Personalization Explained
Why settle for 1-2 photos of each child when hundreds of photos get taken! Why not provide the parents the option to see more of their child at no extra effort from anyone! Families can choose the traditional yearbook or decide to upgrade to a personalized yearbook. The event/activity pages and covers are personalized automatically to the class, grade, club or student using the 100s of unused photos that are collected for the yearbook but do not make it in the one-size-fits-all school wide yearbook. In addition to that, families can design and upload Custom Pages for only their copy of the yearbook.
Event/Activity Pages
Our patent-pending technology transforms the traditional school-wide yearbook into a personalized keepsake by replacing generic school-wide photos on SELECTED activity pages with memories specific to each recipient’s class, grade, club, or individual self. These personalized sections, known as myClass, myGrade, myClub, or myOwn pages, can either be added as extra pages or replace existing ones in the traditional yearbook.
Most elementary schools opt for myClass personalization, which can include 35-85 additional relevant photos for each child on 4-6 pages. For larger schools where collecting photos from every classroom might be challenging, we recommend myGrade personalization, which still provides significant value for children and families. Please note that this personalization addresses the desire of busy parents who want more visibility into their child’s classroom experiences throughout the school year. Since the process is automated, it won’t add to your workload beyond collecting 40+ photos from each classroom. We also provide a guide to help you capture photos from those 3-4 tricky-to-get classrooms in under 10 minutes.
Covers
Personalized Yearbooks include the name, grade and photo of the student on the front, back, or inside cover. Many of our schools use an artwork contest to design the cover for their yearbook. In that case, the photo of the child can be shown on the backcover as chosen by the yearbook coordinator for the school.
Custom Pages
Additionally, a personalized yearbook may also include customized pages designed and uploaded by families with photos from home, added in the yearbook. This is a great way to save selected artwork, handwriting sample, an essay or report they wrote, artwork, diplomas, birthday party invite, or memories from outside school clubs such as soccer or dance –– key moments from this phase of their childhood. We especially love that a lot of families are using these pages to include a note or letter to their child.
About Me Pages
Supplementing photo memories with some prompts that the child fills themselves or with the assistance of their families, always bring those "aha!" moments the next time they open this valuable keepsake.
Frequently Asked Questions
Personalization vs. Customization
Personalization is when our technology does the heavy lifting of designing the pages with relevant content (photos/memories/text) to the customer.
Customization is when you manually design the pages for your child's copy of the yearbook. This introduces extra work for families since they have to learn a design software and get familiar with the terminology.