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Activating Tag Wizard
Tag Wizard uses facial recognition to help identify and tag students in photos. Before it can work, your school must activate it. Here’s what you need to know: Prerequisites: Tag Wizard requires both a name list and portraits in your eDesign book to function. Jumpstart option (for schools that used eDesign last year): Tag Wizard…
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Font Filtering in Settings
Watch the video above for a walkthrough of font filtering options in eDesign Settings. Filter the list by font style or activation status by using the Filter dropdown menu. See also the Activating Fonts tutorial for the complete font activation workflow. Font Style Filters Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Script Decorative Activation Status Filters…
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eShare Settings and Activation
eShare lets your school community submit photos directly to your eDesign library. Here’s how to set it up in Settings > eShare Settings: Step 1 — Unique Code: Create the code your community will use to submit photos (e.g., your Varsity job number or a custom code). Click Check Availability to confirm it’s not…
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Account Setup
← All Video Tutorials When a user first logs into eDesign, they’ll be prompted to complete account setup. This process involves creating a secure password and configuring security questions for account recovery. It takes just a few minutes and ensures your account is properly protected. Updating Your Password On your first login, you’ll see a…
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Assigning Users to Pages
Two Levels of Page Access Edit: the user can open and edit the page, but their name does not appear in the Ladder view. Assign: the user has edit rights AND is designated as responsible for the page — their name appears in the Ladder view. This lets advisers give editing access to editors…
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Setting Up Your Staff
Accessing Staff Setup Log in as an adviser and click Settings in the main navigation — it opens to Staff Setup. Creating a New Staff Member Click the Add button and enter the user’s information (required fields are marked with an asterisk). Choose a unique username — using your job number as part of…
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Creating Deadlines
Accessing Deadlines Log in as an adviser or editor, click Settings in the main navigation, then go to Deadlines. This screen shows both your plant submission deadlines and the eDesign planning deadlines you create. Planning Your Deadlines eDesign deadlines are strategic — they are for your own planning, not the official plant deadlines. Set…
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Book Settings
Overview of the Settings Area Settings is the central hub for book configuration. Sections of the settings menu: Staff Setup (advisers only): create or edit staff members, set roles, grant editing rights. School and Order Information: varies by book type; all schools see the Master List area for importing the name list after it’s…
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Importing the Name List into eDesign
Importing Your Name List Go to the Names tab in eDesign. Go to the Import/Export menu and choose Import List. Click Select File and browse to your file — you can import an Excel or CSV file. Indicate whether this is a student list or a faculty and staff list. Map your spreadsheet columns…
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Setting Preferences
Accessing Preferences Log in as an adviser or editor → Settings → Design Styles → Preferences → Edit. Preference Options Page Margins: adjust margin guides if needed Most schools leave these at the defaults. Columns: set the number of columns per page and spacing between them Leave it set to 1 if you don’t…