Schoolzine’s SZ eNews Platform is an easy to use system that allows you to create a simple Word Document Newsletter and submit it to be constructed into a complete Online Newsletter by our skilled Digital Content Specialists.

If you have any questions or wish to begin the setup for one of our other features, please don't hesitate to contact our Support Team and one of our members can assist you as soon as possible. 

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Before putting together your first newsletter, there are a few things you will need to do to get you started.

Preparing a Template Folder

We recommend setting up a template folder, which you can then copy and rename for each newsletter. This will help save you time and make it easier for you to compile each newsletter.

Inside your template folder you should have:

• Image folder
• Other folder
• Schoolzine Newsletter Template word document

Download the Schoolzine Newsletter Template and Example Newsletter Template

The Schoolzine Newsletter Template is used for submitting your newsletter content. This template has built in custom styles for you to use, that allows Schoolzine to format your content accurately.

Click here to download the Schoolzine Newsletter Template

Check out our Example Template to see the best way to prepare your newsletter content.

Click here to download the Example Newsletter Template

Download the Image ReSZizer

As you will be uploading content to us through your Control Centre, the file size of your images is very important. Large files may experience lengthy upload times, and if the file size is too big, you will not be able to upload it at all.

We recommend you that download the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer to process your images. This software is free and allows you to resize all of your images at the same time.

Click here to download the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer for Windows

Click here to download the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer for Mac

It is important that distribution dates are scheduled before starting a newsletter, otherwise you will be unable to upload your content.

Handy Hints

Adding Distribution Dates

1. Log in to your Control Centre.
2. Select Schedule a Newsletter from the newsletter status box.
3. Click the Add Newsletter button, and select the required newsletter date.
4. Repeat this for the rest of your newsletter dates.
5. Once you have added all of your dates, select the Save button.

Editing Distribution Dates

1. Log in to your Control Centre and select the eNewsletters menu tab.
2. Once expanded, select View SZ Newsletters.
3. Click the Manage Distribution Dates button.
4. You will be able to see all newsletters for the current year. From here you are able to add new dates, and view, edit or delete scheduled newsletters based on their current status.

Setting up the Document

You will need to fill in the school details in the Schoolzine Newsletter Template with the Newsletter Date, your School/College Name, as well as your Name and Email.

Style Menu

The style menu allows you to quickly apply custom Schoolzine styles to your content, so that you do not have to colour and style the newsletter content individually. It is important that the template styles are used in your newsletter, as it allows Schoolzine to format your content accurately. This results in quicker turn-around times and less changes during the amendment process.

The style menu should appear by default in the Menu ribbon at the top of your document. If it does not appear here you can access it by pressing Shift, Control, Alt and S.

Adding your Content

To begin adding your newsletter content, you can either copy and paste your content or type directly into the template.

Here are a few tips to make the process easier, and to cut down on changes in the amendment process:

• Make sure you add all of your articles in the order that you would like them to appear in the final copy.
• Ensure that all articles have a heading, this will make navigating to articles in the online version much easier.
• Ensure your newsletter is proofread before you upload your content to Schoolzine.

Headings

Once all of your newsletter content has been added to the template, you will need to apply heading styles to your articles.

Heading 1’s are used for the main headline for each article. To apply, select the text and press the Heading 1 style in the style menu.

Heading 2’s are used for sub headings. To apply, select the text and press the Heading 2 style in the style menu.

Images and Galleries

To add an image in your content, type the file name in the spot you would like the image to appear and style it with the Image/Attachment style.

To add a caption, type Caption: and the text you would like to display under the image reference. Make sure the caption is styled with the Image/Attachment style.

Images can be floated next to a paragraph of text, allowing the text to wrap around the image. To insert a floated image within your content, type the file name with either (float left) or (float right) next to it and mark it with the Image/Attachment style.

If you have 5 or more images that you would like to add in the one spot in the newsletter, this will go into the newsletter as a gallery. To make it easier to reference the gallery, place the images in an appropriately named sub-folder in your images folder. Then type the folder name in the spot you would like the gallery to appear and style it with the Image/Attachment style.

