K-12 Education

On Campus Digital Signage System and Educational Channel Bulletin Board

Carousel is often used on campus to convey information to the student body throughout the day, and also as a community bulletin board on the schools cable channel reaching both students and parents at home with event schedules, school closings, and other important information.
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Carousel in Education

Carousel greets your students each morning with pictures and video, meeting announcements, schedule changes, news, student and teacher of the week, and much more. Carousel digital signage can replace morning announcements, and information can be updated throughout the day. In the event of an emergency, Carousel can be put into "full screen alert" mode and all monitors will display the same emergency message.

Practical Applications

  • Morning announcements
  • Display honor role students
  • Teacher of the week
  • Student of the week
  • Student/teacher birthdays
  • Club and activity information
  • Highlight student projects
  • Cafeteria menus, by day/time
  • RSS news and education feeds
  • Promote upcoming events
  • Congratulatory messages
  • Health vaccinations and tests
  • Display the weather & traffic
  • Emergency alerts and drills
  • Display sports schedules

Useful Features

  • Update from home, school or anywhere.
  • Schedules can be updated as they change.
  • Students can create content, teachers can manage it.
  • Bulletin templates are very easy to use.
  • Use Carousel's clock template to replace an actual clock.
  • Pre-built channels available for purchase.
  • Pre-built templates provided.
  • Full screen alert templates can be pre-built for common alert situations.
  • Streaming video feature can be used for event overflow, like graduation.
  • Video, Flash and image file playout can highlight student work.

What people are saying about Carousel

"We are extremely happy with Carousel. Not only is it effective at communicating with our students and parents, but it is very reliable. And Tightrope's tech support, what little we have required, has been wonderful."
-Carolyn Garris
Olson Middle School, Bloomington, MN
"We link to Carousel from our website to give parents the opportunity to view the announcements that students see during the school day. They love having access to all of this information."
-Sue Kasdorf
Eagan High School, Eagan, MN
"We use Carousel to notify students and parents of athletic events, concerts, changes to the regular school day, health vaccinations, tests, picture days, menus, special events and for congratulatory messages to students and staff. Carousel digital signage has been a great tool; it is easy to use, is very flexible in designing bulletins and screens, and with assignable user rights and permissions, many people can contribute"
-Nancy Toll
Hudson School District, Hudson, WI