Vidyalaya Newsletter: Viewing and Updating Instructions

Weekly newsletter is available at newsletter.vidyalaya.org.

Everyone

Everyone can see all newsletter entries. If you would like to see entries relevant to your family, please login to Dakhila.

Enrolled Families/Volunteers

When logged in, you see only the classes relevant to your family. This includes classes taught by family member and where the children are enrolled. If an update is missing, it is also listed. To obtain a password, please follow instructions here.

We encourage all family members, including students, to register their email address with us. Please send email to spa@vidyalaya.org and we will put you on the mailing list. It will allow students to receive email directly.

Teachers

Teachers are enabled to update their class update directly. To create/update a newsletter entry, Login and click on your class in the missing link section. Teachers are also permitted to edit their entry for the last week. To update earlier week, please write to spa@vidyalaya.org

When both parents are teaching, they will see updates for both classes but will be able to update only individual class.

Administrator

An administrator can edit any entry for any date.

Bug Report/Change Request

All bugs and enhancement requests should be directed to spa@vidyalaya.org. We will try to resolve it at our earliest.

Mobile Devices

At this time only viewing is supported on mobile devices. We need to use a computer to enter/update information.

Content

It is a good idea to limit content to class specific material and what happened in the class from record keepign perspetive. School wide information, e.g. holidays, are covered in the top section by Principal. We should also avoid repetitive notes about bringing school bag to the school. If some kids are not doing it, we can help you contact their parents directly. At the end of the year, one should be able to look at all entries and get a good view of what happened during the year.

We also encourage you to use static pages to store knowledge about your course. We will be happy to update this website with any reference material that can be referred in the newsletter update. To that end, it is best not to include the reference material in the newsletter.

Presentation

We have integrated a very feature rich editor in this application. Please use the formatting features to enhance your submission. Please note that the Administrator has final editing privileges as we want the overall presentation to look consistent. New ideas are welcome.

Attachments

A user/teacher cannot upload any attachment. Any attachment should be mailed to spa@vidyalaya.org and should be in sync with the course page. We have saved many documents on the course pages and we should avoid multiple versions of the same document.

Pictures

All pictures should be uploaded to facebook on Vidyalaya page. Please see us for login credentials if you do not have a facebook account of your own. All pictures should be made visible to everyone

Videos may be uploaded to youtube.

Updating Newsletter

We request all teachers to update newsletter in a timely way. There are multiple options available to capture it in the system.

1. Direct Entry:
It is the most efficient way. Please login to dakhila portal from your desktop, click on the link for your class and enter the update. You can modify it again by clicking on the Pen icon to the right of your class.
2. Email:
Please send your class update to spa@vidyalaya.org and we will enter it on the website for you.
3. Phone:
Please leave a message at (973) 946-8945 and we will transcribe it for you. Please let us know what class it is for.
4. Helper:
We have many young adults and other volunteers in the cafetorium and around with laptops. Please stop by anyone who is connected and have them type it in.

Both content and presentation are important in an effective newsletter.

Using dakhila password

If you do not know your password, you can set it by following instructions below. Also see Login-How to.

1. Please go to dakhila.vidyalaya.org
2. Enter your email address and click on "Reset Password" button
3. On the same computer, immediately go to your email and find an email from Vidyalaya regarding password
4. Click on the link and you will see another screen that allows you to enter a new password
5. Once password is changed, click dakhila.vidyalaya.org again to login with email and password
6. Click Newsletter button to the left to go to weekly newsletter.
7. Teacher can click on their class to enter/edit the weekly update on computers. Enter/Update function currently is not supported on mobile devices.
8. In case of difficulty, please contact .

Using online services

If you do not want to setup yet another password, you can use your facebook, google or linkedinlogin to connect to our system. Our programs obtains your authenticated email address from these services after you allow us access. For this facility to work, your email address in our records must match the service you are authenticating with.