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Here you will learn how to take the first steps with Sdui as a teacher or part of the school management, which functions Sdui offers and how to deal with problems.
Getting started with Sdui
Sdui is a very intuitive platform that focuses on clear and self-explanatory functions and user interfaces. Nevertheless, we know that the first handling of a new software often feels overwhelming. That is exactly why in this video you will find a detailed intro to Sdui, its basic functions and how to get the most out of the app.
"What can I do with Sdui?"
An overview of the most important functions
- Send parent letters digitally to selected groups or the entire school or daycare community.
- Share documents of all common file types easily as attachments..
- Push notifications directly to your mobile phone: The app automatically notifies you of any news.
- Know who is informed: Read confirmation in 3 seconds at the touch of a finger.
- News can be published automatically: Prepare texts early and set the publication period.
- Ready to go: Automatically created chats. for all groups, classes and courses
- Communicate effectively with auditory learners: Not only text but also voice messages are available..
- One-way or open chat: Teachers and educators determine who and when can write a message in the chat.
- Set up time-outs: Set notification-free quiet times to avoid getting disturbed
- No mobile phone number or private email address is necessary to use Sdui.
Decision-making made easy. The survey function puts an end to complicated voting process at parent-teacher conferences or unpleasant class representative elections.
- Create surveys when publishing news, in chat oder in videoconference.
- Anonymous or public: Set participation criteria and decide whether already submitted votes should be displayed before the survey ends.
- Multiple choice and option of suggesting an answer: Full flexibility in the creation process of the survey.
- Evaluation in seconds: Sdui evaluates the survey for you immediately. Share the results with all participants with just one click.
Thanks to video conferencing, teachers have a GDPR-compliant feature to easily switch between face-to-face, hybrid and distance learning to guarantee quality teaching under all circumstances.
- Start video conferences with one click directly in the chat – no meeting link is necessary..
- Enable small group work by assigning students to break-out rooms.
- Use the chat and survey feature in the video conference as well – for easy collaboration.
- View statistics about conference speakers at the end of the conference to document participation.
- Lessons and substitutions are automatically synchronised with the school.
- Individually filtered: everyone has access only to what concerns them.
- Highest privacy: parents have no access to the teachers’ absence lists.
- Easier planning: Teachers and educators can also view plans of other rooms, classes, groups and colleagues.
- Quick and easy: Automatically created folders or all classes and courses.
- Personal folder: Only visible to the respective person and thus suitable as a personal filing system.
- Upload assignments and receive individual corrections in private filing folders.
- Better overview thanks to superfolders and subfolders.
- No data protection worries: Files and media are stored in the cloud in compliance with GDPR.
- Cloud storage can be flexibly expanded .
- Change app language: You can use the app in 7 different languages.
- Letters to parents can be individually translated into more than 42 languages – for more understanding and fewer questions or misunderstandings.
The digital class register – just like the analogue one, but much better! Use all the usual functions of class register and much more simply and digitally from anywhere
- Document the the class topic, work and behaviour and access it from any device.
- Enter and schedule homework, so that pupils and teachers know how much work is required.
- Check attendance in seconds thanks to the stored list of pupils.
- Filter for a better overview: All information per person, class, course or entry at a glance.
- Export class register entries easily and archive them according to retention periods.
For a more relaxed start to the day: Sick notifications via app relieve the secretariat, parents, educators and teachers.
- Sick notifications reach reliably their recipients from the parents directly to the educators or teachers.
- Submitted sick notes are already stored in the list for absence control and can be subsequently commented on.
- Sick notes can be marked as noted with one click. Parents are informed by push notification.
Put an end to system chaos. Sdui integrates all tools already in use in one central place.
- Already used and future solutions can be easily integrated into the menu.
- Redirect to the school website, bus timetables and other important websites.
- Direct access to the cloud and the digital class register.
- You can be logged into the app with any number of accounts from different schools and daycare centres at the same time.
- Switch between school and daycare environments with one click.
- Push-Notifications from all facilities directly to your mobile phone.
A school that uses a digital platform should also be able to ensure that this platform is accessible to all school participants. The Sdui info screen feature guarantees this:
- Reach all participants: The info screen also informs those who do not own a smartphone or are not allowed to use it in the school building due to smartphone bans.
- Content is synchronised directly from the Sdui app.
- Use it hardware-independently: Simply display via Rasperry Pi or Link on any monitor.
"What should I do when I am stuck?"
The most common questions
You will understand and learn most of the functions yourself while using Sdui. For more detailed information and assistance, simply take a look at our FAQ page.
Minor” problems include situations such as a forgotten password, a login problem or similar errors that occur more frequently and also affect other users. Most of the time, these are not software bugs and it can be solved by taking a look at the FAQ page to quickly find a solution.
In this case, it would be helpful if you contact our support team directly via app. You will find this option under the menu item “Get help”. We receive numerous enquiries every day and many of them are known issues. Specific problems where you need our help have a high priority and help us to make Sdui even better.
"Who takes care of my problems?"
Our customer service is by your side
Jessica Röser
“Having a close and personal contact with our schools and daycare centres is very important to me. A better understanding of the problem enables me to support them in finding the best solution”
Angelika Kopp
“I give schools advice all about the topic of digitalisation. I want to support them and help them to ensure that everyone can participate in lessons and activities – face-to-face and remote.”
Stephanie Kaiser
“In the last months I have helped many headmasters of schools and managements of daycare centres to integrate all the members in Sdui, to ensure that all the information is accessible for everyone.”
Julian Holzinger
“It is an amazing feeling knowing that every day I help schools and daycare centres prepare for the future in a secure and GDPR conform way. The personal contact with educational centres is what I love – I want to help.”
"What should I take into account regarding data protection?"
Is your school GDPR compliant? With Sdui the answer is 100%: "yes".
With Sdui, you no longer have to worry about data protection: the Sdui app runs via an ISO-certified data center in Frankfurt to guarantee absolute security. The requirements of data protection are extensive: procedure directory, contract data processing, etc. We are happy to fulfill all data protection requirements for you. We have ready-made templates for this and can speak directly with your data protection officer if you have any questions.
