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School-level feature — managed within your school portal at yourschool.deandesk.com.
The Pages module lets you build content pages for your school — public landing pages, program pages, internal staff pages, course material pages, and more. Pages support a visual block editor for non-technical authors and a raw HTML editor for power users.

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Open the page editor

Go to Admin Dashboard → Pages. The list shows every page in your school with its title, slug, status (draft / published), and last-edited date. Click New Page to start a new page, or click any page to edit it.

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Page editor modes

Each page can be edited in one of two modes:
ModeWhen to use it
BlocksVisual editor with text, image, video, embed, and layout blocks. Best for non-technical authors and most pages.
HTMLRaw HTML with optional custom CSS. Use when you need full control over markup or want to paste a hand-crafted design.
You can switch between modes from the editor toolbar. DeanDesk shows a confirmation dialog before switching, since switching from blocks to HTML serializes the blocks (and switching back may lose formatting that doesn’t map cleanly to a block).

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Block editor

The block editor lets you build a page by stacking blocks. Each block is a self-contained unit (text paragraph, image, button, video, etc.) that you can reorder and edit independently.

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Available blocks

BlockWhat it does
TextRich-text paragraph with formatting
HeadingH1–H6 headings
ImageSingle image with alt text and optional caption
VideoEmbed a video by URL
YouTube playlistEmbed an entire YouTube playlist with a built-in player and chapter list
ButtonCall-to-action button linking to a URL
Card groupGrid of cards with title, description, and optional icon
DividerHorizontal rule
SpacerVertical whitespace

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Adding a YouTube playlist

1

Insert the block

In the block editor, add a YouTube Playlist block.
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Paste the playlist URL

Paste a YouTube playlist URL (e.g. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...). DeanDesk fetches the playlist’s videos and shows a preview.
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Save

Save the page. Visitors see an embedded player with the full playlist queued up.
YouTube playlist embeds are also available as course materials — see Courses for adding them inside a course.

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Custom typography

Each page can override fonts on a per-page basis. From the editor, open the Typography panel to:
  • Upload font files (WOFF2, WOFF, TTF, or OTF — 10 MB max each)
  • Pick a heading font and a body font from any fonts available to the page (uploaded on this page or in the school-wide page theme)
Per-page typography overrides the school-wide page theme. Pages with no typography settings inherit the school-wide theme.
Upload commonly-used brand fonts once in the school-wide page theme so every new page picks them up by default. Save per-page fonts for one-off pages like campaigns or microsites.

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HTML editor

When you switch to HTML mode, the editor shows two panels:
  • HTML — your page markup
  • Custom CSS — CSS scoped to this page only (it does not leak into the rest of the portal)
Custom CSS is automatically scoped via a wrapper so your selectors only apply to the rendered page — you don’t need to namespace your selectors yourself.
HTML pages bypass DeanDesk’s accessibility helpers. Test your custom HTML with screen readers and keyboard navigation if accessibility matters for your audience.

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Visibility & publishing

Each page has a status and a viewability setting.
StatusMeaning
DraftSaved but not visible to anyone outside the editor
PublishedLive at the page’s slug
ViewabilityWho can see it
PublicAnyone, including signed-out visitors
MembersAnyone signed in to the school
StudentsUsers with the Student role
TeachersUsers with the Teacher role
AdminsUsers with the Admin role
Use viewability to publish internal-only pages (staff handbooks, admin runbooks) without exposing them to the public.

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Page slugs and URLs

Each page has a slug (e.g. welcome, apply, staff-handbook). Pages are served at: 
https://yourschool.deandesk.com/p/<slug>
Public pages can be linked from your school’s home page, your marketing site, or anywhere else.

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Edit, duplicate, archive

From the page list:
  • Edit — open the page in the editor
  • Duplicate — create a copy as a new draft
  • Archive — remove a page from the live site without deleting it

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Building pages with Admin AI

You can ask the Admin AI to build pages for you (“build a public welcome page with three sections…”). The assistant renders an Inline Page Builder Card showing the proposed blocks; you can edit, reorder, and publish from the chat.