Online Third Party Services Information

Riva Primary School uses online third-party services to support our education programs and the operational requirements of the school. When selecting the services, we are mindful of our obligation to protect student’s personal information.

This includes the requirement that we:

Identify online third-party services which may hold students’ personal information;
Confirm that a risk assessment has been completed by the Department of Education for each third-party service provided, and that the risk report is available; and
Complete appropriate parent notification and/or consent collection before using an online third-party service with students’ personal information.

The listing of Third-party services which may be used at Riva Primary School in 2025 is an online form where parents / carers give their informed consent for each category of services which may be used. This web page is a supplement to that form, containing the details of all online third-party services which may be used at the school, if applicable a student’s classroom, learning program, year level or need.

NO CONSENT REQUIRED ONLINE THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

The vast majority of services, apps and educational sites used in teaching and learning programs at Riva Primary School have been assessed by the Department of Education as requiring no consent. They are appropriate for use by students as part of the educational program, and do not require, receive or store identifying or personal information.

The listing of “No consent” applications and sites which may be used at Riva Primary School in 2025 includes:

Auslan Dictionary; Blockly Games; Boardmaker Studio; Chatterpix Kids; Dexteria Junior; Draw and Tell HD; Ed Block; Ed Scratch; Go Noodle; Google Earth; Google Translate; Greenscreen (Do Ink); Inquisitive; Languages Online; Mathplayground.com; Microsoft Forms; Microsoft Teams; Minecraft Education; Nitrotype; Osmo Masterpiece, Newton, Numbers, Tangram and Words; Pevan and Sarah; Phonics Play; Pip and Tim Decodables; Popplet; Puppet Pals HD; QR Laps, Library, Stopwatch & Counter; RIDBC Auslan Tutor; Scratch Junior; Top Marks; TouchChat; Vooks.com; WebEx.

NOTIFICATION ONLY APPS & WEBSITES

“Notification only” Apps and Websites refers to third-party services which have been assessed as having data storage located within Australia, educationally sound as part of teaching and learning programs and requires limited student details in creating or maintaining accounts.

The Notification Apps and Websites are listed below. Consent is not required for the Apps and Websites in this category, however, should you have any questions or concerns, or to see the full risk assessments and detail for each service, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Accessit Library

Data Location: Onshore (Inside Australia).

Purpose: Library Management System.

Information Requested: Student name, student home address, student email, student gender, school name, student telephone number, student date of birth, parent name.

Website: https://accessitlibrary.com/

iDoceo

Data Location: Within Australia

Purpose: Online marks book for planning, teaching and assessment

Information Requested: Student home address, Student email, Student work/content, Student behaviour records, Student grades or performance data, Parent contact information, Student name, Student telephone number, Student date of birth, Student attendance records, Student photos or videos, Student other data, Parent name

Website: https://www.idoceo.net/index.php/en/

PlayEd

Data Location: Within Australia

Purpose: A digital platform for the creation and use of educational content in game format

Information Requested: Staff/teacher name, Student grades or performance data, Staff/teacher email, Student name

Website: https://played.com.au/

ProCreate

Data Location: Within Australia

Purpose: A digital illustration application which may be used in Visual Arts classes.

Information Requested: Student work / content, Student photos or videos

Website: https://procreate.art/

https://procreate.art/terms-conditions

CONSENT REQUIRED

The final category of online third-party services which may be used at Riva Primary School are those which require parent/carer informed consent. These services have been assessed as being suitable for the educational and management needs of the school.

The risk ratings and descriptions for each of these services is below. Please note that the full list of potential information which may be shared with the services is listed, however, the school will always endeavour to use the minimum required to achieve our goals, and, wherever possible, avoid the use altogether of student information to these services through using generic account names.

For this category of online third-party services, consent is required, which can be given as a bundled consent to all in the list, to consent for none of the items on the list, or to contact the school to give specific and individual consent for one or more of the items on the list.

Apple School Manager & related services Data

Location: Offshore (outside Australia).

Purpose: Apple School Manager is the web-based portal used as Riva to manage and deploy our iPad devices, providing students and staff access to various Apple services, apps and books. Related services include iOS applications by Apple including Garageband, iMovie, KeyNote, Pages and Numbers.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student images, student academic testing, student grades/performance data, student geolocation data, other student data, student email, student username, student gender, student class details, school name.

Website: https://school.apple.com/

Blooket LLC

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: Educational review website which allows educators to create review question sets. The educator uses Blooket’s game modes to engage students.

Information provided: Student attendance, grades or performance data.

Website: https://www.blooket.com/

Book Creator

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: This service allows users to create and collaborate on digital books by combining audio, visual and text elements.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student work/content, class details, school name, student email, student photos or videos, student username.

Website: https://bookcreator.com/

Canva for Education

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: A design platform for creating graphics, presentations, posters and other visual content with a library of images, fonts, templates and illustrations.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student work/content, student email, student photos or videos, school name.

Website: https://www.canva.com/education/

Code.org

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: Computer science coursework for Prep to Year 12 students. Languages include visual programming, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and others.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student age, student work/content, student gender, student responses, student email, student photos, audio or videos, student username.

Website: https://code.org/

Kahoot!

Data Location: Offshore (outside Australia).

Purpose: Game based learning platform.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student work/content, class details, student email, school name, student geolocation data.

Website: https://kahoot.com/

LAMP Words For Life

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: Structured to enable early success and allow the client’s vocabulary and communication skills to grow.

Information Disclosed: N/A

Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lamp-words-for-life/id551215116

Literacy Planet

Data Location: Onshore (within Australia).

Purpose: Online literacy application with assessment, diagnostic and reporting capabilities which allows teachers to assign curriculum-aligned interactive games and activities based on students’ needs.

Information Disclosed: Student name, Student year level, Student country, Student responses.

Website: https://www.literacyplanet.com/

Midland Photographers

Data Location: Offshore (outside Australia).

Purpose: School photography.

Information Disclosed: Student name, parent contact information, parent financial data, student photos or videos, parent name, school name.

Website: http://midlandphotos.com.au/

Padlet

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: An online collaboration tool used to share resources online between educators and students.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student work/content, parent contact information, student email, student photos or videos, student username, school name.

Website: https://padlet.com/

ReadTheory

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: ReadTheory is an educational platform that contains online reading comprehension and writing activities.

Information Disclosed: student name, student work/content, Class details, Student email, Student username, School name.

Website: https://readtheory.org/

School Interviews

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: Online parent-teacher interview, excursion and other event bookings platform for schools.

Information Disclosed: student name, class details, parent email, student email, school name.

Website: https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/

Seesaw

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: A digital portfolio that enables students to create, reflect on, and share their learning process.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student work/content, student grades or performance data, class details, student email, student photos or videos, parent contact details, school name.

Website: https://web.seesaw.me/

Studyladder

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: Online education platform for primary aged students.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student year level, student class name, student username, student responses, school name.

Website: https://www.studyladder.com.au/

Teach your Monster to Read

Data Location: Offshore (Outside Australia).

Purpose: Ground-breaking game that makes learning to read fun.

Information Disclosed: Student name, student grade or performance data, parent name, school name, parent contact information.

Website: https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Wonder Workshop