eNewsletter 2023 Term 1, Week 2

Places are filing fast for our upcoming ‘One Big Day of Ideas and Inspiration’ Communications and Marketing Conference on March 8 at the Catholic Education Office in Thebarton.

Don’t miss this must-attend professional learning event for any staff member responsible for promoting Catholic schools in SA.

This updated program has some further details on speakers and workshops.

Register via the CESA Registration Centre by Wednesday March 1.

We look forward to seeing you!

We have added to our professional learning offerings for 2023.

A link to more information about each event can be found on the home page of the Communications and Marketing site on the CESA Intranet. These will be updated as more details are known about each event.

Register for the sessions via the CESA Registration Centre. ​​​​​​​

Google has come out with a new form of tracking website data... This new form of tracking allows you to monitor clicks, scrolls, impressions, downloads, and other types of interactions just by installing the code. Previously this was unachievable or difficult with the older form of Universal Google Analytics.

This new form of tracking, called Google Analytics 4 (or G4), moves the traditional focus away from ‘page views’ and towards ‘user experience’ and interaction on your site. It uses Machine Learning and AI to build a reporting base and interface around your individual requirements, and the ways in which your website visitors interact.

On July 1 2023, Google will stop collecting data for all accounts that are using the older Universal Analytics. You will still be able to see the historic data in your account when you log in, but it will not gather anything more after this point.

Between now and then, it is highly recommended to create a new G4 property and add this to the school website so it can start capturing data.

For some accounts, this is a two-button press and for others, it involves adding code to your school website.

CESA will be completing this upgrade on your behalf (at no cost to your school) if your school website is on a CESA/Boylen WebTemplate.

We LOVE seeing your beautiful photos and sharing them whenever we can in publications, facebook albums and on the CESA websites.

Please note that we'd prefer to receive images in TIFF, PNG or JPEG formats - not HEIC files.

When taking images on Apple devices, this is how you set the device to save and store in JPEG format:

• In your 'Settings' menu, find and tap on 'Camera.'
• In the 'Camera' menu, tap on 'Formats' at the very top of the menu.
• Here you can select either 'High Efficiency,' which will allow your iPhone to shoot and store HEIC files, or 'Most Compatible,' which will have your phone capture JPEGs.
• Please select 'Most Compatible'.

After 55 years of informing primary school children, Behind The News has launched ‘BTN High’ this week for older students.

The first 10 stories are out and can found on the BTN website and on ABC iview.

BTN High will release weekly videos for students across different year levels and subject areas, covering big news topics such as natural disasters, politics, and social issues as they happen. The videos are created especially for teachers as trustworthy, relevant, appropriate and engaging resources that are tailored to the Australian Curriculum for use in the classroom. It is an opportunity for high school students to have a voice in the news, talk about topics they care about, share their experiences and learn more about what's going on around them, focusing on big news topics.

Any suggestions for BTN High can be emailed to the BTN High team at btn@abc.net.au.

COVID-19 alert banners have now been deactivated on Boylen school websites so that they no longer appear.

If your schools alert banner is still appearing, please email Siobhan.Evans@cesa.catholic.edu.au so that this can be rectified.

We’ll continue to update school relevant COVID-19 information on the CESA website alerts page.

The alert banner functionality continues to exist on all CESA/Boylen websites and can be activated by CESA Administrators in the event of a school specific emergencies (such as bushfires, COVID alert, etc).