PlusPortals School Resources (Links & Files) (2024)

Using the "Public" option on your PlusPortals School Resources, you can post a file or link for your current parents and students and have it also show up on your RediSite as well. By marking items as public in PlusPortals, you can post a resource once, and have it potentially displayed in up to to 4 locations. The locations could include:

1. Inside your portal on the user's Home Page
2. On your portal login web page (IF your portal has opted to use the "Home Page" option under Miscellaneous)
3. On your school's RediSite website (IF your RediSite layout/design included it)
4. In an email (optional)

This requires that your school is a customer with both a RediSite school website and our PlusPortals. All school websites are personalized, whether your website design included or opted to display the Portal Resources, and where they are displayed, will vary. If you do not see your PlusPortals school resources on your website, but want to, let us know at support@rediker.com. This is an included feature.

How to mark a resource as a "Public" Resource

(see this article for more details)

1. In PlusPortals (logged in as an Admin), under Communication select School Resources
2. Choose the Links or Files Tab
3. Create or select an item, ensure to fill in the appropriate information (title, description, attachments or links, etc).
4. Optionally you can choose to setup and use named resource "Folders"
5. Be sure to check the Visible To option of "Show on Login Page (Public)"

The resource must have the public visibility option selected,in order for the resource to also be displayed on your RediSite. This is not instantaneous, the Portal to RediSite feed will automatically refresh every hour.

Displaying Resources

There are several ways to display your PlusPortals Resrouces on your public RediSite, as there are many widgets that could be used.

When designing and setting up your RediSite,Rediker will automatically configure your PlusPortals School Resources feed to display on your website. We generally use widgets like the R Navwidgetor a List widget, both of which can display a list of links/files. If your need help or want us to set this feature up for you, email us at support@rediker.com

1. Add a Widget that is capable of displaying text as a link like the R Nav or List Widgets.
2. Access the Widget Options by either using the gear icon in the Widget Editor pop-up, or by right clicking the widget
3. Choose Connected/Connect Data. If the widget is already connected it will say "Connected Data" at which point you could change/edit that connection, or remove it. If the widget is a new connection it will say "Connect Data," and then you are prompted to choose the collection.
4. Choose the Collection to Connect the Widget to (by default we named the collection PlusPortals Resources (Links & Files) (Note: if this collection is not available to connect to, please check that you have at least 1 public resource in your PlusPortals. If you still need help please contact support).
5. Then map the fields and click Done.

The RediSite widgets are capable of filtering your resources by Type (links/files) as well as Folder Name. You can also Click on Filter & Sort tab in the Connect Data options to set Sorting or Filtering up.

Example of Resources displaying on a RediSite:

It is highly recommended to first organize all file assets like PDFs ona sharing platform like Google Drive or MS OneDrive. Thenuse shared links for documents or folders, in PlusPortals School Resources or directly on the website, this will make maintaining such resources far easier.

If you have recently added a public resource to your portal, and do not wish to wait for the resource to be displayed on your RediSite, you can manually refresh the data.However, it will automatically show up on the RediSite in about an hour. To refresh the Resource data manually on your RediSite, go to Collections, click the 3 Dots to the right of the PlusPortals Resources collection, andchoose Refresh Data.It is advised that you limit the number of "public" resources you choose to share as too many can make for a cluttered/long list of items. Resources do not have a start or end date, so these would be resources you wanted posted and visible all year like a School Handbook, for example. IF the item is to be temporary, like a monthly lunch menu, then an announcement would be recommended instead.