Artistic Displays for School Recognition

Artistic Displays for School Recognition

Schools are often looking for new and creative ways to recognize students, staff, and alumni. Artistic displays featuring logos, school colors, and mascots are effective and creative tools for schools to create excitement. Displays often feature school mission statements, values, and achievements. They often create artistic history walls to give viewers a sense of the school’s legacy, donor walls to recognize generous gifts from the community, and student recognition walls to acknowledge exceptional students and alumni.

Inspiring Donors for School Expansions

theater digital signage donor campaignInspiring donors to give to a school campaign can be difficult.  Extra curriculum facilities are seen as a luxury and not a necessity in education. There are many ways to ask for donations and after the campaign is successful, recognition can create more donations for future projects.

Theaters, gymnasiums, aquatic centers and other facilities may not receive support from tax dollars, but require outside funding.  Encouraging donors is the key to any successful campaign. Learn more about planning your donor wall for your next project.  TEN TIPS TO DONOR WALL PLANNING

The use of digital signage to inspire donations is easy. Creating donor story videos and let students and faculty shine a light on the needs of the school. READ MORE Once the project is complete, the digital signage can continue to inform and recognize donors and visitors.

endowment donor wall schoolRecognition walls can inspire large donations or create endowments from large benefactors. Many donors want to be publicly recognized and thanked. It is easy and important to acknowledge givers. Recognition walls visually tell donors what their funds have accomplished.  SEE MORE EXAMPLES

Celebrating School History and Pride

history school display digital signageMany schools have rich histories and traditions.  Digital signage and static exhibits can expand pride in a school and a community. Private schools and boarding schools need to celebrate their heritage to promote more enrollment.

School history can motivate supporters to donate to programs and motivate students. Public locations where visitors can see the display will give the strongest impact. Digital history walls can be easily updated. New information can be added with little expense or additional space planning.

school history display digital signage arreyaSchool athletic programs have a tradition of promoting their athletes.

Pride in their wins can be an achievement for many students and alumni.

Trophies, ribbons, photos and other memorability are an added highlight.   They add depth and interest to a school history or recognition wall.  Museum or casework can be easily changed with new items as new achievements happen. A part time curator would be helpful in keeping up the display and making sure it doesn’t become dated.

Expanding a School’s Branding

school mascot donor wallSymbols, mascots and colors are an easy way to show support for school programs. Added directly to a recognition wall, it will stand for years to come.

Whether donor recognition or mission and vision statement. There are many opportunities to celebrate a school.

Selecting a Content Management System for Digital Signage

Selecting a Content Management System for Digital Signage

Digital signage is an excellent tool for communicating with employees, customers, or any other stakeholders in your organization. However, writing code to create content requires a high degree of technical expertise, and a great deal of time and effort. Using a content management system (CMS) allows users to create professional digital signage content quickly, without any coding knowledge.

What to Consider for a CMS

CMS Arreya Digital Signage When you’re considering which tools to use to create your digital content, you’ll want to determine what kinds of things you want your viewers to see and experience. If you want your digital signage to be interactive, you’ll need to take that into consideration. Some content management systems will easily allow you to make content interactive, whereas others will only allow you to create static content. You’ll also want to consider any automations or integrations you want to use in conjunction with your digital signage. This could mean pulling in data from Excel or Google Sheets, or displaying slides from a PowerPoint presentation. If you’re looking for some examples or ideas of widgets and integrations to use on your digital signage, click here

Organizing and Scheduling Content

airport schedules digital signage arreyaUnless you plan on displaying content that never or rarely changes, you should also consider what tool helps you best organize and schedule your content. Some content management systems are very limited when it comes to scheduling presentations. Others will let you create recurring schedules and let you schedule down to the minute. If you need to make changes to content often, you’ll likely need a more robust CMS. For more information about scheduling digital signage content, click here

Bringing Custom Media to your Digital Signage

CMS digital signage arreyaSome content management systems built for digital signage limit the amount of media you can upload . If you want to consistently update your media with new images and videos, select a content management system without upload limits. You’ll also want to be sure you can upload your own content to start. Some digital signage software providers will only allow you to use their content, or stock images. This is more typical of free plans. 

