Digital Signage overview

Companies need to effectively communicate important news to all employees, including those on-site. Digital signage enables real-time streaming of multichannel posts on company monitors, enhancing engagement across factory floors, office areas, and common spaces. This dynamic communication method boosts awareness, promotes company initiatives, and fosters a connected workplace. 

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Features

These are the features related to Digital Signage:

  • Basics of digital signage: Each post displayed on a digital signage screen includes a teaser title, teaser text, one teaser image, and optionally, a QR code leading to the full post. The background gradient behind the post is automatically generated from the teaser image.
  • Create digital signage screens: In the Studio, you can create digital signage screens to be used on your company's monitors. When setting up a screen, you can add posts, customize slide durations, and decide the transition effect. Then, you can copy a PIN to the screen to display on a monitor. Learn more in these articles:
  • Add posts to digital signage screens: You can add multichannel posts to digital signage screens in the Studio when creating or editing the screen, or when creating or editing posts. Posts are displayed on the screen in chronological order, starting with the most recent one. Posts on digital signage can have different layouts. Learn more in these articles:
  • Accessing posts from a digital signage screen: If you've enabled QR codes to be displayed on your digital signage screen, your users can scan the code to open the full post on your intranet. Once a post is read, the views will be counted and included in the metrics displayed in the analytics. Learn more in this article:
  • Analytics: At present, there are no analytics available for digital signage.
  • Optimal performance: Digital Signage follows the same browser requirements as the rest of the Haiilo platform. Additionally, browsers used for Digital Signage must support session storage to maintain session data during active signage displays. We recommend using the latest stable versions of supported browsers to ensure full compatibility and a smooth user experience. Learn more in this article:

Permissions

These are the permissions related to digital signage:

  • Studio:
    • "Access Studio": Allows users to access and view the Studio and its Dashboard and Calendar tabs.
  • Multichannel Posts:
    • "Manage digital signage screens": Allows users to create, edit, and delete digital signage screens. Once a screen has been created, multichannel posts can also be added to it during content creation.
    • "Add content to digital signage screens": Allows users to add posts to digital signage screens, both when creating the screen and when creating multichannel posts. Without this permission, users cannot add posts to a digital signage screen.

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