Add To Feed’ to get full videos, slideshows and self-updating content on your feed as though you uploaded it all yourself. We’ll know where the content has come from but your community won’t, so take all the praise that’ll come your way!
Ultimately, by embracing a collaborative approach that includes students, parents and data-driven insights, schools can transform their digital signage into a vibrant hub of communication, ensuring relevant and engaging messages reach the right audience effectively.
If you haven’t yet used TrilbyTV, we offer a fully functioning 30-day trial complete with support. You can also book a free demo session where one of our digital signage experts can give you plenty of ideas on where to begin.