If you would like a specific name for your gallery, type Gallery Name: with the name you would like the gallery to be called, under the gallery reference. Make sure the gallery name is styled with the Image/Attachment style.

Attachments

To add a PDF file in your content, type the file name in the spot you would like the file to appear and style it with the Image/Attachment style.

If you would like the PDF file to be displayed as an image in the newsletter, type Embed next to the file name.

Videos

To add a video in your content, type in the video’s URL (web address) (eg. www.youtube.com/abcd1234) in the spot you would like the video to appear and style it with the Image/Attachment style.

By default Schoolzine will embed all YouTube and Vimeo videos. This means that your community will not have to navigate away from the newsletter to view the video. The video URL (web address) will also be placed into the Print PDF version of the newsletter.

Character Styles

The Bold, Italic and Underline styles can be applied to your newsletter content. All three styles can be used at the same time if needed.

Coloured text can also be applied to your newsletter content. The colours available are:

• Blue
• Green
• Orange
• Pink
• Purple
• Red
• Yellow

We don’t recommend using yellow as it is hard to read on the white background of your newsletter.

Bullet Points and Numbered Lists

Bullet points and numbered lists can be applied to your newsletter content. If you would like a list to be included, use the default styles from the menu ribbon.

Colour and Border Tables

If you have an article, paragraph or quote that you would like to stand out from the rest of your newsletter, we can format the content with either a coloured border or a coloured background.

Submit the content in a single cell table with Insert Border Table or Insert Colour Table above it. If you do not indicate which style you would like to use, we will pick one based on the content supplied.

Tables

When submitting a table make sure content is separated into its own cell, otherwise related content may no longer align properly.

If you would like to include a borderless table, remove the borders from the table using the table settings in Word.

Tabbed Data

Please do not use the Tab key to create spaces between words. Tabbed data is unable to be replicated in your newsletter, as tabs are automatically removed from your document when it is run through our engine

If you would like to include this content in your newsletter, we recommend using a table or an alternative formatting style such as dashes ( - ).

Click here to download the Newsletter Formatting Guide

Once you are ready to start putting your newsletter together, you will need to prepare your files for upload.

Creating the Newsletter Folder

Now that you have a Template folder set up, each time you go to create a new newsletter, copy and paste your template folder. This will create a copy of the folder called Template - Copy.

Rename the folder to the date of the newsletter (eg. 10th July). Open the folder and rename the Schoolzine Newsletter Template inside the folder to match the folder name (eg: 10th July.docx).

Preparing Images

Place all of your images and galleries into your Images folder.

If you have 5 or more images that you would like to add in the one spot in the newsletter, this will go into the newsletter as a gallery. To make it easier to reference the gallery, place the images in an appropriately named sub-folder in your images folder. You will then only need to reference the folder name.

Preparing Attachments

Place all of your attachments into the Other folder.

We require you to convert all of your files, including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Publisher files, into PDFs. PDF files can be viewed and printed on virtually any platform, meaning your community won’t miss out on important information. PDFs also prevent the document from being edited and will stop the appearance from changing.

Preparing Videos

If you have a video that you would like to include in your newsletter, we recommend uploading them to YouTube. YouTube accounts are free to create and videos can be hidden from the general public.

Unlisted Videos

We recommend changing your account settings, so that all videos by default are set as Unlisted. Unlisted videos can only by viewed if you have access to the video URL (web address), they do not appear on your YouTube channel and cannot be searched for.

Click here to learn how to set your videos to Unlisted

Uploading Videos

Videos can be easily uploaded to your YouTube account from your desktop computer or from a mobile or tablet.

Click here to learn how to upload your videos

If you have received content from others you may have received this from a number of different means such as email, or even multiple word documents. It is important that this content is cleaned prior to being brought into the Schoolzine Control Centre as this will often carry existing styling, fonts etc that may affect the way your content is displaying, or accessed by the community.

