Videos

19:29 The Beginner's Guide to Building Pages [Edlio Webinar]

Are you new to Edlio? Or do you want to learn how to improve your skills building Pages? This webinar is for you! In this beginner-friendly session, you'll learn how to:

- Create and update Pages
- Share content effectively
- Organize your Page Management based on your needs

We'll also cover best practices for building Pages that are both informative and engaging.

29:54 [Edlio Webinar] Create a Distance Learning Hub With Edlio

With most schools and districts operating with distance learning procedures in place, it can be tough to figure out how to transition your school or district to an online learning environment.

In this webinar, we cover how an Edlio Website makes it easy to:

- Update your news section with information about distance learning requirements, and post news to multiple social media platforms

- Post unlimited videos with automatic closed captioning

- Create Teacher pages, where each teacher can have a centralized hub to post their messages to parents and students, as well as videos, files, images, etc.
- Add homework assignments and other news to your school’s Class pages, with two-way Google Classroom integration included
- Share automatic daily updates with parents through Edlio’s subscription feature
- Celebrate your graduating class’ accomplishment with pop-up homepage alerts, social media posts, and more

28:58 [Edlio Webinar] Supporting Students during COVID-19: Live Discussion with CFO of Cherokee County School District

How do you continue to get meals to kids in need when schools are closed? Join us for a live discussion with Kenneth Owen, Chief Financial Officer of Cherokee County School District in Atlanta. With an estimated $100k needed every week to support students in his district, Kenneth and his team have been able to provide thousands of meals during the COVID-19 crisis. Get insights on what is working for them, including:

Navigating Federal regulations to feed kids at home
Fundraising for additional money for their programs
Getting kids and staff devices and hotspots for distance learning support
How to prepare for the impacts on next year’s budget

ABOUT KENNETH OWEN AND CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Cherokee County School District is a high-performing public school system in Metro Atlanta and is comprised of 40 schools, educating over 43,000 students and employing over 5,500 faculty and staff. Kenneth Owen, an Atlanta native, has worked for Cherokee County SD for almost 20 years. After 11 years managing the Educational Programs Division, he moved into Financial Management and was named Chief Financial Officer in 2015. He and his team oversee the accounting, auditing, treasury management, payroll, procurement, records retention and school nutrition functions of the school district and manage a $720M budget.

34:42 [Edlio Webinar] Accessibility and School Websites: Tips from Jared Smith at WebAIM

Accessible websites are an important part of your communication plan. With many districts and schools making the transition to distance learning, reaching communities online has become even more essential.

Jared Smith, Associate Director of WebAIM, shares quick ways you can make your website accessible to all. Whether you’re a teacher or a webmaster, you’ll get tips you can use immediately for creating more accessible content.

ABOUT JARED
Jared Smith is the Associate Director of WebAIM. He is a highly demanded presenter and trainer and has provided web accessibility training to tens of thousands of professionals throughout the world. With over 20 years of experience working in the web design, development, and accessibility field, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that is used to help others create and maintain highly accessible web content.

34:13 [Edlio Webinar] Live Discussion: How Dawson ISD Responded to the COVID-19 Crisis

Struggling to transition to distance learning? View this webinar to hear from Cameron Shaw, Technology Director, Webmaster, and Social Media Manager of the Dawson Independent School District of Dawson, TX. Together with his team, Dawson ISD has transformed its website to be a hub for community response. Hear how he and his team:

Trained teachers to use the website.
Distributed iPads and set up hotspots for students who don’t have internet access at home.
Coordinated free meal distribution to families.

ABOUT CAMERON
Cameron Shaw is the Technology Director, Webmaster, and Social Media Manager of the Dawson Independent School District of Dawson, TX. He’s a lifelong resident of Dawson, Texas and attended Dawson ISD Pre-K through 12th Grade. He’s also proud to be a Bulldog and to be part of the educational team that helps the students of Dawson ISD receive the same outstanding education he did.

ABOUT EDLIO
Edlio provides K–12 educators easy, effective technology to connect their communities. Edlio Websites make managing a beautiful online presence easy. Edlio Pay collects and manages online payments with robust financial reporting. And Edlio Engage simplifies true family engagement with two-way interaction between school and home.