Launching a new platform can feel like a big task, but we are here to help you make it a success. This guide will help you introduce Minga to your school community by engaging administration, staff, and students in a logical, proven order. By following these steps, you’ll ensure high engagement and a smoother transition to a digital campus. 🚀
Permission Level Required: Owner | Manager
In this Article:
Setting up your School Identity: Learn how to customize your profile with logos and contact info.
Engaging School Leadership: How to get administrators and teachers onboarded effectively.
Launching to Student Leaders: Using your student community to drive early content and excitement.
Launching Minga to the Full School: Steps for a final rollout and app adoption.
Setting up your School Identity
Before anyone joins, your Minga should look like your school. Adding your logo and links makes the platform recognizable and useful from day one.
Step-by-step Guide to Setting up your Minga Profile
Step-by-step Guide to Setting up your Minga Profile
Click the Minga Logo (or your current school logo) located in the top left corner of your screen.
Click the Ellipsis (...) button in the top right corner of the profile page to enter edit mode.
Upload your School Logo and enter the School Name, Address, Website URL, and General Email Address.
Add helpful links to school resources like Grades, Lunch Programs, and Schedules in the links section.
Click Save to finalize your profile.
Engaging School Leadership
Success starts with the people who manage your school daily. When teachers and admins feel confident, students follow their lead.
Step-by-step guide to Onboarding Administration and Staff
Step-by-step guide to Onboarding Administration and Staff
Meet with Administration: Present Minga as a tool to simplify Digital IDs and school communication.
Invite Staff: Navigate to People and upload your staff list.
Send Introduction Emails: Use the Teacher's Welcome Presentation to explain the "why" behind Minga.
○ Tip: Mention how Minga reduces manual paperwork for hall passes and ID tracking to win them over!
Host Training: Schedule a session to ensure everyone can log in successfully.
Check out these articles for a deeper dive into manually adding users and sending email introductions:
Launching to Student Leaders
Student buy-in is the "secret sauce" for engagement. Start with a small group of leaders to build content before the whole school arrives.
Meet with the Student Leaders and assign some simple tasks to help kick off student-driven content in your Minga:
Step-by-step Guide to Leveraging Student Leaders
Step-by-step Guide to Leveraging Student Leaders
Try out Digital IDs & Stickers: Try adding stickers to your student leaders' digital student ID's and get them to test them out.
Add Events: Get a couple of students to add your school events and activities into Minga. Building out a school calendar in Minga really drives engagement and helps promote upcoming events. You can even test checking students in and out of ticketed events.
Add Photos: There's great stuff happening at school every day such as sports, spirit activities or just random acts of kindness. Students are amazing at capturing photos of these events. Assign leadership students to snap and add photos for the next few weeks as Minga starts to launch. The more content that is available the more students will want to engage.
Start Conversations: Encourage your leadership students to tag others in their posts - a little extra attention can go a long way.
Review these handy resources for step-by-step walkthroughs:
Launching Minga to the Full School
Now that the platform is full of content and staff are trained, it’s time for the grand opening.
Tips for Laumching Minga School-Wide
Tips for Laumching Minga School-Wide
Upload your student list to add the remaining users to your Minga.
For detailed steps, see our article on how to Manually Add Users to Minga.
Direct students to sign in using their school email address via Single Sign On (SSO).
Display Posters around campus to promote the app.
Create Announcements on the Home Feed to introduce Minga to the school community.
Additional Features or Settings
Once your rollout is complete, you can customize how Minga functions for your specific campus needs.
Digital Stickers: You can create custom stickers for your Digital IDs to represent clubs, bus routes, or certifications.
Permission Forms: You can find parent permission and notification templates in our resource center to help with the legal side of the rollout.
FAQs
FAQs
Who has permission to set up the school profile?
You can set up the school profile if you have the Owner or Manager role assigned to your account.
How do staff and students log into the app?
Users can log into the Minga app by downloading it on their device and using their school-issued email address through the Single Sign-On (SSO) button.
Can I change my school logo after the initial setup?
Yes, you can change your school logo at any time by navigating to your Profile Page, clicking the Ellipsis (...), and uploading a new image file.