DB Primary
Welcome to Our World of Learning
DB Primary: An Introduction
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What is a learning platform?
What is DB Primary?
The Pupil View of DB Primary
The Teacher View of DB Primary
Areas of Learning: DB Primary Communities
Parental Engagement
Editure: A Brief History
What is a Learning Platform?
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Software system to provide and support virtual learning in an
educationally beneficial way
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Interactive tools and educational content provide an integrated
learning environment
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An area for school pupils to collaborate, communicate and engage
in learning
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Use your learning platform for:
- Uploading lesson plans, projects and
assignments
- Keeping parents involved about school
- Setting and marking homework
- Setting up virtual classrooms
- Managing timetables
- Sharing information around the school
events
What is DB Primary?
• An Online Learning Platform
– Designed specifically for pupils aged 4-11
– Born out of collaboration between teachers and
education consultants
– Used by over 1000 schools within the UK
– 3 pupil themes: Starter, Starter+ and Improver
The Pupil View of DB Primary
Starter Theme (KS1)
Improver Theme (KS2)
The pupil homepage: key features
Things to do area
Pupils will be shown any outstanding tasks when they login.
The pupil homepage: key features
Starter Email
Pupils are provided with a clear and simple introduction.
A 3-step walkthrough process lets them send an email.
The pupil homepage: key features
Improver Email
Pupils will have a more advanced email facility when they reach KS2.
The pupil homepage: key features
Customising their page
Pupils can choose from a selection of pre-set backgrounds and upload
or draw their own me-icon image.
The pupil homepage: key features
My Work area
Pupils can upload their own files or create files using the DB Primary tools.
Files can be shared with the rest of the class once they have been
moderated by the teacher.
The pupil homepage: key features
My Work area
In the My Work area, pupils can:
• use the painting tool to draw a picture
•Record a video from an attached webcam
•Take a photo from an attached camera
•Record their voice
These tools are also available to use in the
forum area and within email.
These tools let every pupil contribute to the
platform, whatever their age or ability.
The pupil homepage: key features
Blog
Each pupil has their own
blog which can be
updated with words,
pictures, sound and video.
Teachers can set tasks to
get pupils to update their
blog.
The pupil homepage: key features
Calendar
Each account comes with a calendar. This will show events the pupil
enters as well as events from communities they are a member of.
The Teacher View of DB Primary
The teacher homepage
Using Tiles
View your class’ activity and access platform tools directly from your homepage.
The teacher homepage
The My Class Tile
From this tile you can manage
your class and visit pupil
homepages.
Clicking on the three dots at the
bottom right corner will let you
manage whole class tasks such as
sending an email to all pupils or
creating a task for your class.
The teacher homepage
The Class Activity Tile
Here you can view who has been
logging on and for how long; your
pupils’ activities on the platform;
as well as any files or posts that are
awaiting moderation.
The teacher homepage
The Noticeboard Tile
Management and Office staff in
particular may find the
Noticeboard a useful device for
keeping staff up-to-date with
events happening at school.
The teacher homepage
Other Tiles
Up to 6 tiles may be added on each page. You may add tiles on up to 3 pages.
Monitor what is happening
in your class by subscribing
to the community ‘what’s
on’ feed.
See at a glance what
emails you have received.
Enable the calendar tile to
see what events are
happening at school.
The teacher homepage
Other Tiles
Use ‘notes’ to remind
yourself of things you need
to do.
Get an overview of the
progress of any tasks you
have set.
Quick access to all the
communities you are a
member of.
The teacher homepage
My Files
Use the My Files area to store all your planning, photos and other files.
You can use folders to sort your files into appropriate areas.
There is unlimited storage in the My Files area.
The teacher homepage
Need Help
Clicking on Need Help? will take you to the online help guide.
Here you can access information pages,
videos and PowerPoints about various
aspects of the platform.
Book yourself onto Free Training Webinars using the online form.
Areas of learning: The communities
What are communities used for?
A community on DB Primary is a place where pupils will be able to learn,
collaborate and share information.
You can create your own communities, such as a class community or download
ready-made topic communities from the learning library.
A staffroom community will be somewhere you can communicate and share
best practice and documentation.
Areas of learning: The communities
Community tools
The following tools are available to use within communities:
•Gallery – for sharing files and pictures
•Calendar –share event times and dates, for example pupil birthdays
•Forum – for initiating learning discussions
•Blog – To publicise examples of good work, achievement or as a tool for pupils
to update and share their writing with a wider audience
•Quizzes- Create your own quizzes or download ready-made ones.
•Surveys
•Tasks – for setting homework or class work.
Gallery
Upload your own files
Creating New Files
If you select New you will be able to
create a file using one of the in-built
DB Primary tools.
The New and Upload buttons are
only available to leaders of the
community (usually, this means
teachers).
If children wish to share work here,
they must publish from their
homepage and have their
submission approved by the teacher
before it appears.
Selecting the upload button will
let you browse your computer or
server for any files you wish to
upload and share.
Forum
What is a forum?
•A forum is a discussion area where users can post discussions and
read and respond to posts by other forum members.
Forums in DB Primary
•You could use forums within your class, staff or governor
communities.
•Children can visit a forum and comment on topics using text,
pictures, audio or video.
•Children who have the Improver (KS2) theme on their accounts are
also able to start their own forum topics.
Blog
What is a blog?
A blog is a collaborative area on which an individual or group of users
record opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis.
Blogs in DB Primary
• As well as the blog on personal homepages, both you or your pupils
can also create blogs within your communities. These can be used to
keep pupils, staff and the wider school community up- to-date what is
happening in your classroom and at school.
Blog
In this example pupils have update the blog to share their activities with a
wider audience.
Blog
Keep children up-to-date with new topics, or any achievements or
events that are happening.
Survey
A survey can be set by community leaders. Community leaders will
usually be teachers, although you have the option to make pupils
leaders too.
Task
•A task can be used to set homework or to set an
activity for your pupils to complete in in the class.
•When you set a task, a child will be notified the
next time the log on that they have something to
do.
You can set a task that ties into a tool within DB Primary. For example, you
could get the pupils to update their blog, record a video or simply access
a link or a word document.
Key Features: Parental Engagement
Once parents have their own accounts you can link them to their
children. The advantages of including parents in the platform
include:
– Parents can play an active
role in their child’s learning
– School information can be
easily communicated
– Forums can be used for
discussion, queries &
feedback
– Events can be displayed in
the calendar
– You have the option to let
parents view their children‘s
emails
New Era’s History
• Founded in 1984
• First learning platform provided to schools in 2002
• As well as learning platforms, New Era provides global
education & training, and professional development
• Customers in USA, Australia, UK, New Zealand and South Africa
• Key customers include almost 9,000 schools globally
DB Primary