Writing a Post on a School Page

You can add a post wherever you see a Share something ... box in Hero. Simply click in the box to reveal the editor.

TO MAKE A POST ON A SCHOOL PAGE

1. Click on Quick Links (top right hand side of the screen)

2. Scroll to the bottom of the Quick Links Menu and select the school page you wish to post on

Note: the names and content of pages are personalised by a school's leadership team.

3. Click on the Share something ... box or the red pencil icon in the bottom right-hand corner of 

4. Add the title of your post in the Post Title field

5. Write the content of your post. The toolbar that sits above this box gives you standard formatting options, the ability to add links and the ability to restore the post content if connection is lost.

Note: If this page has a Post Template set you will see this already entered in the content for you to edit

6.  The content of a post will autosave every 3 seconds once typing begins and will be made available if connection is lost prior to saving the post. Autosaved post content will be cleared when SAVE POST is clicked. The autosave is associated with the post content only and will not save the title or attachments.

To restore the contents of a lost post, start as if creating a new post, then click the RESTORE icon to retrieve the content. The icon will only be enabled if post content exists.

7. Add any attachments you want to support the post, e.g. photo, a scan of a work sample, Word file, .pdf file.

Note: For the best experience across different devices we recommend that you embed PDFs as per step 8. Photos must be .jpg/jpeg or .png. Apple's .heic is not currently supported.

 

You can simply drag and drop files onto this box or click on the relevant icon to select files from your device.

8. Alternatively, you can embed files from your Google Drive.

This will link your Google Drive file to your Hero post. The file remains in Google Drive which means if it is edited it will update in Hero as a 'live document', or if it is removed from Drive it will also be removed from Hero. We recommend that your school uses Google Shared Drives in order to protect embedded Google files from being removed from posts if a teacher leaves.

If you do not have adequate sharing permissions on your Google Drive file, you will be shown this error. You are still able to embed the file but other people will not be able to view it until the sharing permissions in Google Drive are updated.

9. Once you have added your media, click SAVE POST or NEXT

 If your school has chosen to attach tags to the page you are posting on you will see the NEXT option.

11. You will be presented with sets of tags to select from. Once you have selected the relevant tags, click SAVE POST

12. At the bottom of the page, you will see a tag summary showing the number of times a post on this page has had the tag selected on posts within the page.  You can also view this information in Tag Data Sheets.

ADDING A SCREENSHOT OF DATA FROM HERO TO A POST ON A SCHOOL PAGE

You are able to easily screenshot key pieces of visual data presented in Hero directly to a post on a school page. This is a fantastic feature to capture evidence or celebrate accomplishments.

This feature is available wherever you see the camera button e.g Insights, Tag Data Sheets

Note: you must have at least one School Page set to be "Available to use" to see this button.

1. Navigate to an area of Hero where the camera button is visible. Click the camera button

Note: the screenshot will include the information that is present on your screen at the time of clicking this button. You can use your browser functions to zoom in or out to change what is captured.

2. Select the page you wish to make a post on

3. An editing window for a new post will appear with the screenshot attached at the bottom. Follow steps 4-11 of Writing a Post (above) to add information to your post.

4. Once saved, to view your post navigate to Quick Links > School Pages and click on the relevant page. Here you can view or edit your post (Help article - Editing a Post).