How To Clean Email Content

1. Select all of the content within your email that you have received by clicking and dragging over the content to ‘highlight’ it (you may wish to leave out the email signatures or other miscellaneous content).
2. Copy this content to your clipboard on your computer. (CTRL + C for a PC, and CMD + C for MAC).
3. Paste this content into a plain text editor such as Notepad, Wordpad or TextEdit for mac users (paste content using CTRL + V for a PC, and CMD + V for MAC).
4. Select all of the content you have pasted into the text editor (CTRL + A for a PC, and CMD + A for MAC).
5. You can then copy this content from the plain text editor to your clipboard again before being used within the Schoolzine Control Centre.

Note: You will need to apply Schoolzine styles for headings, bolds, italics, and hyperlinks etc that may have been included in your original content.

How To Clean Word Document Content

1. Select all of the content within your email that you have received by clicking and dragging over the content to ‘highlight’ it (you may wish to leave out the email signatures or other miscellaneous content).
   NOTE: Alternatively if you require all of the content from the word document you will be able to select this all using the keyboard shortcuts (CTRL + A for a PC, and CMD + A for MAC).
2. Copy this content to your clipboard on your computer. (CTRL + C for a PC, and CMD + C for MAC).
3. Paste this content into a plain text editor such as Notepad, Wordpad or TextEdit for mac users (paste content using CTRL + V for a PC, and CMD + V for MAC).
4. Select all of the content you have pasted into the text editor (CTRL + A for a PC, and CMD + A for MAC).
5. You can then copy this content from the plain text editor to your clipboard again before being used within the Schoolzine Control Centre.

Note: You will need to apply Schoolzine styles for headings, bolds, italics, and hyperlinks etc that may have been included in your original content.

Images placed directly into your Schoolzine Newsletter Template are unable to be extracted when your document is run through our engine or placed into the content window within the Control Centre. However, you are able to extract them from your word document if they have been submitted to you in this format.

1. Open the word document that has the images in it.
2. Go to File  and select Save As.
3. Change the file type to Web Page (*.htm, *.html).
4. Once you have saved the document, a new folder will be created using the document name. This folder will contain a copy of all the images from your word document.
5. Copy and paste these images into your Images folder and reference them in your Schoolzine Newsletter Template or upload them into your content window within the Control Centre.

Updated Aug 2021

Before uploading your newsletter content, we recommend first reducing the file size of your images by processing them through the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer. This will cut down on the time it takes to upload your files.

You will also be able to adjust the height and width of your images to fit various other features within the Control Centre, such as Side Panels, Emails, Websites and SZapp Notifications.

This software is free and allows you to resize all of your images at the same time.

Installing the ReSZizer

You can install the program by clicking one of the links below. Once downloaded, launch the file and follow the installation steps.

Click on the video below to view a video tutorial for installing the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer:

Smart Screen Warning

This should only occur for Windows 10 users, however, upon running the ReSZizer installer, you may be greeted with a "Smart Screen" prompt (see image below). If this occurs, just click more information (if applicable), followed by "Run".

Processing Your Images

Click on the video below to view a video tutorial on using the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer:

Before you get started, make sure your Images folder contains all relevant image files and galleries.

1. Open the ReSZizer application.
2. Click and Drag your Images folder into the box labeled Drag and drop images here.
   Note: You can also choose the files you wish to resize by clicking the Load File or Load Folder button at the top of the ReSZizer and navigating to your Images folder, then clicking Open.
3. To resize a single image, or to select images individually, click the Load File button at the top of the ReSZizer.
4. Set the Profile to the appropriate setting.
   Note: If you're unsure, set the profile to Image Centre. This is the default setting and perfect for resizing images for your newsletter content.
5. Click Resize.

Processing Your PDFs

This function is the easiest way to create image files from your PDFs and is perfect for if you'd like a visual to accompany your downloadable file.

1. Open the ReSZizer application.
2. Select the PDF tab.
3. Click and Drag your PDFs into the box labeled Drag and drop PDF's here.
   Note: You can also select your PDFs by clicking the Load File or Load Folder button at the top of the ReSZizer and navigating to your Attachments folder, then clicking Open.
4. Set the Profile to Convert to JPG (Default width).
5. Click Resize.

Profiles

You are able to control what dimensions your images are sized to by assigning a Profile before you click Resize.

