OCDSB School Websites: Take a Tour
ACTIVITY 1:
Watch this video to learn about OCDSB school websites:
Homepage Layout
The 8 sections that you will find on a standard OCDSB school homepage are:
- Welcome text and photo - managed from the Snippets tab "Home - Banner"
- News blog - school news and events managed from the Blogs tab
- What's happening - Up to 4 links pushed from the OCDSB Board website (schools cannot manage this area)
- Upcoming events - managed externally from the school's Google calendar (some schools can manage events from the Calendar tab, and will be the default starting September 2025)
- One enticer (elementary schools) - managed from the Snippets tab
Two enticers (secondary schools) - managed from the Snippets tab - District News - Up to 4 items pushed from the OCDSB Board website (schools cannot manage this area)
- Land Acknowledgement - managed from the Snippets tab
- Footer - links are managed from the OCDSB Board website (schools cannot manage this area)
If a section has no content, it will not appear on the homepage. The sections cannot be rearranged.
ACTIVITY 2:
Locate the 8 sections in the image below:
