Your timetable is now in the Realsmart bar, at the top of your school website and every Realsmart app. Your Launchpad shows today’s lessons, your week and a Coming up list of Classroom work and school events. Here’s a quick tour for staff.

A teacher opens their timetable from the Realsmart bar: class codes, rooms and free periods, then Thursday's lessons
Tap the lesson button in the bar to see your day: class codes, rooms and free periods. The pictures in this post use a made-up school and made-up people.

Now and next, from any page

The lesson button in the bar shows the lesson you’re teaching now, or your next one, with the class code and room. Tap it to see the whole day, with how long is left of this lesson and what’s next. Tap a day to look ahead. A gap of 50 minutes or more that isn’t lunch shows as Free.

Today and your week on the Launchpad

Your Launchpad opens with your next lesson and today’s classes in a row. See my week shows Monday to Friday on one page, with a Week A or Week B label if your school uses them, and arrows to look at next week.

A teacher's Launchpad before school: the first lesson in 30 minutes, today's classes, and Coming up showing Classroom work with how many pupils have handed in
Before school: your first lesson, today’s classes and what’s coming up.
The My week page for a made-up teacher: each lesson shows the class code and room, with free periods and lunch marked
My week: class codes, rooms, free periods and lunch.

Coming up: Classroom work and events

Coming up lists Google Classroom work due in your classes over the next 7 days, with how many pupils have handed in so far, so you can see at a glance who to chase. It also lists school events from the Smart Parents app for the next two weeks. Cancelled events stay on the list, marked Cancelled, until the date passes.

Classroom figures refresh once a day, at 16:00.

Pin apps and add your own links

Tap Edit my apps to put your apps in your own order and pin the ones you use every day. They also appear first in the bar. Add your own links too, such as a planning folder or a booking page, each with its own picture and colour. Only you see them.

Adding your own link: Add a link, type a name and web address, pick a picture and colour, and it appears under My links
Add a link: give it a name and web address, pick a picture and colour.

Tap Change background to pick a picture, gradient or colour, and use the moon button for dark mode.

Changing the Launchpad background: open Change background, try Under the sea, then a gradient
Choose a background for your Launchpad.

My apps in the admin

If you use the Realsmart admin, the My apps button in its top bar now opens your own Launchpad apps, in your order and with your own links.

Opening My apps from a top bar: your pinned apps, school apps and own links in one menu
My apps opens your pinned apps, school apps and own links.

Profile: password, photo and look

Tap your picture in the bar and choose Profile to change your password and photo, and to pick light or dark, an accent colour, tile size and background. Your school’s password rules apply, and the page shows them as you type.

The bell

The bell in the bar is where Realsmart tells you about new features. We keep it short, and each notice links to a guide like this one.

Opening the bell in the Realsmart bar to read a new notice from Realsmart
Open the bell to read notices from Realsmart.

Find out more

Need a hand? Email support@realsmart.co.uk.