Ease of Use

editing content digital signage arreyaEase of use is another major consideration when selecting a content management system for digital signage. You don’t have to sacrifice sophisticated and complex features, you just need to find a CMS built with the end user in mind. Some content management systems will provide you with free templates for your digital signage. These templates make it easy to keep up to date with holidays, birthdays, and work anniversaries. For more tips on how to find easy to use content management systems, click here

Design your Digital Signage Content Exactly how you Want

There are a lot of considerations for you to make when choosing a content management system for your digital signage. You should take into account how easy it is to use, if you can upload your own media, and if there are any creative limitations. While all of these factors can be overwhelming, there is one key question you’ll need to answer: Does this CMS have the tools I need to create and schedule my digital signage content? If the answer is yes, and you’re confident with the customer service, then odds are you’ve found a good tool for the job. 

 

Display Road Conditions for Digital Signage

Display Road Conditions for Digital Signage

It’s important for organizations to keep their employees and clients safe and informed. Digital signage software is used by schools, hospitals, and corporations to display announcements, alerts, weather, and even current road conditions. Users can easily bring live road conditions and livestreams to their digital signage by using DOT (department of transportation) public transportation websites.

Livestreaming Road Conditions on Digital Signage

The United States DOT is responsible for maintaining road cameras on major roads all across the country. The live feeds from these cameras are made available publicly, so citizens can view current road conditions and be aware of any accidents or delays. Since these livestreams are publicly available, digital signage users display constant livestreams of roads on their signage by using the m3u8 URLs with no additional cost. Learn more about livestreaming road conditions on your digital signage. 

Displaying Multiple Roads at Once

livestream arreya digital signage widgetUsers can display multiple road livestreams on a single page as well. The remote account access allows for updates from anywhere through the Arreya Creative Studio. Multiple streams of traffic are added on a single page, and resized as necessary. As a result, displaying conditions of multiple major roads on digital signage is versatile and easy. Also, it gives users the freedom to change live feeds to any road cameras the DOT makes available. All they have to do is swap the m3u8 URL in their livestreaming widget

Traffic Content Feeds for Digital Signage

If you’re looking for a way to display road conditions, but you want something more pre-built and professionally designed, content feeds are a great option. Traffic conditions from content feed providers like Screenfeed and DataCall are excellent for digital signage users, because they display valuable information without any effort from the end user. Content feed providers do the heavy lifting by keeping their feeds up to date, and also by providing professional content design.

Check out our store for more information on traffic content feeds.

City Maps and Current Weather Conditions

In cold-weather states, road conditions can deteriorate quickly, particularly in winter months. Displaying DOT city maps on digital signage is an excellent way to give your viewers a quick overview of road conditions as they change. The DOT will continue to update these conditions on their respective websites. Updates will be displayed on digital signage instantly without any manual input. Maps will look similar to the image to the left.

Visit Iowa’s DOT site here for an example. 

Live Road Surface Temperatures and Data

Road temperatures are often a determining factor for dangerous conditions. When the road surfaces get cold enough, even a small amount of rain or blowing snow can make travel dangerous. DOT websites provide users with live road surface temperatures and other data to help them make informed decisions about traveling. Road surface temperatures are displayed on digital signage to give viewers live updates. 

Helping Everyone Travel Safely

Whether you’re using digital signage for your business, school, or non-profit organization, displaying road conditions and live data is a great way to help everyone travel safely. Set up is easy, and updates are pulled in automatically. Digital signage widgets like the website and streaming widgets make it possible to pull in critical data just by copying and pasting a link. If you’re looking to get started with your own digital signage, contact our digital signage experts.