Logins ready for day one: release early accounts during the summer
Create accounts for new staff and accepted pupils during the summer freeze, so they can sign in before September, with a preview first and nothing else changed.
Choose exactly what syncs: group types for Google and Microsoft 365, and whose passwords Google gets
Pick which kinds of group reach Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, preview them before you save, and choose which user types have their passwords synced to Google.
Summer Google Classrooms on your terms, and last year’s back in bulk
Choose whether Google Classrooms are archived at the end of term, left active, or archived at the start of next term, override it for any group, and reactivate last year’s classrooms in bulk.
A fresh look for sign-in and your launchpad
The Realsmart sign-in screens and launchpad have been rebuilt: a faster school picker, light and dark mode, and a search box to find any app in seconds.
How to Connect Your MIS to Apple School Manager
Managing student and staff data across multiple platforms can be a time-consuming challenge for schools. At realsmart, we鈥檙e always looking for ways to make your workflows smoother and save your IT teams valuable time. In this guide, we’ll cover how to connect your MIS to Apple School Manager via SFTP and upload your data, providing … Continued
Designing a school website our essential guide
Your school website is your public facing presence that sets the tone for any visitors. It serves as a prospectus for prospective families, a communication hub for current parents, staff and students, and a key compliance tool for regulatory bodies such as Ofsted. This comprehensive guide outlines the critical elements required for designing a school … Continued
Announcing Custom Google OUs: Unlock Granular Control with Our School MIS Sync Services
Managing a school’s digital environment is no small feat. Thousands of students and staff rely on Google Workspace for Education daily. IT administrators must apply the right safety policies and app permissions to the right people. They need to do this without spending hours on manual data entry. To do this successfully, it鈥檚 important to … Continued
Half term review and updates
As we approach half term we thought it would be an ideal time to highlight the updates our team has produced over the past couple of months. We’ve devloped some fantastic plugins for our school websites along with plenty of improvements to the efficiency our sync services. Website news As well as general updates to … Continued
You decide how long leavers’ accounts are kept
A new Purge retention setting lets each school choose how many days a leaver’s account is kept before it is tidied away, with a safe default of 90 days.
Sign-in hours: choose when pupils can log in
Set a start and end time for when chosen users can sign in to Realsmart, so school accounts are used for school, at the times you decide.