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Step-By-Step Guide

Add a New Home Item

Adding a new item is

straightforward, and will automatically alert parents of the new addition to your home screen. Each item you create will be added

within

a grid of icons. Depending on the size and screen resolution of the phone, the layout of the grid may alter to best fit the screen.

1. Select 'Home' in the

1. navigation bar at the top of the pane.
    

2. Select the Add button situated in the centre of the screen.

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2. The Add Home Item dialogue will appear.

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2. Enter a Title of the item you wish to add.
    

3. If you wish, you may upload a custom image by selecting the Upload Image button. You may wish to select one of the

1. pre-sets and move to step 6.
   
   

   1. Once selected, the file browser window will appear

1. 1. . Select the desired image, and select 'open'.
      
      

   2. Use the cropping tool to adjust the image size

1. 1. . Remember: the tiles are square

1. 1. , so images will need to be to this shape

1. 1. , to display correctly.

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   2. Once you are happy with the cropping

1. 1. , select the Crop button.

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      If you do not select any of the

1. 1. pre-set images or upload your own, a default icon image will be used.

      
      

2. Scroll down the window and choose the type of tile you would like to add from the menu.

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   1. URL - enter the full web address for the page you wish to link to (remembering to include http://) and you may test the URL to ensure this is correct by selecting the button to the right of the field.
      

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   2. Document - Select 'upload document', and a file browser window will appear to let you select the desired document - compatible documents types are: docx, doc, pdf, jpeg, jpg & png.

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   2. Email - Enter the

1. 1. desired email address in the field provided.

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   2. Telephone - Simply type in the full phone number (including area code) without spaces in the field provided.

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2. To finish, click 'add' and your new tile will be added to the home screen

1. . At this point all parent users will receive a push notification alerting them that a new item has been added.

Amend a Home Item

If you wish to change

anything about a tile that you have already added, you may use the Amend function:

1. Select the item you wish to amend and select the Amend button in the central control panel
   

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2. You will now see the edit dialogue window appear to allow you to change all attributes, in exactly the same way when adding a new item (

1. see Add a New Home Item).
   

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2. When you are happy with your changes, select the

1. 'amend' button to apply them instantly to OurSchoolsApp
   
   

Delete a Home Item

 Removing an unwanted tile is as easy as clicking delete

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1. Select the tile you wish to remove, and select Delete from the central control panel
   

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2. Confirm you wish to delete the item by selecting the red Delete button
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1. It is now gone from the admin tool and

1. parents will no longer see this item
   

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Update the Home Screen Tile Order

 Even changing the order in which a user will see your tile tiles, is easystraightforward. We recommend that you add the most important tiles first, and then anything that you consider less so further down the list. Here's how to do it: 

1. Select the Update Order button in the top left corner
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2. Drag the tiles into the desired order 
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3. Click the green Save button to the bottom right corner to send the changes to all of your Parent users.

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