Image Profiles

• Profile Photo - 125px width, commonly used for staff photos.
• Logo - 150px width.
• Image Float– 200px width, commonly used for images placed beside text.
• Side Panel – 220px width.
  Note: This is the Profile you will set if you are resizing images to fit into the Side Panel of your newsletter.
• Image x2 Center - 265px width, commonly used for two landscape images side-by-side.
• Portrait - 400px width, commonly use for portrait orientation images that will be centered.
• Newsflash – 500px width.
  Note: This is the Profile you will set if you are resizing images to fit into an Email Newsflash.
• Image Center– 550px width.
  Note: This is the Profile that you will set if you are resizing images to fit into the content of your newsletter.
• Gallery – 600px height.
• Design – 2000px width, can be used to compress files before sending to the Design Team.

PDF Profiles

• Convert to Jpeg (Default Width) – Converts the document to an image using the dimensions of the PDF
• Convert to Jpeg (600px Width) – Converts the document to an image and then scales it to Flyer size

For more information on the best profiles to apply to your images for resizing, see the guide below:

Images Showing as Wrong Orientation

Images contain certain background information known as Meta-Data that control varying aspects of the image, such as Size, Rotation, Preview Text, etc. Both your Desktop Computer and online platforms such as the Schoolzine Control Centre can interpret this background Meta-Data in different ways. This can lead to images being the correct orientation on your desktop computer but display incorrectly once uploaded online.

How can I resolve this?

You can use the Schoolzine Image Resizer to reset the Meta-Data of your images. Simply make sure they are the correct orientation on your Desktop Computer, then run them through the Schoolzine Image Resizer. Even if your images have been resized previously, this will reset the Meta-Data to the correct Orientation.

I have used the Schoolzine Resizer to reset the Meta-Data, but the images are still the wrong orientation.

Occasionally the Meta-Data can be locked onto the image and the Schoolzine Image Resizer is unable to reset it correctly. To resolve this you can follow the below steps:

• Add the image into some sort of image editing software
  (ie Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, etc)
• Rotate the image to the incorrect orientation
• Save the image
• Rotate the image back to the correct orientation
• Save the image

This should Hard Reset the Meta-Data on the Image and set the Orientation to the Correct Orientation.

Before uploading your newsletter content, we recommend first reducing the file size of your images by processing them through the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer. This will cut down on the time it takes to upload your files.

You will also be able to adjust the height and width of your images to fit various other features within the Control Centre, such as Side Panels, Emails, Websites and SZapp Notifications.

This software is free and allows you to resize all of your images at the same time.

Installing the ReSZizer

You can install the application in the Desktop App Store by searching for ReSZizer, or by clicking the link below:

Click here to install the ReSZizer

Processing Your Images

Click on the video below to view a video tutorial on using the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer:

Before you get started, make sure your Images folder contains all relevant image files and galleries.

The ReSZizer will save the resized images over the top of the original files, so if you think you will need the original images later, save a copy of these files to another folder.

1. Open the ReSZizer application.
2. Choose the files you wish to resize by clicking the Folder button at the top of the ReSZizer and navigating to your Images folder, then click Open.
   Note: You can also Click and Drag your Images folder into the box labeled ‘Drag Images Here’.
3. To resize a single image, or to select images individually, click the File button at the top of the ReSZizer.
4. Set the Profile.
   Note: Standard is the default setting and perfect for resizing images for your newsletter content.
5. Click Process.

Profiles

You are able to control what dimensions your images are sized to by assigning a Profile before you click Process.

• Standard – 600px width.
  Note: This is the Profile that you will set if you are resizing images to fit into the content of your newsletter.
• Gallery – 600px height.
• Side Panel – 220px width.
  Note: This is the Profile you will set if you are resizing images to fit into the Side Panel of your newsletter.
• Design – 2000px width.
• Newsflash – 500px width.
  Note: This is the Profile you will set if you are resizing images to fit into an Email Newsflash.

For more information on the best profiles to apply to your images for resizing, see the guide below:

Images Showing as Wrong Orientation

Images contain certain background information known as Meta-Data that control varying aspects of the image, such as Size, Rotation, Preview Text, etc. Both your Desktop Computer and online platforms such as the Schoolzine Control Centre can interpret this background Meta-Data in different ways. This can lead to images being the correct orientation on your desktop computer but display incorrectly once uploaded online.

