Brightwheel Post Update
Post daily activity updates, photos, and announcements to Brightwheel's activity feed.
Prerequisites
- •Must be logged into Brightwheel
- •Content must be pre-approved
Supported Post Types
- •Daily Activity — Text + optional photos for a child/classroom
- •Photo Post — Photos with captions
- •Announcement — Broadcast to classroom or school
- •Supply Reminder — Via Brightwheel messaging
Workflow — Activity Post
- •Navigate to the activity feed for the target classroom
- •Click "Add Activity" or equivalent
- •Select child/children this activity applies to
- •Enter description from the approved content
- •Attach photos if provided (from file paths in daily log)
- •Screenshot the composed post
- •Phase A: Pause for confirmation
- •Submit the post
- •Verify post appears in feed
- •Report success with screenshot
Navigation
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1. Go to: https://schools.mybrightwheel.com 2. Navigate to correct classroom 3. Find activity posting interface 4. Fill in details 5. [Phase A: Pause] 6. Submit
Photo Handling
- •Photos referenced in daily_logs.photos_refs
- •Upload one at a time
- •Verify each upload completes before proceeding
- •If upload fails → retry once, then skip photo and note in report
Safety
- •Verify classroom and child selection matches the request
- •Never post to the wrong classroom
- •Content must exactly match the approved version
- •Screenshot everything for audit
Phase B Automation (Future)
Once Phase A is stable, these post types can be fully automated:
- •Closure announcements
- •Supply reminders
- •Pre-approved daily updates with no photos