Built for the way teachers actually work.
From the first photo to a sent page, every step is designed to take minutes, not your evening.
Build
Designed in minutes, not at midnight.
Pick a template, drop in the week's photos, and add a short note. Brightly Notes lays it out in your school's colors, in landscape or phone-friendly portrait. No design skills, no Canva tabs.
- 12 ready-made templates
- Your school colors & logo
- Landscape and portrait
Photos
Every little face, perfectly framed.
Upload a whole camera roll and smart cropping keeps the children centered in every frame. Reposition or zoom any photo with a drag, and swap a box for a caption whenever you want.
- Face-aware cropping
- Drag to reposition & zoom
- Photo or text, any cell
Send
Sent the way families actually read.
One click emails a branded page with a private link and a downloadable PDF. See who opened it, and photo-consent rules are enforced automatically so the wrong photo never reaches the wrong family.
- Branded email + private link
- Open tracking
- Consent enforced automatically
A template for every kind of week.
Twelve layouts, from a single hero moment to a full mosaic. Each adapts to your colors and works in both landscape and portrait.
Story rows
Photo mosaic
Spotlight
Polaroid board
Questions, answered.
Still curious? Email hello@brightlynotes.com and a real person will reply.
- Do I need design skills?
- No. Pick a template, drop in photos, and add a note. Brightly Notes handles the layout, spacing, and your school's colors automatically.
- Can I use my own photos and logo?
- Yes. Upload the week's photos and add your school logo and brand colors in settings; every observation uses them.
- What happens with photo consent?
- Each child has a consent setting. Brightly Notes enforces it automatically, so a photo of a child without consent never goes out in another family's email.
- Landscape or portrait?
- Both. Every template renders in 16:9 landscape and phone-friendly 9:16 portrait, so families get something that looks great on any screen.
- Can teachers work from a phone?
- Yes. The builder is fully responsive, so a teacher can snap photos and send an observation right from the classroom.
- How do families receive observations?
- A branded email with a private link and a downloadable PDF. No account or app required for parents.
See it with this week's photos.
Set up your school in minutes and send your first observation this week.
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