The first step to creating a digital signage system is determining how many displays you will need. For example, if you’re designing a digital signage system for an elementary school you may need a display for the following locations:
- Main Entrance
- Faculty / Front Office
- Cafeteria
- Gymnasium
- Main Hallway
For each display that’s going to be installed, one media player will be required.
Digital signage media players come in many options:
- Rise Vision
- Chrome OS
- Fire Stick and TV
- Linux
- Microsoft Windows
- Raspberry Pi
- Android
- Airtame
- Zoom Rooms
- ScreenBeam
- Mersive
- Vivi
- And more!
Generally speaking, the technology your organization is the most comfortable with should be the technology used for your digital signage system. This will avoid time being spent on learning how to use new operating systems. It can also save money being spent on outside contractors for help.
Before you purchase any digital signage hardware, you’ll want to measure the walls and spaces where the displays will go. It’s a good idea to get to know your space limitations, distances between the ceiling and floor, and where you’d like to center your displays on walls. It will also help mitigate instances where haphazardly installing displays would end up being a poor experience for your audience.
Another important design note is that you should be aware of the weight of your display and hardware. Your IT department or professional installation company will need to know the weight of your displays, media player, and support hardware so they can install your signage without it ripping out of the wall.
A common mistake is that schools and organizations will use cheaply made digital signage equipment that can't reliably play content for extended periods of time. Commercial digital signage products and well-manufactured consumer devices like Fire Sticks are designed to operate for years.
Beware of used products.
There is a used market for digital signage displays and media players. It’s important to remember that these products may have been running for weeks on end and have burned through a good amount of their product lifespan. Additionally, newer displays required more advanced media players to produce crystal clear signage. It’s rarely a good idea to buy used or outdated digital signage equipment.
“Compared to many other digital signage platforms on the market, Rise Vision was an easy choice for us to make due to the cloud-based architecture, flexibility in being able to deploy on Windows, Linux, or Raspberry Pi, and a very low cost per display.”
To easily create a social media wall, you’ll need to first pick a template from our website or from this page and then sign up for a free Rise Vision trial account.
After picking a template and then creating a Rise Vision trial account, it's time to activate your display.
To share Rise Vision to digital signage you need a digital signage display or TV and a digital signage media player if it isn't built into the TV.
Remember to continue communicating better by subscribing to our free weekly template recommendations and be sure to attend one of our free weekly training sessions. Also, we’re standing by if there’s any problem, feel free to contact us anytime.
“We have used Rise Vision for over 5 years, running on Chromeboxes and large TV monitors. It has greatly improved our communication with our students on a daily basis. It has also allowed us to provide a great first impression to our visitors, and provide them with helpful information about special events taking place in our school building.”
