SchoolMessenger

SchoolMessenger is the fully hosted, software as a service (SaaS) notification platform used by the nation’s leading school systems to connect with parents, students and staff through voice, SMS text, email and social media.

Whether you use a notification service already, or are just getting started, compare SchoolMessenger side-by-side to any other service in the industry. There is a reason why SchoolMessenger consistently outscores all other providers in rigorous evaluations in the nation’s most demanding districts.

Below are some highlights:

• Automation and integration with over 130 data sources. Contact lists update as changes are made in the student information system.
• Instant translation to more than 50 languages. Includes an innovative quality assurance feature to help avoid common pitfalls of online translation tools.
• Facebook, Twitter posting. Reach the broader community by easily posting to social media sites.
• Interactive features including full-featured Survey module. Ask an unlimited number of questions through phone and web. Capture voice responses.
• Classroom Messaging to empower teachers to communicate about student-specific issues. Includes hundreds of professionally translated comments in 25 languages.
• Parent access through web and phone. Allow parents to update how and when they are contacted. Optionally feed changes back into the source SIS. Provide easy message playback for parents.
• Ease of use. The interface has a contemporary “web 2.0” look and feel that is easy for staff to learn and use.
• Powerful reporting. Select from dozens of standard reports or build your own. Save and schedule reports to automate processes such as “bad number” clean up. Monitor system activity in real time.
• Flexible management tools to streamline deployment and support, even for districts with hundreds of schools and thousands of users. Authenticate against LDAP aware data sources. Securely publish list definitions and messages between users.
• Complex scenario handling. Control how messages are delivered based on type of notification (e.g. early morning closure versus afternoon dismissal). Set district-wide defaults and even configure individual rules to handle student-specific scenarios.

Hundreds of additional features are included. Request a specification sheet for complete details.

And note that while some capabilities may appear similar on paper, they can vary widely based on how each vendor has implemented them and the degree to which they are proven in the field.