What are moments?

Families can create moments about their child in the same way that educators can create stories. The difference is that we've designed moments specifically for parents to use from home, using the Storypark for Families iOS app or Android app.

Moments consist of photos or videos, and a caption. Parents can add filters, text and artwork to their photographs and then choose who they share them with.

Instead of only having text responses (that some children can't yet read), family members can also respond with stickers or record video responses.

Adding and editing moments

To start making a moment just tap on the Create + button at the bottom of your screen on the Families app. Select any photos or videos you want to add to your child’s timeline and tap the next button at the top right of your screen.

Editing photos:

Tap the 'edit' button at the top right of any photo you want to view in the editor. Videos are unable to be edited at this stage.

Filters

To add a filter to your photo:

Tap the ‘filter’ icon on the ‘Edit Moment’ screen to be taken to filter selection.
Tap each of the filter preview icons (at the bottom of your screen) to preview each effect.
Tap the preview a second time to adjust the strength of the filter, pressing the tick icon when you’re happy with the setting.
Tap to ‘Apply’ button in the top right hand corner to apply your effect.

Artwork

To add artwork to your moment:

Tap the ‘artwork’ icon on the ‘Edit Moment’ screen to open the artwork panel.
If you don't have artwork packs yet, or would like to add new packs to your
panel, tap the ‘store’ icon on the far left.

Adding artwork packs to your artwork panel:

To add new packs to your panel, tap the ‘store’ icon on the far left.
Browse the categories and tap on a pack to preview its contents.
To add a free pack to your set, click the ‘Free’ button (or having paid the pack cost for premium packs.)
The button will switch to ‘Saved’ and you can close the preview using the ‘X’ button in the top left hand corner
To return to your artwork panel, close the artwork store using the ‘X’ button in the top left hand corner.
Your new pack will be represented by an icon in your artwork panel.

Adding and editing artwork on your moment:

Tap the ‘Artwork’ icon on the ‘Edit moment’ screen to open the artwork panel.
Preview the pack content by tapping the icons on the white panel, and scrolling down the to view the packs contents.
Tap on an artwork to have it appear on top of your moment (you can tap
multiple artworks to add more than one at a time).
Once the artwork appears on your moment, you can tap the artwork to make adjustments:
a. Pinch to scale and rotate.
b. Press and drag to the icon delete.
c. Tap the ‘Opacity’ icon at the bottom of your screen to adjust the opacity and tap the tick to confirm.
d. Tap the ‘Colour’ icon to choose a colour for your artwork, tapping the ‘Tick’ icon to confirm.

Adding text to your moment:

Tap the ‘Text’ icon on the ‘Edit moment’ screen to open text options.
Scroll down to view all fonts, tapping on your preferred font.
The type panel will appear on your moment and open your keyboard.
When you’ve finished typing, tap the ‘Add’ button in the top right hand corner.
Once the typed message appears on your moment, you can tap the text to make adjustments.
a. Pinch to scale and rotate.
b. Press and drag to the bin icon delete.
c. Tap the ‘Opacity’ icon at the bottom of your screen to adjust the opacity and tap the tick to confirm.
d. Tap the ‘Colour’ icon to choose a colour for your artwork, tapping the ‘Tick’ icon to confirm.
Tap the ‘Done’ button in the top right corner to apply your artwork.

Selecting children

If you are connected to multiple child profiles and create a new moment, by default all profiles will be selected (i.e. the moment will be published to every child you are connected to).

You can select which child to include in the moment by tapping on their names in the edit screen:

This will take you to a screen where you can manage which children are in the moment you are creating:

If a child has a purple tick next to their name, they are selected to be included in the moment. Tap on their name, to deselect - i.e. this moment will now only be posted to Neilan's profile:

Deleting a moment

Family Admins can delete any moments published to their child's profile.

1. Tap on the moment to open it up.
2. Tap on the three dots in the top right hand corner and the option to delete the moment is at the bottom:

Sharing a moment with family members and/or your child's educators

Before a moment is added to your child's profile you can choose who the moment is shared with - just family, educators or both.

When you create the moment, you'll see the share settings at the bottom of your screen, by default all family members and educators are selected, however you can change this.

Sharing with only selected family members

Under share this moment, tap the first option share with family
If you don't want to share with all family members, toggle off the All family option
Toggle on each individual you'd like to see the moment
Tap Back in the top left-hand corner once you've made your selection
Tap Share in the top right hand corner to confirm and the relevant family members will be notified and will be able to view your child's moment.

Sharing with your child's educators

To share moment with educators, leave the Share with Storypark Educators toggle on
Tap Share in the top right hand corner to confirm
Your child's educators will be notified and will be able to view your child's moment.