A few words come up again and again in Screenly. Here is what each one means, and where two of them are easy to mix up, we say so.
The essentials
Screenly
Us, and the thing you sign in to. Screenly is where you decide what your screens show.
Dashboard
Where you do the work. Open a browser, sign in, and everything is there.
ScreenlyOS
Our own software for the device itself. It does one thing, runs your screen, and we look after it.
Screenly Anywhere
Screenly as an app, for a device that already has software of its own. Your smart display or streaming stick becomes a screen.
Screenly Player
Our own signage hardware, which ships with ScreenlyOS installed. Player Max is the higher-performance model.
App Store
Where you find apps to put on your screens, from clocks and calendars to live dashboards.
What is on the wall
Screen
A display under Screenly’s management, and the unit you work with in the dashboard.
Device
The hardware running the Screenly software. Sometimes a separate device connected to the display, sometimes the display’s own built-in computer.
Pairing code
The code a device shows on first boot, which you enter in the dashboard to connect it. Sometimes called a PIN.
In sync
The screen has downloaded everything assigned to it. Online but out of sync means it is still catching up.
What plays, and when
Content
Whatever you want people to see. An image, a video, a PDF, a web page, an app, a live stream.
Playlist
The ordered, looping rotation a screen plays, with a duration per item.
Schedule
When a playlist is allowed to play. It lives inside the playlist rather than as a separate object.
Label
A tag you put on both screens and playlists to connect the two. A playlist labeled “Warehouse” plays on every screen labelled “Warehouse”.
App
Content that pulls live data and re-renders on its own, such as a dashboard or a calendar.
Privacy Mode
A per-device setting that turns off remote screenshots, for screens showing something sensitive.
People and plans
Account
Your personal login. One account can belong to several workspaces.
Workspace
Your team’s space in Screenly. Your screens, your content, and the people you work with all live in one.
Account and workspace are the easiest pair to mix up. Signing in is an account concern. Everything you then do is a workspace concern.
Role
What a member can do in a workspace. Screenly has four: Owner, Admin, Billing Manager, and User.
License
What lets one screen play content. Your plan includes a pool, and each connected screen takes one.
Linked workspaces
Separate workspaces sharing billing and a license pool while staying operationally independent.