What's a Tag?
A Tag in Famly is a way to group children (or staff) together in your setting. Tags can contain children and staff across the different rooms of your setting, to get an overview. For example, you could use tags:
To group children with a specific dietary requirement, such as vegan
To group those who attends a specific session, such as a breakfast club
To group staff by a specific skill, such as those who are first aid qualified
Of course, you can use Tags however is most useful for your setting
How do I Create a New Tag?
To create a Tag:
Click on the Home icon in your sidebar and go to Overview
In the Site overview widget, click on Tabs at the top
Here, you'll see a list of your existing tags. To create a new one, click on Add tag
Enter a name for your Tag in the Name of Tag field and click Confirm to save
Your tag will now be visible in the overview of the Tags tab
How do you Tag Children or Staff?
To add children or staff to a tag you have created, head back to your Overview and click on Tags. From here:
Click on the Tag you wish to add children or staff to (the most recently created Tag will be at the bottom of the list)
Click on Add child in the Children in box or Add Staff in the Staff in box
Choose the room you'd like to select staff or children from and click on their pictures to add them to the Tag
Click on Update Tag to confirm
How do I Remove a Tag from Children or Staff?
To remove a child or staff member from a Tag:
Head to the child's profile and click on the About tab
From here, scroll down to the Tags section
Under Tags, you'll see which Tags this child has been added to. Click on the x to remove them from the Tag
How to use Tags in your Setting
There are lots of great ways to use Tags to organise children and staff at your setting. Here are some ideas if you're stuck:
Send posts on your Newsfeed to only the children or staff with a Tag, by entering the name of the Tag in the recipient field when writing a new post
Visit the Tags section of a child or staff member's profile, to find further information about the child. Parents cannot see Tags
Create a Custom list using Tags, so you have an overview of all the children or staff who share a certain Tag
Visit the Tags tab in your setting's overview, to see which tagged children or staff are signed in to the setting
How do I Delete a Tag?
If you'd like to delete a Tag entirely, navigate to your Overview, click on Tags, and click the tag you'd like to delete.
From here, find the Settings icon in the top right corner
Click on the Bin icon to delete the tag
