With schools around the country adapting to extended closures and remote learning, the school website is more important than ever. Public class pages maintained by teachers can help keep students and families updated and organized during this time. Here are some tips for updating your public class page to support families during an extended closure.
Many of you have asked for suggestions for getting all parents connected through eChalk Notify during emergency closures. Below are our top tips for our eChalk Notify users.
Extended closures and remote learning have become the new reality for millions of students and teachers across the country this spring. If public health officials are right, schools may need to be ready for successive waves of closures for some time to come. Now is the time to make sure your school website is ready for whatever the future brings. Here are six signs that it's time to start looking for a new school website CMS.
Creating and maintaining an accessible school website shouldn’t be hard. eChalk’s five-step process makes it easy.
Website accessibility isn’t a one-time project, but an ongoing practice. Once your site is accessible, how do you make sure it stays that way? Here’s how you can avoid “accessibility entropy” and ensure that new content added to your school website remains accessible for everyone.
To improve school website accessibility, you first need a baseline accessibility evaluation. Then, you need continual feedback to let you know how you are doing as your site evolves. A built-in website accessibility checker that is native to your CMS can do both.