# An interactive touchscreen display for schools that visitors actually explore

> An interactive touchscreen display for schools, built in a web browser: collections to browse, search and full profiles on your school’s own touchscreen.

Source: https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/interactive-touchscreen-for-schools · HistoryShowcase · Updated 2026-10-26

HistoryShowcase is touchscreen software, not a screen. Your school builds its site in a web browser, then opens it full screen on its own touchscreen, where visitors tap into collections, search names and read full stories.

## What is an interactive touchscreen display for schools?

An interactive touchscreen display for schools is a large touch screen, usually in a lobby or hallway, that visitors tap to explore content such as a hall of fame, records or school history. HistoryShowcase is the software, not the screen: staff build the site in a web browser, and the school opens it full screen on its own touchscreen.

- Made for: principals, athletic directors and technology coordinators
- Where schools put it: Main lobby, Athletic hallway, Library
- Layouts: Portrait gallery, Pennant, Profiles, Timeline
- Visitors can filter by: Sport, Year
- Cost: Free to use. No payment details required.

## A touchscreen is only as good as what’s on it

A school puts a large touchscreen in the lobby, and then the question becomes what to show on it. A slideshow loops, a web page needs scrolling, and the screen ends up showing the bell schedule. Visitors touch it once, nothing interesting happens, and they walk on. The screen was never the hard part; the experience on it was.

An interactive display gives visitors something to choose. The home screen offers collections such as the hall of fame, records, alumni or school history. A tap opens a collection; another opens a full profile with a biography and photos. Visitors can search for a grandparent’s name or filter by sport and year. Your staff build and update all of it in a browser, with nothing to code.

## How does an interactive touchscreen display for schools compare with a TV slideshow?

| What matters | Slideshow on a TV | HistoryShowcase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| How visitors use it | Watch slides as they rotate | Tap into collections and profiles |
| Finding one person | Wait for the right slide | Search by name |
| Depth per story | One slide per topic | Biography plus up to 100 photos |
| Making changes | Edit the file and restart it | Edit a draft, preview, publish |
| Good for | Announcements and daily notices | History and recognition to explore |

## What visitors can do on the touchscreen

- **Browse collections.** Hall of fame, records, alumni, donors and history, organized into collections and folders the way your school talks about them.
- **Search any name.** Visitors type a name and go straight to that person’s profile, which is often the first thing alumni try.
- **Filter by what matters.** Each collection can offer up to two named filters, such as sport or award, plus filtering by year.
- **Open full stories.** Every profile has a name, year, subtitle, summary, biography and up to 100 photos or media files.
- **Adjust the screen for themselves.** Visitor settings on the touchscreen include larger text and reduced motion.
- **Take it home.** The published site has its own web address, so the same stories open in any web browser.

## A starting structure for a first touchscreen

Start with three or four collections your community already cares about. You can add more at any time.

Site: Example Valley High School

- **Hall of Fame** (Portrait gallery): Inductees with full biographies and photos.
- **Championships** (Pennant): Banner-style entries for each title season.
- **Distinguished Alumni** (Profiles): Graduates and their stories, filtered by field.
- **Our History** (Timeline): Key moments from opening day to now.

Visitors can filter by: Sport, Year.

## How do you set up an interactive touchscreen display for schools?

1. **Create your school’s site.** Sign up with a work email and you have a site to build, with editable welcome content already in place.
2. **Choose your look and add stories.** Pick layouts and school colors in the design editor, then add stories by typing, importing a spreadsheet or using Smart Add.
3. **Open it on your screen.** Publish, open the site’s web address in the touchscreen’s browser and go full screen.

## Where should a school touchscreen go?

- **Main lobby.** The first thing visitors see while they sign in.
- **Athletic hallway.** Near the gym, where families gather before games.
- **Library.** Students explore the school’s past between classes.

## Interactive touchscreen questions

### Do you sell the touchscreen?

No. HistoryShowcase is software. It runs in a web browser, so you open your published site full screen on your school’s own touchscreen.

### What do we need to get started?

A work email. Create an account, build your site in the browser, preview it exactly as visitors will see it, and publish when you’re ready.

### Who updates the content?

Anyone you add by email. Team roles include owners, publishers, editors and viewers, and nothing goes live until someone with publishing access publishes.

### Can it match our school colors?

Yes. The design editor sets colors, layouts, motion and atmosphere for the home screen, collections and profiles, with no code.

## Related

- [Touchscreen Kiosk Software for Schools](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/touchscreen-kiosk-software): Run your school’s kiosk in a web browser, with private drafts, publishing control and offline saving.
- [Interactive Digital Signage for Schools](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/interactive-digital-signage): Rotating slides show one thing at a time. Interactive signage lets visitors choose what to explore.
- [Touchscreen Content Ideas for Schools](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/touchscreen-content-ideas): Content ideas for a school touchscreen, from halls of fame to class composites, with examples to start from.
- [Interactive Hall of Fame Kiosk](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/interactive-hall-of-fame-kiosk): Make an unattended kiosk easy for any visitor to walk up to, browse and leave knowing a story.

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