Strong links to students, parents, staff, alumni and the community expand student opportunities, improve student outcomes and build strong educational communities. Social media is an increasingly important way educational institutes connect, often via a Facebook or Instagram page. For social, historical and legal reasons, it’s important to achieve those conversations.
With so many conversations happening online, are you capturing the records you need to protect your school or district?
In today’s environment, social media interactions can quickly become tense, controversial, or even legally sensitive. Keeping a record of these exchanges is essential—not only as a tool for professional growth but also to fulfil legal obligations. Under U.S. federal regulations, such as the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and various state-level open records laws, schools and districts may be required to provide records of social media interactions. These records can support your school’s position on key issues and demonstrate transparency to the community.
However, archiving social media presents unique challenges. With Brolly’s social-media-first archiving solution, you can seamlessly capture and store these records, ensuring compliance and safeguarding your institution’s interests.
We know you value transparency. You want to be able to respond quickly to requests, or if required provide evidence to inquiries. With Brolly archiving all your records, you’re able to respond and deliver with the minimum of fuss, saving countless hours and without headaches.
Once deleted from Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, a record is gone forever – unless you’re capturing in real time and creating a secure, living archive. Archiving is the only way to keep a record of a deleted post or comment. Wouldn’t you love a way to ensure you’re archiving the reacord, and the details of its deletion?
If you’re using social media to communicate with students, staff, parents and alumni about your educational institutes business, you should be keeping an archive or everything you create, edit, delete or hide. Connect Brolly to be compliant in minutes.
Say goodbye to hours of copying and pasting posts that constantly change. You’ll be fully compliant – and your legal team will thank you.
Learn from the past. Understand the present. Plan for the future.
Many of the photographs, announcements and news about your educational institute and its community now appear online. Graduations, field trips, awards nights, sports events, and school plays are all enriched by the images, posts, comments and messages that go with them. You are creating your school’s history every day, and it’s more vibrant than ever. When you archive your social media with Brolly, you create a permanent record that can be stored and maintained by your archivist, preserving today’s stories for future generations of students.
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Cyberbullying is a serious issue impacting students across the United States, with over 50% of children experiencing some form of online harassment, according to the Cyberbullying Research Centre.
Although this bullying may not directly occur on your school’s public social media pages, it’s common for parents to turn to the school for support when their child is affected. The U.S. Department of Education, along with state education departments, encourages schools to be proactive partners in addressing and managing bullying, both online and offline. In some cases, parents or students may reach out to you through private messages on social platforms, seeking guidance or support in handling these incidents.
Documenting these interactions in real time is essential to your role. It allows you to respond more effectively to specific cases. It provides a valuable record that can support ongoing monitoring efforts, serve as evidence if further action is required, and demonstrate your school’s commitment to a safe, supportive environment for all students. This documentation may also be critical if you need to collaborate with school counsellors, administrators, or even law enforcement.
Brolly’s social media archiving solution makes capturing and securely storing these records easy. It empowers you to respond to and manage online bullying incidents effectively and in compliance with school policies and federal guidelines.
Book a 20 minute call to learn how Brolly provides social media archiving that protects your records, ensures you’re compliant with recordkeeping and data privacy laws and can save your social media and record management teams hours of effort each week.
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