--- title: "Add your own activity tiles" description: "Give the activity logger tiles for the things your program actually does, with your own name and icon, and hide the built-in tiles you never use." type: guide updated: 2026-10-20 canonical_url: https://help.nestlicare.com/owners/settings/add-your-own-activity-tiles roles: ["super_admin", "center_admin"] platforms: [web, ios, android] --- The activity logger comes with a fixed set of tiles (Nap, Diaper, Bottle, Art, Outdoor, and so on). If your program does something the list doesn't name, such as Music and Movement, Sensory Bin, or Spanish Circle, you can add a tile for it with its own name and icon. Teachers pick it like any other tile, and parents see the icon and the name in the feed. NestliCare has its own set of icons for this: a music note, alphabet blocks, a teddy bear, bubbles, a slide, a duckling, a globe, and dozens more, in the same style as the built-in tiles. If none of them fits, you can still use any emoji instead. Any staff member can save a tile from the logger while they are logging. Everyone sees the result everywhere they log: the web logger, the app, and the room tablet. Who manages the list: - **Owners** manage everything on the web under **Settings → Operations → Activity tiles**, or in the app under **Admin → Activity tiles**. - **Center admins** can add, rename, reorder and remove tiles in the app, under **Admin → Activity tiles**. They don't see the Operations tab on the web. - **Hiding built-in tiles** is for the owner only. ## Save a tile while logging (any staff) 1. In the logger (web, app, or room tablet), tap the star **Activity** tile. 2. Type the name in **Activity name**, for example **Music and Movement**. 3. Tap **Save "Music and Movement" as a tile**, pick an icon, and tap **Save tile**. The new tile is selected for the entry you are logging and appears in the grid for everyone at your center from then on. If a tile with that name already exists, the shortcut does not appear; the entry simply uses the existing tile. ## Add a tile from Settings On the web dashboard (owners): 1. Open **Settings** in the sidebar. 2. Open the **Operations** tab. 3. Find the **Activity tiles** card and click **Add a tile**. 4. Pick an icon from the grid. Hover over an icon to see its name. If none fits, use any emoji instead: pick one from the row under the icons, or type one into the small box (on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space to open the emoji picker; on Windows, press the Windows key + period). When the emoji matches one of the icons, for example 🎵 and the music note, the tile uses the icon. 5. Type the tile name, up to 40 characters, for example **Music and Movement**. 6. Click **Add tile**. In the app (owners and center admins): open the **Admin** tab, then **Activity tiles** under **Organization**, and tap **Add a tile**. Type the name, pick an icon, and tap **Save**. The tile appears in the logger's main grid right after the built-in tiles. Teachers on the web see it the next time they open the logger; the apps pick it up the next time they open. ## Rename a tile or change its icon 1. In the **Activity tiles** card, click the pencil next to the tile. 2. Change the name, or pick a different icon (or emoji) below it. 3. Click the check mark to save. Entries already logged from the tile take the new icon right away, since the feed reads the tile, not a copy. The name on older entries stays as it was when they were logged. ## Reorder tiles Use the up and down arrows next to each tile. The order here is the order teachers see in the logger. ## Remove a tile Click the trash icon next to the tile and confirm. - If nobody has logged from the tile yet, it is deleted. - If entries exist, the tile is moved to **Removed tiles** at the bottom of the card. Those entries keep their icon in the feed, and you can click the tile there to restore it to the logger. ## Hide built-in tiles (owners) If your program never logs, say, Tummy Time or Speech therapy, you can take those tiles out of the logger: 1. In the **Activity tiles** card, click **Choose** next to **Built-in tiles**. 2. Click a tile to hide it (it shows crossed out). Click again to show it. 3. Click **Done** when you are finished. Hiding a tile only removes it from the pickers. Anything already logged with that type still shows in the feed and in reports. ## How a custom tile shows up - **Web logger, app, and room tablet:** the tile appears in the main grid with its icon and name. - **Parent feed:** the entry shows the tile's icon and name as the title, plus any note and photos the teacher added. - **Daily activities page:** you can filter by a custom tile the same way you filter by a built-in type. - **Older app versions:** an app older than version 8.1 shows the tile's emoji in place of the icon (every icon has a matching emoji, so the tile still looks right). Very old versions show the star Activity emoji with the tile's name. Nothing is lost; the icon appears once the app updates. ## Frequently asked **Can I change the icon or name of a built-in tile like Nap or Art?** Not yet. Today you can hide built-in tiles and add your own. If you want a different name or icon for something the built-in list covers, hide the built-in tile and add your own with the name and icon you prefer. **I made my tiles before the icons existed. Do I need to redo them?** No. When the icons arrived, every tile whose emoji matched one of them switched to that icon automatically. A tile whose emoji has no matching icon keeps its emoji; you can pick an icon for it any time with the pencil. **Can teachers add tiles?** Yes, from the logger: type a name into the star Activity tile and tap **Save "…" as a tile**. Renaming, reordering and removing tiles are for owners and center admins. Hiding built-in tiles is for the owner. That keeps the list tidy. **Is there a limit?** Up to 30 custom tiles per organization, and each name is limited to 40 characters.