0 'Evidence Me' guidance for parents in Reception

Evidence Me Help for Parents

Parent Share is a feature accessed by teachers via Evidence Me. It offers a quick, simple and effective way of proving “parental engagement” in the learning process.

How Parent Share Works

1. Once a school/ setting has linked your email address to your child’s account, you will be sent a Parent Share invitation to activate your account.
2. If you would like to participate, click on the link to activate and confirm your email address.

PLEASE NOTE: If you do not receive your set up email please check your spam/ junk folder. If it doesn’t appear in there then please contact the school/ setting directly to ensure this has been sent to you.

Evidence Me Parent App

The Evidence Me Parent App can be downloaded by clicking the above icon.

Manually Download the App

1. Visit the App store or Play Store on your device and search for Evidence Me by 2Simple
2. Follow the steps to download the app

Log in to the app

1. Open the app on your device
2. Enter your Email and password
3. Tap Login
4. The following pop up message will appear:
  - “Evidence me” Would Like to Access the Camera – Tap OK
  - “Evidence me” Would Like to Access the Microphone – Tap OK
  - Would you like to save this password to use with apps and websites? Please Note: If you are using a shared iCloud account we would recommend clicking Not Now
  - Do you want to set a PIN? we recommend that you select OK to keep your app secure (you can select No and set this up at a later date).
5. Press OK

Create a Parent App Observation

For each Parent Share observation, you can add evidence. This could be an activity or a piece of work.

Tap on one of the below icons on the app Create screen to start your observation

Photo

1. The photo will be instantly captured
2. Edit your image using the image edit features – Please Note this feature will only appear if you have switched on Enable Crop Screen in the Settings area of the app
3. Tap Done in the bottom right-hand corner
4. Select Tap to Edit

TOP TIP: Your observation will automatically appear on your recent observations bar so you can always edit it at a later date.

Video

1. The video will automatically start recording
2. Click on the stop button to stop the recording
3. Click Tap to Edit

TOP TIP: Your observation will automatically appear on your recent observations bar so you can always edit it at a later date.

Existing photo/ video

1. Your device gallery will instantly open
2. Select the image(s) you would like to upload (max 10)
3. Click Select in the top right-hand corner

PLEASE NOTE: If the video is saved in a special new “high-efficiency multimedia format” in the iOS gallery, then the video won’t play (only sound).

Here is how you can switch off this new format open Settings:

1. Open the device settings
2. Scroll down to Camera
3. Tap Formats
4. Tap Most Compatible

Continue without evidence

1. A blank observation will automatically open

Add App Observation Details

1. Tap to edit an observation
2. Click to amend the date and time (if required)
3. Tap on one of the icons below the image to upload more evidence
4. Tap Add Learners + – Please note a learner must be added in order for the observation to be sent to the school or setting
5. Tap Add Parent Notes +

Observations will automatically be uploaded to the school’s account as long as your device is connected to wifi. This is indicated by a green dot appearing in the top left-hand corner of the observation thumbnail.

Observations with a red dot in the top left-hand corner have not yet been uploaded and will upload as soon as your device is connected to a good wifi connection.

View App Observations

You will receive an email notification every time an observation is uploaded to the app for your child. By clicking on the link within the email notification you will automatically be taken to the new observation within your Evidence Me App.

PLEASE NOTE: If you do not receive the email notifications please check your spam/ junk folder and mark support@2eskimos.com as safe.

You can view Parent Share observations at any time by opening the Evidence Me App and tapping Observations on the quick-access bar in the bottom left-hand corner.

Add Parent Notes

You can add notes/ comments to any observations by tapping Tap to edit + under the Parent Notes area of the observation. Type your note and click Back in the top left-hand corner for your notes to be automatically saved to the observation.

If you have any further questions please contact your child’s school/ setting directly.

Parent Share Web Suite

Please visit evidence.me and log in with your username and password. We recommend that you use Google Chrome when accessing the web suite to ensure you have full access to all its features.

View Observations

From the Evidence Me home page, you can view all the latest observations.

1. Click Add filter to view observations for a particular date range.
2. Click on an observation image to view it.
3. Click Edit Observation Details to add Parent Notes to the observation.
4. Click Save Changes

Create an Observation

Creating observations directly on the Web Suite is really quick and simple.

1. Click on the icon in the top right corner of the Latest Observations bar
2. Select your child/ children
3. Click Create an Observation
4. Click Upload in the top left-hand corner to add an image (photo/ video)
5. Upload your image by dragging & dropping it into the box or select Browse
6. Use the blue box to crop your image and click Add Image
7. Click Upload in the bottom right-hand corner

TOP TIPS:

- To add more than one image re-click the Upload button
- To delete an image click to highlight it, click on the bin icon in the top right-hand corner and click Delete

Edit Observation Details

1. Click Edit Observation Details in the bottom right-hand corner of the Observation Details box
2. Add observation details such as the Experience Date, time, and Parent Notes
3. Click Save Changes

Your Parent Share observation will be automatically submitted to your child’s setting.