Resource Board Organization

Katie Newhall
Katie Newhall
Eighth Anniversary Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud K–12 Education Solutions™ General Discussions

I am looking at reorganizing our Resource Board Posts and wanted to ask others how they use their Resource Boards. Our current format has random posts and we have so many that they just get lost! They are also not used as much as we would like. Ideally, it would be great to have 3 main posts (1) Faculty/Staff (2) Parents (3) Students and then within these three posts, to then have all the information each group needs in one post but I also would love it if there was a way to create “sub-posts” but it doesn't look like this is an option. Any ideas on how to streamline and use Resources in a cleaner more effective way… I'm all ears! Thanks!

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  • Kathy Hannon
    Kathy Hannon
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 K-12 Fall 2025 Product Update Briefing Badge Name Dropper

    @Katie Newhall funny you should post this! I am going to take this opportunity to “plug” my speaking session at BBCON2025 to present “Design an Uncluttered Resource Board” in Philadelphia ?


  • Katie Newhall
    Katie Newhall
    Eighth Anniversary Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1

    @Kathy Hannon - Unfortunately, I will not be attending BBCON this year, but if you have anything to share after the session, I would really appreciate it! - Thanks!

  • Sarah Koziarski
    Sarah Koziarski
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 2 Name Dropper Participant

    @Katie Newhall

    There is a post here

    that has a lot of good info. There is a slightly older one with the original conversation that was much more extensive, but I can't find it. If anyone can find it, please post the link!

    Here's a screenshot of our parent view currently.

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    And here's our faculty view.

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  • Demetri Orlando
    Demetri Orlando
    Facilitator 1

    Thank you for sharing your resource board examples. I wonder if anyone else has examples they'd be willing to share, as we too are looking to refresh our boards. One thing that really helped me in looking at the examples above was realizing I could leave the Resource tile description blank (with a single space) to avoid having the uploaded images include the same words as are in the tile description.

    In addition to all the great links above:

    School Supply Lists
    Summer Assignments (one tile instead of multiple)
    “We Need You” (volunteer opportunities)
    School calendar
    Athletic schedules
    “What’s for lunch?”
    Senior Year Information
    Training Videos
    Videos of School Events
    Finance (Business Office)
    School Vision of Teaching & Learning
    “Partnering with Parents”
    Mental Health Help 988
    Fine Arts Resources
    Course Descriptions
    Library Resources
    Spirit Store
    Business Directory
    All School News & Archives
    Athletic News

    We would add:

    Support Our School (Donation link)
    College Counseling
    Major Dates
    Shuttle Bus
    Health Forms
    SIS Help Resources
    Parental Advice for Online Safety
    Attendance Policy

    Thanks!

    Demetri

  • Matthew Barton
    Matthew Barton
    Third Anniversary Facilitator 1 Kudos 1

    Hi

    My name is Matthew and I'm one of the UX designers here at Blackbaud. I am looking
    to talk to IT Admins who are responsible for managing Resource boards and other
    communication methods teachers use to communicate to students and parents. If
    you fit this description and would be willing to talk to us please fill out
    this screener form. We are hoping to conduct the interviews in the next two
    weeks.

    Screener link
    https://community.blackbaud.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.rallyuxr.com%2Frecruit%2Fcld26f9d00006d517c7lgus27%2Fstudy%2Fcmnypcudb2r8kijlg3tda5715%3Fchannel%3Dshare

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