How can I resolve this?

You can use the Schoolzine Image Resizer to reset the Meta-Data of your images. Simply make sure they are the correct orientation on your Desktop Computer, then run them through the Schoolzine Image Resizer. Even if your images have been resized previously, this will reset the Meta-Data to the correct Orientation.

I have used the Schoolzine Resizer to reset the Meta-Data, but the images are still the wrong orientation.

Occasionally the Meta-Data can be locked onto the image and the Schoolzine Image Resizer is unable to reset it correctly. To resolve this you can follow the below steps:

• Add the image into some sort of image editing software
  (ie Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, etc)
• Rotate the image to the incorrect orientation
• Save the image
• Rotate the image back to the correct orientation
• Save the image

This should Hard Reset the Meta-Data on the Image and set the Orientation to the Correct Orientation.

Once your newsletter content is all ready to go, you can upload it through your Control Centre. Once we have received your content, your newsletter will enter our Production queue to be built.

Some important information regarding newsletter build times:

• Your first upload should contain at least 80% of your newsletter.
• Your build time begins from the time that your word document is uploaded.
• The build time for newsletters uploaded outside of business hours will begin from the start of business the next day.

Before you Upload

Make sure that before you upload your content, you have prepared your image and attachment folders.

Resize your Images

Make sure that you have resized all of your images and galleries. The easiest way to do this is through the Schoolzine Image Resizer. Large files may experience lengthy upload times, and if the file size is too big, you will not be able to upload it at all.

Click here for the Schoolzine Image Resizer Tutorial for Windows

Click here for the Schoolzine Image ReSZizer Tutorial for Mac

Zip your Folders

Zipping your folders allows you to upload multiple files at once. It is not necessary to zip a single file such as the Schoolzine Newsletter Template.

Zipping folders on PC

1. Right click on the folder.
2. Click on Send To in the menu.
3. Select Compressed (zipped) Folder from the sub menu.

Zipping folders on Mac

1. Right click on the folder.
2. Click on Compress Items in the menu.

Uploading your Newsletter

1. Log in to your Control Centre and select the eNewsletters menu tab.
2. Once expanded, select View SZ Newsletters.
3. Locate the newsletter you wish to upload content for.
4. Click the Newsletter Name.
5. Select the Start Upload button.
6. Upload your completed Schoolzine Newsletter Template.
   Note: Only .doc, .docx and .rtf files are accepted.
7. Upload your zipped Image and Attachment folders. The maximum file size for uploads is 150 MB.
8. Once a file has finished uploading, you will see the file appear in the Uploaded Files at the bottom of the screen.
9. When you have uploaded all of your newsletter content, click the Submit Newsletter button.
   Note: You will not be able to submit the newsletter if you have not uploaded a word document.

There are a variety of options available to amend the content of your newsletter during production. These options can be accessed by logging in to your Control Centre.

Some important information regarding amendment times:

1. Make sure that you submit amendments via the Control Centre, and not via email or live chat.
   Note: We won’t be able to guarantee the 1 business hour turnaround time for amendments submitted via the incorrect channel.
2. The turnaround time for amendments submitted outside of business hours will begin from the start of business the next day.
3. If there are a large amount of changes submitted, it may take longer than the 1 business hour turnaround.

To download related documents, click the links below:

Click here to download the Schoolzine Newsletter Template

This is the file you should use to collate your newsletter content in.

Click here to download the Example Newsletter Template

This is an example newsletter to use as a reference when collating your content.

Click here to download the Newsletter Formatting Guide

This is a guide to assist you in formatting your newsletter.

Making an Amendment

Word Document

To indicate your changes, all you need to do is highlight the text:

Highlight any changed/new content in Yellow.

Highlight any content that needs removal in Red.

The highlighter tool can be found in the Font toolbar in the menu ribbon.

Handy Hints

Upload Files

Submit additional images, PDFs and other media files.

Production Call

Request the Production Team contact you via telephone to process minor amendments.

