Making use of new the features for tables in School Jotter 2
Tips from Primary Support Desk Analyst, Matthew Basierak
On the support desk we are often asked how to add and work with tables in School Jotter 2 and we have recently introduced some new features to the system which makes working with tables easier than before.
You can now change the colours of individual cells in a table. In order to get started you first need to create an empty table by using the table icon in the grey editing toolbar.
Once you have added the table to the page, you need to select and highlight the cells where you wish to change the colour.
See the screenshot on the right.
Once you have highlighted the cells, the next step is to go to the Table menu in the grey toolbar, select the Cell option from the drop down menu then click on Cell Properties. See the screenshot below which shows exactly where this option is located.
You should now find yourself in the Cell properties dialogue box. If you then click the advanced Tab in the following window there are options to set the border width, style and colour.
In order to change the colour you can either enter a value into the background field, or alternatively you can click on the small back to the right hand side. After selecting the colour you will notice that this information is automatically added to the style box.
Please see the screenshot below, which shows the background colour box with a new colour added to it. You can now click on the OK button to save the changes.
If you need further help on working with tables, please see our help guide using the link below:
Back in June we launched a new and exciting competition asking teachers and pupils to design a new app for our best selling School Jotter suite. After all these are the people that use School Jotter and are possibly best placed to guide us on future apps.
The entries were varied and showed a great deal of creativity, we were very pleased with the response. It was a tough job but the decision was unanimous!
We are very pleased to announce that the winner was a pupil from Scargill Junior School in Rainham, Essex. The school will receive the full suite of School Jotter apps, worth £7,000. These include Jotter Learn, Resources, School Merits, Blog, Survey, Forum, Portfolio and Messages. We hope that the pupils and staff enjoy their prize.
Here is the winning idea and we are sure you will agree that the app icon is eye catching and the description is thoughtfully written.
More information can be found about the School Jotter suite of apps here. Please remember we are always open to suggestions and ideas from schools, so please let us know, prize not included!
Blogging is now regarded by teachers all over the UK as a must-have way to improve literacy skills. It is in the new curriculum and is a great way to motivate your pupils to write for a real audience and get feedback from their teachers, peers and parents if the blog appears on your school website.
With our new blogging app, Bloganywhere, you can improve written English in your class, as well as encourage collaborative working and promote reflection.
On Wednesday, 16th July at 12pm, we are running a free webinar that will explain the benefits of blogging, and then demonstrate how you can harness these benefits with our blogging app, Bloganywhere.
If you would like to join us for this webinar, please email with your name, school name and school postcode to info@webanywhere.co.uk or complete the Get in touch box and we will send you an invitation.
You can find out more about Bloganywhere at www.bloganywhere.co.uk.
School Jotter recently became fully integrated with a range of brand new e-learning apps. Since the launch of our Jotter Suite, we’ve been busy adding to it, with more apps due for release during the course of 2014.
This week, we’re starting a monthly blog post – in which we feature one of these apps. To start us off, we’ve taken a look at Bloganywhere, our blogging app that we released last month.
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Last week, we asked School Jotter users whether they felt their website was worthy of the School Jotter of the Week title.
We were delighted with the response – it appears there are many schools out there who are not only proud of their school’s website, but actively keep it up to date on a regular basis. This is Picknalls First School, the first School Jotter user to respond.
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Honley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School’s website is inviting and warm, with smiling, waving children placed in the header of each and every page. What makes it even better is that these children are wearing the uniform of the school itself.
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Hoyle Court Primary school’s website allows you to put names to faces with the ‘Meet Our Staff’ page. Children may come home and talk about certain staff members and with this page you can see what they do in school and what they look like. Furthermore, this page gives the school website a personality and human connection – rather than just lists of names, you can get a real feel for how the school runs.
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The fluttering butterflies on Triangle C of E Primary School website entice you into the site and bring an element of fun and character.
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The look and feel of the site is personalised to the school itself, encompassing the school building and local features, including the moving train and viaduct bridge.
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As Thames Primary Academy is located in Blackpool, it seems fitting that their homepage reflects this. The flash based homepage has moving elements of a rollercoaster and flashing lights on the Blackpool tower. From this homepage there are four areas that you can explore depending on what you’re looking for – School, Thames CC, Nursery and Governors.
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