CONNECT SCHOOLS AND PARENTS
Evisense is a secure Communication Hub for connecting schools, parents, pupils and external professionals.
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How many different systems does your school use to capture evidence of attainment, share Wow moments and reading diaries, send newsletters and event alerts, distribute reports, securely store and share documents linked to EHCPs and Annual Reviews with parents and professionals, record pupil voice, and encourage parents to share information on their children’s achievements outside of school?
Your school can do all that and more with our NEW Evisense!
Capture pupil voice as audio, video or text and reflect on how this changes over time. Store information for parents all in one place and share notes from external professionals and learning opportunities securely.
There is an Evisense app for iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android phones and tablets and Amazon Fire devices. You can also use Evisense through the Evisense website or through Connecting Steps.
If you can use Facebook, you can use Evisense. It’s that simple! It is quick and easy for staff and parents to learn how to use.
All Evisense data is securely stored in the UK. Schools have control and flexibility around privacy and other options.
These include class blog, evidence, home school diary, pupil voice, learning opportunities, Wow moments and more – filter by post type.
Add multiple photos, videos, documents or a combination of all three to a post. Great for ‘keeping everything in one place’.
Multiple teachers can contribute to a child’s story, giving a full picture of their achievements, so it’s easy to see the steps along the way.
Link evidence within Evisense to our paid for or FREE assessment content without even opening Connecting Steps (active subscription required).
Class Blogs – Tell parents and students what the happening in class.
EHCP/Annual Review – Share documents linked to EHCPs/Annual Reviews.
Events – Share school events through, including the ability for parents to respond (attending/not attending etc.). Schools can view who has responded.
Evidence – Evidence of learning, capture evidence of attainment and link to skills from our paid for or FREE assessment content (assessment tracking features require an active Connecting Steps subscription).
Home School Diary – Share information between school and home for students.
IEPs – Store student’s IEPs, so that parents can view their child’s targets.
Information from Home – Parents can share information with the school. This could be for a variety of reasons, things the student has achieved outside of school etc.
Information from School – Share information to all parents or to parents of students in a specific group. This includes the ability for parents to respond (Read, Not Read). Schools can view who has responded.
Learning Opportunities – Share opportunities to learn with others. This could be a speech and language therapist sharing with teachers and parents what they need to give opportunities to practice.
Newsletters – Share school newsletters. Parents can access all of the newsletters shared with them.
Pupil Voice – Capture the pupil’s voice through audio, video or text, and keep a record of how it changes over time. This can be by the student themselves or supported by the school.
Reading Diary – Capture what children are reading online, quickly and easily. Using the structured post feature, quickly record the book, how many pages read and additional comments.
Reports – Share students reports through Evisense. This will include reports generated by Connecting Steps that will be released in 2024.
Therapist Notes – Therapists can store updates. Combined with structured posts, this can store valuable information.
Wow Moments – Share those wow moments that happen in school with parents. It could be an award, an event or something that just happens.
Evidence is captured and stored securely inside the Evisense app. It does not appear in the camera roll and cannot be viewed outside of the app. Access to a phone’s gallery can be allowed to upload media.
Our mobile device restrictions mean all mobile devices have to be authorised by an administrator before they can log in. Authorisation can be removed when a device is no longer in use at school.
Legal obligations are now in force for Data Processors (companies like B Squared), who process data on behalf of Data Controllers (schools). B Squared is fully GDPR compliant.
Photo and video evidence is encrypted at the point of capture, in the Evisense app. Only personnel authorised by your school have access to your school’s evidence.
Schools can manage students, groups and users and the various options from our secure and easy to use MyBSquared Portal. If your school is already using Connecting Steps, you are 99% of the way there already!
Within the school there are multiple user levels. Students, Parents, Teaching Assistants, Teachers, External Users and Administrators have different access levels and can do different things.
With Students, Parents and External Users adding posts, it is important to be able to manage posts easily. Anyone can ‘report’ a post and it is immediately removed from sight. It can then be reviewed to decide on the correct course of action.
All uploads, downloads and views are recorded. Schools can track all users’ activity including views and downloads for auditing purposes, ensuring schools remain compliant with data protection laws.
Evisense is a great way to share information with parents, it helps parents see the different opportunities their child has and they get to see their child’s achievements, however big or small. Evisense makes communicating with parents easy and secure.
It takes seconds to share evidence and information with parents. Evisense can notify parents when you have shared content with them. It’s easy for Parents to use the Evisense app to engage with the school.
Parents and Guardians are linked directly to students, this means that when a parent logs into Evisense they can only access their own child’s information and evidence.
Photo and video evidence can be used to show a student’s achievements, bringing their successes to life. It helps to demonstrate a child’s progress to their parents in a relevant and meaningful way.
Schools are free to decide what levels of access to provide to parents. Schools can allow parents to comment on evidence or add their own posts to demonstrate the student’s achievements at home.
Parents will only see their child’s evidence, but they don’t have to see everything. Teachers can choose what to share with parents. The new parent mode enables Teachers to share content using school devices at parents evening – parents will only see what they are allowed to view.
Evisense has the ability to prevent evidence being seen by other parents in group photos if the child is marked as being on the Child Protection List. This can also be used with parents who don’t want their child’s photo being seen.
Parents can access their device’s gallery when adding posts to Evisense, so they can upload photos or video they have already captured.
Switch between accounts quickly and easily when using Evisense with multiple children in the same school or different schools.
The traditional way of sharing assessment information with parents as a value or a rating at the end of the year doesn’t tell the parent much about their child’s learning. For pupils with SEND a wide range of skills they are working on are not covered by typical assessment processes. This is one of the ways that Evisense can support the assessment process.
Seeing is believing. Photo and videos are great evidence of learning as they can show the small steps of progress.
Schools can share photos and videos with parents using Evisense. This rich media tells a much stronger story than a graph or written report.
Evidence can be linked to a variety of additional areas including EHCP targets, IEP targets, four broad areas of need, characteristics of effective learning, the 4 capacities of learning (Scotland) and the 4 purposes of learning (Wales). Teachers can then use these to filter evidence.
Connecting Steps from B Squared is a great partner to Evisense. Markers in Connecting Steps highlight the assessment points a pupil has evidence linked to. Teachers are able to view the evidence inside of Connecting Steps.
Teachers can quickly and easily view work of a similar ability, make comparisons and use evidence to support their academic judgements. Evisense enables schools to develop a bank of evidence to use for moderation.
Evisense can be used to demonstrate broader achievements such as personal growth and the development of skills for life. Schools can also use input from external professionals (such as speech and language therapists) and from home to show the bigger picture.