Quick Message

Send the Production Team a brief message requesting minor amendments.

DIY Edit

Use DIY amendments for grammatical and spelling updates.

Submitting your Amendments

1. Log in to your Control Centre and select the eNewsletters menu tab.
2. Once expanded, select View SZ Newsletters.
3. Locate the newsletter you wish to submit amendments for.
4. Click the Newsletter Name to open that newsletter issue.
5. Choose the type of amendment you would like to submit and follow any prompts.

DIY edits are enabled for all Schoolzine Newsletters. It’s easy to quickly make small text based edits, such as punctuation and spelling mistakes, prior to sending the newsletter to your community.

Before you get Started:

• DIY Amendments can only be made to newsletters that have been approved or distributed and is for text based edits only.
• If you need to make any additional changes such as images, attachments or videos these will need to be processed by Schoolzine via the Amendments process.
• If Schoolzine has to process additional changes, we will overwrite any DIY Amendments that you have made. The DIY changes will either need to be included in your amendments submission or you will need to redo the changes after the Schoolzine amendments have been processed.
• To make DIY Amendments, Schoolzine recommends using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari.

Making DIY amendments prior to distributing your newsletter

Once your newsletter is ready to send to your community, you can log into your Control Centre and approve and distribute your newsletter all in one step.

1. Log in to your Control Centre and select the SZ Newsletters menu tab.
2. Click the Newsletter name of the issue you'd like to distribute.
3. Select the Approve button.
4. In the Approve Newsletter pop up window, confirm that the Send Date and Send Time are correct.
   Note: The Send Date is set automatically from your Distribution Dates, the Send Time is set automatically from your publication settings.
5. If you do not need to make any changes to your campaign before it is sent to your community, you can select Distribute without review. This will schedule your campaign for the set Send Date and Time.
   Note: If the Send Date and Time has already passed, the campaign will distribute straight away.
6. If you do need to make any changes to your campaign before it is sent to your community, you can select Review campaign before distribution. This will create the campaign and then allow you to make any necessary changes, such as DIY amendments, custom email subject or content and custom app content. Once you have made all of your changes, you can then send the campaign.

Publishing your Newsletter

Once your newsletter is ready to send to your community, you can login to your Control Centre and approve and distribute your newsletter all in one place.

• Log into the Control Centre: Begin by accessing the Control Centre, where you'll log in using your designated credentials. This is your starting point for managing your newsletters and ensuring they reach their intended recipients.
• Access eNewsletters: Once you're logged in, navigate to the "eNewsletters" section, conveniently located in the left-hand side menu. This is where you'll find all your newsletters, ready for distribution.

• Choose the Desired Newsletter: From the list of newsletters available, select the one you intend to distribute. This step ensures that you're working with the correct newsletter.
• Publish the Newsletter: Select the "Publish" Button to start the Approval Process. From the Pop Up, Select your Desired Date and Time for Archiving the Newsletter, and then click the "Approve Newsletter" Button

Internal Newsletter Distribution

If you are not using the Schoolzine Control Centre to Distribute your Newsletter, and instead are using another external platform, you are still able to distribute your newsletter by adding the URL to the messages that you send. To make this process seamless, follow these easy steps:

• Preview the Newsletter: Before sharing it, it's always a good practice to preview the newsletter. By clicking the "Preview" button, you'll load the online version of your newsletter, allowing you to double-check its content and appearance.
• Copy the Newsletter Link: In your web browser's address bar, you'll find the unique URL for your newsletter. Copy this link to your clipboard, as you'll need it for the next step.
  Please note that you will need to get the Newsletter URL from the Preview Link in the above step

• Utilize External Distribution Methods: Now that you have the newsletter link, it's time to share it. Paste the newsletter link into any external distribution method you are using. This step ensures that your newsletter is accessible to the right audience, whether it's through emails, messaging apps, or any other communication channel.

By following these straightforward steps, you can easily distribute your newsletter internally, ensuring that vital information is efficiently delivered to your school community.

