{"id":10902,"date":"2020-07-30T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T09:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=10902"},"modified":"2021-05-07T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:09:40","slug":"migrating-classroom-online-school-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/migrating-classroom-online-school-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating the Classroom Online: A School Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch this roundup video for a 90-second synopsis of this blog:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rc-responsive-embed\"><iframe title=\"Migrating the Classroom Online: A School Story | RingCentral blog\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z6zEcmi0xHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When the UK went into lockdown on 23 March, many public sector organisations had to overhaul their logistics along with internal and stakeholder communications. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/cloud-communications-solutions-for-healthcare.html\">healthcare<\/a> institutions turned to technology for video consultations, local councils rallied to keep key operations running, and schools across the nation had to find innovative ways to bring the classroom into their pupils\u2019 homes for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Transitioning into a virtual school meant migrating all learning resources online. Teachers and senior leadership teams (SLTs) quickly realised this meant implementing a whole new tech-centric infrastructure to deliver lessons virtually.<\/p>\n<p>With many on the back foot, some schools made contingency planning a priority in the build-up to lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>One such school was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/whyringcentral\/casestudies\/st-bartholomews-school.html\">St. Bartholomew\u2019s<\/a>, a Church of England primary school in Bolton.<\/p>\n<h2>Planning in the midst of unprecedented change<\/h2>\n<p>Forced to close its doors, the school looked to technology, hoping to source a video conferencing platform which would help them to deliver lessons online while still encouraging engagement among pupils.<\/p>\n<p>Providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/cloud-education-solutions.html\">education<\/a> for roughly 200 pupils from early years in Reception through to year 6 pupils, St. Bartholomew\u2019s needed a solution quickly. The ideal solution would allow for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/video.html#ring-uk\">2-way communication via video conferencing<\/a> to help uphold the pupils\u2019 daily education routine.<\/p>\n<h2>Challenges and solutions<\/h2>\n<p>When lockdown was announced, St. Bartholomew\u2019s had to become a 100% virtual school nearly overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to video conferencing technology for a new cloud communications solution, the school was able to address some of its key challenges.<\/p>\n\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t@media (min-width: 768px) {\r\n\t\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-img {\r\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-img img {\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta {\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #001138;\r\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 30px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-copy {\r\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 0 30px;\r\n\t\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\r\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t.bottom-cta .bottom-cta-copy .btn-primary {\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t<\/style>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta  CID-cta-2FdM5dTp IID-cta-69d134d20ad14\"\r\n\t\t\tdata-dl-custom-type=\"cta\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-img\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/gb\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pandemic-reportTwitter-v1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Call to action banner\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bottom-cta-copy\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;\">Restructuring a nation through technology: How UK businesses are facing a post-pandemic future<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-center\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"rc-cta-shortcode btn btn-primary btn-lg\" data-dl-element=\"button\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg\" style=\"margin-top: 16px; font-weight: bold;\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Read the report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/gb\/en\/lp\/pandemic-report.html\" target=\"_blank\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-dl-additional-info=\"Restructuring a nation through technology: How UK businesses are facing a post-pandemic future\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-dl-name=\"Restructuring a nation through technology: How UK businesses are facing a post-pandemic future | Read the report\">Read the report<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<h2>Secure virtual classrooms<\/h2>\n<p>While some cloud communications applications for schools did not offer video conferencing at all, others were in the spotlight for security and privacy issues. The senior leadership team at St. Bartholomew\u2019s chose to implement RingCentral Video as a secure and resilient solution which would allow them to deliver virtual classes while feeling fully assured in terms of online safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>Using the software, teachers could record virtual classroom meetings and log them to keep track of each virtual session. When it came to virtual meetings, a member of the senior leadership team was present in each meeting in addition to the teacher. Using the unique meeting codes and secure passwords, teachers were able to ensure meetings were fully secure and keep their pupils safe whilst learning online.<\/p>\n<h2>Health and wellbeing in a virtual classroom environment<\/h2>\n<p>The pupils\u2019 mental health and wellbeing was a core priority during the lockdown. Staff were aware they needed to go above and beyond to keep the children engaged, happy and healthy while learning from a distance.<\/p>\n<p>Using RingCentral Video for virtual classrooms meant that teachers were able to see their pupils face-to-face on a video conference. Being able to get that real-time visual feedback gave the teachers peace of mind during every interaction.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing fun challenges and collaboration activities, such as a \u201cWhere\u2019s Wally?\u201d challenge using RingCentral\u2019s annotations feature, and weekly family quizzes along with regular phone calls from teachers to parents, meant that the teachers could check-in regularly and focus on their pupils\u2019 mental health and happiness while keeping them engaged with their learning programmes.<\/p>\n<h2>Team morale<\/h2>\n<p>The idea for a virtual quiz had come about from the introduction of a staff quiz night. The school\u2019s senior leadership team noted that morale was waning at the beginning of the lockdown period, with an incredible amount of pressure on teachers having to completely change their teaching methods. Having to also be \u201calways on\u201d meant internal staff morale needed some attention too, so teachers introduced a weekly quiz night using RingCentral alongside the game-based learning app Kahoot!. This allowed the teachers to bond, retain a sense of team spirit, and indulge in a little social time while working from home.<\/p>\n<h2>The Results<\/h2>\n<p>St Bartholomew\u2019s headteacher Mark Johns was incredibly happy with the way the RingCentral software helped them transition from brick and mortar to a virtual school and supported staff in implementing solutions to some of the school\u2019s key challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Mark received personal feedback emails and phone calls from parents saying children were \u201cbuzzing\u201d using the new technology and that they loved the quiz nights and enjoyed simply being able to see their friends again.<\/p>\n<p>For Mark, knowing the children were happy, healthy and safe was more than enough. \u201cFor any educator during a time like this,\u201d says Mark, \u201cthere\u2019s nothing better than being able to see that your students are happy, healthy and engaged. 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