Newsletter software

[nickjelly]

I've been asked to look at solutions for re-vamping our existing weekly internal staff bulletin. We currently use Word with a very basic template which has become tired. Ease of use and a simple yet modern appearance are key.

 

What do you use for your internal weekly comms? Are there web-based solutions that offer a modern look that can be published within a school network? Do O365 schools make use of SharePoint for this and if so, how?

Edited July 2, 2024 by nickjelly

[ovenchips]

We use Microsoft Sway to build a fancy looking newsletter for internal & external use - can't directly build it into sharepoint as far as I've looked, but you can embed it into a sharepoint page which looks quite nice. Fairly easy to use, we pass it around to various heads of dept to fill out their sections, took virtually no training to get them up and running.

[nickjelly]

We use Microsoft Sway to build a fancy looking newsletter for internal & external use - can't directly build it into sharepoint as far as I've looked, but you can embed it into a sharepoint page which looks quite nice. Fairly easy to use, we pass it around to various heads of dept to fill out their sections, took virtually no training to get them up and running.

 

Thanks so much. I needed this reminder on Sway's existence!

 

How does publishing externally work?

[ovenchips]

Thanks so much. I needed this reminder on Sway's existence!

 

How does publishing externally work?

 

We just set it so the sway can be accessed by anyone with the link and send it out in a parentmail & onto our socials on Fridays.

[Oaktech]

Another +1 for Sway.

[nickjelly]

We just set it so the sway can be accessed by anyone with the link and send it out in a parentmail & onto our socials on Fridays.

 

Cheers! Sent you a PM

[EssentialRug]

I suppose depends on how you plan to publish, but Canva is good and the pro tier is free for education