If you have scheduled a Campaign through the Schoolzine System and have found that you require changes to be made to it prior to it being sent, you have the ability to Pause Campaign, Set as Draft or even Delete if no longer required. These options will only be available if the campaign is still in the Scheduled status.

1. Log in to your Control Centre and select the Communicate menu tab.
2. Click on the Message Name of the Scheduled Campaign, which will take you through to the Overview of the message.
   
3. Select Pause Campaign to stop the campaign from entering the processing status.
   
4. Once Paused, you will be given the option for Resume Campaign, Set to Draft, Resend, Export Recipients and Archive.
   
   

• Resume Campaign - will allow the campaign to go back to its scheduled status and begin processing at the set time. 
• Set to Draft - will allow the campaign to go back into draft status so changes can be made. You can also delete the campaign from there if no longer required. 
• Resend - will create a duplicate of the campaign that can then be sent again if going to different groups for example and wanting to monitor open rates.
• Export Recipients - is used to export the list of contacts that this campaign has been sent to.
• Archive - Archiving the message will not delete the message but hides it from the 'View Messages' overview.

Once your social media account/s have been linked, you will be able to share your newsletter from the Schoolzine Control Centre. You can share it straight away, or put in a custom message if you need.

Sharing a SZ Newsletter

1. Log in to your Control Centre and select the eNewsletters menu tab.
2. Then select View SZ Newsletters.
3. Find the newsletter you would like to send out and click on the Newsletter Name to open that newsletter issue.
4. Select the Share button to the right of the page.
5. In the pop-up window, type in your own message or leave it as the default message. Make sure you leave in the link to your selected newsletter, which will populate automatically.
   Note: Your message cannot exceed 140 characters and must not contain any special characters or symbols.
6. Any linked account/s will automatically be selected.
7. Select the send button, to send your status or tweet to your account/s.
8. Once the message has been sent you will see a confirmation pop-up. This will allow you to view the message on your Facebook or Twitter account.

Sharing a DIY Newsletter

1. Log in to your Control Centre and select the eNewsletters menu tab.
2. Find the newsletter you would like to send out and click on the Newsletter Name to open that newsletter issue.
3. Select the Share button to the right of the page.
4. In the pop-up window, type in your own message or leave it as the default message. Make sure you leave in the link to your selected newsletter, which will populate automatically.
   Note: Your message cannot exceed 140 characters and must not contain any special characters or symbols.
5. Any linked account/s will automatically be selected.
6. Select the send button, to send your status or tweet to your account/s.
7. Once the message has been sent you will see a confirmation pop-up. This will allow you to view the message on your Facebook or Twitter account.

Click here to view the Linking your Social Media Accounts Tutorial

Schoolzine has two types of Newsletter Advertising Subscriptions you can choose from. Sponsored being Schoolzine sourced advertising and Platinum being school sourced advertising or you can have no advertising at all.

Please note not all regions are eligible for the Sponsored Newsletter Subscription.

For further information on both subscriptions, please see below.

Sponsored Subscription

The Sponsored Newsletter Subscription will have advertising that is sourced by our team but has a reduced subscription cost compared to the Platinum Newsletter Subscription.

There are specific zones setup on your newsletter where the advertising will appear.

• Up to 7 zones in the left-hand newsletter side panel
• 1 Banner within the first 3 articles of your newsletter

Filler ads will be added to the respective zones in your newsletter till the zone has been sold.

For more information on the Schoolzine Advertising Zones, please see the page below.

Platinum Subscription

The Platinum Newsletter Subscription costs slightly more but will give you full control to source and add your own advertising to your Schoolzine Newsletter. This subscription will also allow you to remove advertising entirely from your newsletter.

You can add the advertising to your newsletter however you wish. Some suggestions are below for your reference:

• Collective page of sponsor logos
• A full article created for individual advertisers
• Adding logos to your newsletter side panel

Schoolzine Advertising Contact Details

If you receive any advertising inquires or have any questions about your advertising subscription, please see the contact details below to contact us.

Email: Advertising@schoolzine.com
Phone: 07 5414 2361

Contact Us Form

If you have a question regarding advertising with Schoolzine, please feel free to submit your query to us using the form below. One of our friendly staff will be in communication to discuss further: