Creating posts/polls

Creating posts/polls


On eyengage, you can create posts and polls. Use posts to update staff and parents about what’s going on at the nursery, and polls to gather opinions or information from parents and staff.

Creating a post

  1. In the top right, click Create New > Post.
  2. Beside Sharing To in the top left, choose who you want to share the post to between Nursery, Room, and Tags, then use the field below Sharing To to select which ones. Your options will be populated using data from staff and child profiles.
  3. Beside Audience in the top right, choose whether this post is for Parents, Staff, or All.
  4. Type the content of the post into the What’s Happening? field. You can add web links by pasting the URL here. Use the  icon to add emojis. 
  5. Under the  Add Media field, click on the box to upload documents, pictures, or videos.
  6. Under Select Category, sort this post into a category and sub-category.
  7. Check the box next to Require Confirmation if you want readers to mark a post to confirm they’ve read it.
  8. Check the box next to Disable Comments and Likes if you want to remove the option for readers to leave comments and likes on this post. 
  9. Click Publish.

Creating a poll

  1. In the top right, click Create New > Poll.
  2. Beside Sharing To in the top left, choose who you want to share the post to between Nursery, Room, and Tags, then use the field below Sharing To to select which ones. Your options will be populated using data from staff and child profiles.
  3. Beside Audience in the top right, choose whether this post is for Parents, Staff, or All.
  4. Type the content of the post into the What’s Happening? field. You can add web links by pasting the URL here. Use the  icon to add emojis. 
  5. Below, type in the options for the poll into the relevant fields. Click + Add option to add a new field or  to remove a field. 
  6. Under the  Add Media field, click on the box to upload documents, pictures, or videos.
  7. Under Select Category, sort this post into a category and sub-category.
  8. Check the box next to Allow to choose multiple options if you want readers to be able to select more than one option on the poll. 
  9. Check the box next to Disable Comments and Likes if you want to remove the option for readers to leave comments and likes on this post. 
  10. Click Publish.

    • Related Articles

    • Adding parent profiles to eyengage

      Before adding parents to eyengage, you need to create a profile for their child. Click on Children in the sidebar. Click on the icon in the top right. Fill out the relevant information in each tab of the child profile. At the very least, you should ...

    • Adding members to eyengage

      Only users that have been invited to eyengage can view and comment on posts. Staff with eymanage logins, and parents with parent logins*, will be automatically added as members on eyengage. If not, you may add them manually. *For customers with ...

    • Adding staff profiles to eyengage

      Click on Staff in the sidebar. Click on the icon in the top right. Fill out the relevant information in the Staff Profile. At the very least you should enter the staff member's First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, and Primary Email. Click Save. ...

    • Sharing a post

      Once you created a post or poll you can share it to social media. Click on Share below a post. Click on Copy link to copy the post to your clipboard, or click on a social media icon to share the post to that social media platform. You will be taken ...

    • Creating categories/sub-categories

      Categories and subcategories are ways of organising your posts on eyengage. You can filter by category/sub-category using the left sidebar. Adding a category In the top right, under Settings, click Categories. In the pop-up, click + Add New Category ...