demo · 2 minutes
What an educator notices, on the record and ready as evidence.
Educators see the most, and they rarely have time to write it up. Watch one observation travel from the classroom to the support team, and on to the NCCD evidence for a student’s adjustment, in the real Descant.
In two minutes, you’ll see
- An educator share an observation
- The wellbeing lead review it
- It become NCCD evidence for an adjustment
- No sound needed: every step is captioned
the problem
The people who notice most have the least time to write it down.
What educators notice stays in the corridor
The people who see a student every day are in classrooms all day. What they notice reaches the support team in passing conversations, emails and phone calls, if it arrives at all.
The care team decides on half the picture
When observations sit in inboxes and memories, the team works from what happened to reach them, and a review later finds that everyone had noticed.
Evidence is rebuilt before census
Each student’s adjustments need evidence behind them. Without a record kept as the year happens, it is pieced together from memory in the weeks before census.
One observation, two ways
Today, in most schools
- An educator mentions it in the corridor, or sends an email
- It sits in one person’s inbox or memory
- Nobody can show who saw what, or when
- NCCD evidence is gathered in a rush before census
With Descant
- The educator shares it in the portal in a couple of minutes
- It waits for the support team under Educator contributions
- It lands on the student’s record with their name and the date
- It is connected to the adjustment it supports, as the year happens
What happens in the video
- PART 1
An educator adds a note
Jordan signs in, finds Ava and writes what they saw in their own words. One button sends it to the support team. Jordan sees only their own notes, never the case.
- PART 2
The team reviews it
The observation waits under Educator contributions with Jordan’s name and the date. Priya, the wellbeing lead, reads it and decides what happens to it.
- PART 3
It becomes evidence
Priya uses it as NCCD evidence and connects it to the adjustment on Ava’s annual record, so the evidence is there when it is needed.
People decide; the software organises.
Nothing in the video happens on its own. The educator chooses what to share, and the support team chooses what becomes evidence. Descant never triages, diagnoses or categorises a student.
What it means for your role
Get what educators notice into the case file, attributed and on time.
Read more →NCCD evidence gathered as the adjustments happen, not before census.
Read more →See how support is running, without reading the case notes.
Read more →Share what you notice. The support team takes it from there.
Read more →Questions schools ask
Something we haven't answered? Ask us and a person from the team will reply.
Ask a questionIs that a real school?
No. The school, students and staff in the video are made up. Everything else is the real Descant, filmed as it works.
Why is there no AI in the video?
Because AI is a paid add-on and is off unless your school adds it. Everything in the video works without it: the educator types, and the support team decides. Where a school has the AI add-on, educators can dictate instead of typing, and check the words before they send.
Does a note become NCCD evidence straight away?
Not usually. A note is released as evidence deliberately: nominated by the case lead and approved by the right line manager. The made-up school in the video has no second manager, so it is released at once. Nothing becomes evidence automatically.
What do educators need to get started?
An invitation from your school. They sign in like the rest of the school team: a password (plus two-step verification if your school requires it), or Google/Microsoft. Nothing to install: it works in the browser on a phone or computer.
Can our team try it?
Yes. Ask below for a 14-day demo: a made-up school like yours, with made-up students, so no real student information is needed. We check each request by hand and reply within two school days.
See it with your own made-up school
Tell us a little about your school and we’ll set you up with a 14-day demo school, so your team can try every step in the video.
- A made-up school like yours to explore for 14 days
- We check each request by hand and reply within two school days
- Made-up students only: no real student information needed
Prefer email? Write to [email protected].
(03) 4422 2284: answered any time by Descant's AI receptionist, which keeps a written record of the call. Please don't share student details. Our team replies within two school days.