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  • Vlog
    • Welcome from our CEO
    • Meet the Team
    • Partners
  • Our Products
    • School Websites
    • Primary School Websites
    • Secondary School Websites
    • School MAT Websites
    • MIS to Google Sync
    • Microsoft Active Directory Sync
    • Apple School Manager Sync
    • Smaps – Connect your learning
    • QR Code Login
    • MAT Features
    • Google Workspace Upgrades
    • Professional School Photography Service
  • Our Blog
  • Get in touch
realsmart Logo
  • Vlog
    • Welcome from our CEO
    • Meet the Team
    • Partners
  • Our Products
    • School Websites
    • Primary School Websites
    • Secondary School Websites
    • School MAT Websites
    • MIS to Google Sync
    • Microsoft Active Directory Sync
    • Apple School Manager Sync
    • Smaps – Connect your learning
    • QR Code Login
    • MAT Features
    • Google Workspace Upgrades
    • Professional School Photography Service
  • Our Blog
  • Get in touch

School Resources

Why Your School Website Menu Matters

Nathan Bird

Your school website is often the first interaction prospective families, current students, and staff have with your institution. Think of your website’s navigation menu as the main hallway of your school—if it’s cluttered, confusing, or poorly signed, visitors will get lost, frustrated, and may just leave. Effective menu management isn’t just about aesthetics; it’s a … Continued

Our Blog, School Resources, website news

Automatically sync Parents and Guardians to Google Classroom

Gavin

Adding parents and guardians to google Classroom can be a time consuming and complicated process. Vlog can seamlessly sync your parents or guardians contact details directly from your MIS. Before starting the setup process contact realsmart support team to ensure the correct APIs are in place. The Google Guardian feature connects parents and guardians to students Classroom … Continued

Our Blog, School Resources, sync news, website news

How to create a sitemap on your school website

Michael

Why build a sitemap on your school website? Getting your website seen by search engines (like Google) can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. This is where a sitemap comes in – it’s a super important, though often an overlooked part of managing your website. Think of a sitemap not just as … Continued

Our Blog, School Resources, Uncategorised, website news

Our new Parent Communication app!

Matthew Belbin

In the world of education, strong communication between schools and parents is essential to a child’s success. However, it remains one of the most persistent challenges. A Parent Communication App offers a powerful solution—ensuring important information travels directly from the school office to a parent’s hands. No more crumpled newsletters forgotten in a backpack or … Continued

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Why Your School Website Needs a Social Media Feed

realsmartadmin admin

In today’s digital age, social media is more than just a trend—it’s a powerful communication tool. For schools, integrating a social media feed directly onto your website can unlock a wealth of benefits, fostering stronger community connections, enhancing transparency, and streamlining information sharing. Why a Social Media Feed is a Game-Changer for Schools Enhanced Engagement … Continued

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School Website Vacancies at your Fingertips

Nathan Bird

Listing job vacancies on your website shouldn’t feel like a never-ending quest. All too often, it is a hassle, leading you down a rabbit hole of complicated plugins that promise the world but deliver frustration. You spend hours sifting through options. Only to find them clunky, difficult to set up, or lacking the features you … Continued

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Setting up Multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your realsmart users

Gavin

realsmart MFA make is quick and easy to manage your organisations security. You can control MFA for single users, groups of users or the whole organisation through smartadmin. Once MFA is enforced your users can use their prefered  third-party authenticator app rather than recieving texts over mobile devices. realsmart guide

Our Blog, School Resources, sync news

Sync your Parents and Guardians to Google Classroom

Simon Brown

The Google Guardian feature connects parents and guardians to students Classroom information. Because guardians are not part of the student’s School domain they must receive an invitation using their own email address. Once they accept the invitation they become Classroom guardian. realsmart sync with your MIS to automate the process of getting those parent email … Continued

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Add Staff and Students Photos to realsmart & google

Simon Brown

Lots of Schools have been requesting a sync for Staff and Students MIS Profile Photos to realsmart and google. When you add a profile picture, it personalizes your account and makes it unique. It also helps people recognize you online and lets you know when you’re signed into your account. This guide will help you … Continued

Our Blog, School Resources, sync news

Prevent spam, spoofing & phishing

Simon Brown

We’ve seen a lot of attempted spoof emails recently and recommend checking SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MTA_STS settings to protect your school. Here is a link to a knowledge base article with our recommended settings to help prevent spoof and phishing emails coming through to the school. https://realsmart.groovehq.com/help/prevent-spam-spoofing-phishing-with-gmail-authentication

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