{"id":627,"date":"2025-10-11T22:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T21:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/testtesterton\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T15:53:09","slug":"news-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/welcome\/news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"News &amp; Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_62\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-postlist builder-text-columns-2 layout-6\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_62-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/uploads\/sites\/3244\/2025\/10\/17221814\/news.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/uploads\/sites\/3244\/2025\/10\/17221814\/news.png 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/uploads\/sites\/3244\/2025\/10\/17221814\/news-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/uploads\/sites\/3244\/2025\/10\/17221814\/news-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/uploads\/sites\/3244\/2025\/10\/17221814\/news-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_62-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>In your News &amp; Updates section, we will post announcements related to digital learning in Renfrewshire. Check back often to ensure you don&#8217;t miss any vital updates. Remember, your Digital Learning Champion is also on hand to help share this information.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-postlist_75\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-postlist builder-section-last -mode\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list columns-1 thumbnail-top has-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<header class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-header\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-title\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/08\/1174\/\">\r\n\t\t\tMidweek Byte Week Commencing 7 September\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-date\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/08\/1174\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t08\/09\/2026\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/span>\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-content\">\r\n\t<p>Week Commencing 7th September Read&amp;Write There\u2019s still time to book one of our Read&amp;Write Professional Learning sessions on CPD Manager. Both courses are being held at Cochrane Castle Primary School: 1 October \u2013 Supporting Every Learner with Read&amp;Write using iPads, Course ID: 95776 6 October \u2013 Supporting Every Learner with Read&amp;Write using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, Course ID: 95778 &nbsp; Accessibility Staff Toolkit \ud83e\uddf0Have you checked out our Staff Toolkits on the new DigiLearnRen?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/08\/1174\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-tag\"><\/i> <ul class=\"post-tags\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/accessibility\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/midweek-byte\/\" rel=\"tag\">Midweek Byte<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"tag\">News &amp; Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/readwrite\/\" rel=\"tag\">Read&amp;Write<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/thinglink\/\" rel=\"tag\">ThingLink<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/footer>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<header class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-header\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-title\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/02\/september-monthly-download\/\">\r\n\t\t\tSeptember &#8211; Monthly Download\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-date\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/02\/september-monthly-download\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t02\/09\/2026\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/span>\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-content\">\r\n\t<p>Can you believe it is September already?! We hope you have been enjoying the resources found in our newly-launched DigiLearnRen website, you can check it out here\u00a0and via the new tile in the Renfrewshire Launchpad on Glow. As September begins we have the new edition of The Monthly Download. Our September 2026 Accessibility Monthly Download is here to support you in reaching all learners. &nbsp; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/02\/september-monthly-download\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-tag\"><\/i> <ul class=\"post-tags\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/accessibility\/\" rel=\"tag\">Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/monthly-download\/\" rel=\"tag\">Monthly Download<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"tag\">News &amp; Updates<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/footer>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<header class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-header\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-title\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/01\/midweek-byte-week-commencing-31st-august\/\">\r\n\t\t\tMidWeek Byte Week Commencing 31st August\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-date\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/01\/midweek-byte-week-commencing-31st-august\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t01\/09\/2026\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/span>\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-content\">\r\n\t<p>Week Commencing 31st August Accessibility! September is accessibility month in Renfrewshire! Read&amp;Write We recently ran a session on Read&amp;Write for a group of staff. The session slides contain a wealth of follow up resources for staff and pupils, including a full training video for each platform. These should fully support anyone wanting to revise certain tools. The slides can be accessed here. Please feel free to share as widely as you see fit. We have&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/09\/01\/midweek-byte-week-commencing-31st-august\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-tag\"><\/i> <ul class=\"post-tags\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/adobe-express\/\" rel=\"tag\">Adobe Express<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/canva\/\" rel=\"tag\">Canva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/glow\/\" rel=\"tag\">Glow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/midweek-byte\/\" rel=\"tag\">Midweek Byte<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/readwrite\/\" rel=\"tag\">Read&amp;Write<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/thinglink\/\" rel=\"tag\">ThingLink<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/footer>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<header class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-header\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-title\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/25\/midweek-byte-26th-august\/\">\r\n\t\t\tMidweek Byte 26th August\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-date\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/25\/midweek-byte-26th-august\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t25\/08\/2026\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/span>\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-content\">\r\n\t<p>Week Commencing 24th August S&amp;Q Report Here is the Standards and Quality Report for 25\/26. Click on the image to access all the links. Glow Updates Canva is now available! For everything you need to know about Canva in Glow, check out our handy guide available here! Glow Password Reset The pupil password reset took place on\u00a011th\u00a0August and\u00a0Staff passwords change on 25th\u00a0August. Staff will be prompted to change their password the next time they log&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/25\/midweek-byte-26th-august\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-tag\"><\/i> <ul class=\"post-tags\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/back-to-school\/\" rel=\"tag\">Back to School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/canva\/\" rel=\"tag\">Canva<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/glow\/\" rel=\"tag\">Glow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/glow-connect\/\" rel=\"tag\">Glow Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/midweek-byte\/\" rel=\"tag\">Midweek Byte<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/sqr-report\/\" rel=\"tag\">SQR Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/transform-to-innovate\/\" rel=\"tag\">Transform to Innovate<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/footer>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<header class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-header\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-title\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/17\/midweek-byte-19-august-2026\/\">\r\n\t\t\tMidweek Byte 19 August 2026\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-date\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/17\/midweek-byte-19-august-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t17\/08\/2026\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/span>\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-content\">\r\n\t<p>Week Commencing 17th August \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffbWelcome Back We hope you all had a great summer break. This session we will be posting our Midweek Bytes every Wednesday to keep you up-to-date with all the latest digital news so keep checking every week! \ud83d\udd11Glow Password Reset The pupil password reset took place on 11th August so if they arrive in class and haven\u2019t logged on, remind them to choose 3 random words. Glow Connect have a useful&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/17\/midweek-byte-19-august-2026\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-tag\"><\/i> <ul class=\"post-tags\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/back-to-school\/\" rel=\"tag\">Back to School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/glow-connect\/\" rel=\"tag\">Glow Connect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/google-workspace\/\" rel=\"tag\">Google Workspace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/midweek-byte\/\" rel=\"tag\">Midweek Byte<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"tag\">News &amp; Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/tag\/professional-learning\/\" rel=\"tag\">Professional Learning<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/footer>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n<header class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-header\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-title\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/11\/1126\/\">\r\n\t\t\tAugust &#8211; Monthly Download\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-date\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/digilearnrenfrewshire\/2026\/08\/11\/1126\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t11\/08\/2026\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/span>\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"ttfmp-post-list-item-content\">\r\n\t<p>Welcome to the very first edition of The Monthly Download. 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