Introduction
In the past, school districts typically signed up for separate vendors for:
- Website
- Mass Notification (Automated Phone Calls, SMS Text, Email)
- Mobile App
- Indoor Digital Signage
Today, vendors like Appazur Solutions offer unified school-to-home communications. Now a single staff member can create a message once and send it out via all of the above channels as well as social media (e.g. Facebook/Instagram)!
What is unique about Appazur school to home communications?
- Our Custom School Apps, refined based on over 10 years of experience working with school districts like yours.
- Only Appazur supports push notifications even for classes, sports teams, and two-way chat, not just messages to the whole school or district.
- We specialize in supporting the needs of individual school administrators while meeting the requirements of school district IT teams.
- Only with Appazur can your messages also appear automatically on fully-integrated indoor Digital Signage.
- Exceptional customer support from our North America-based team.
Custom School/District Mobile App (iOS/Android)
Customized & Branded
School branding drives an exceptionally high level of app installs, ensuring that parents and students can be reached reliably and immediately in both routine and emergency situations.
Parent & Student Engagement
Parents and students like having control of what updates they receive and choosing to receive them in the way they find most convenient, and they .
Students and parents will like the branded app that makes them feel connected to their school community, and has all the up-to-date information they need readily accessible on their iOS or Android device. Engaging app push notifications will ensure that important messages get read sooner and by more people. It’s an inclusive solution, with SMS text messaging and emails for users without smartphones, and built-in Google Translate.
Easy for Staff
Deployment is easy because staff can continue to work as they do today; your app can integrate with all your existing online content such as website and social media posts.
District-wide Communications
Your district can have either of the following, or a combination, to meet your unique needs:
- A District app that includes all of your schools.
- A unique app designed for the needs of each school principal, with a District Dashboard for district-wide communication.
Additional App Features & Options
- Unified Calendar, so each user sees a calendar view that is unique to their school(s) and groups of interest.
- Bell/Block/Class Schedules to help students get to the right class at the right time, for any complexity of block and day rotations.
- Chat (2-Way Communication) so you don’t need a separate app like Remind Chat or Remind Hub, including advanced features that your district will appreciate.
- HallTrak Hall Pass
- Classroom Communications.
- Appazur Forms.
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Staff Messaging.
Mass Notification
Appazur Mass Notification integrates with your Student Information System (SIS), so you can send mobile app push notifications, email, SMS Text, and automated phone calls (recorded voice or text-to-speech) messages to your family contacts. Messages can also be posted to your website and social media automatically.
Student Absence / Lunch Balance / PDF Distribution
In addition to sending regular Messages, Appazur Mass Notification also supports:
- Parent Notification of Student Absence
- Lunch Balance
- PDF Distribution, e.g. Report Cards, Student Schedule
Student Information Systems (SIS)
Appazur Mass Notification works with most Student Information Systems, including:
- Aeries, Aspen/MyEducationBC, Edsembli, Infinite Campus, MySchoolManager, PowerSchool, Skyward, and Synergy.
Both automated SFTP and manual uploads are supported.
Automated Phone Calls
- Make calls with your recorded voice, or the highest quality Amazon Polly text-to-speech.
- Your school phone number is the Caller ID, so parents will recognize your calls.
- Pricing options include unlimited district-wide and student absence calls.
SMS Text Messages
- In the USA, Appazur is a registered A2P 10DLC K-12 SMS sender, and texts can be sent from a familiar local area code of your choice.
- Pricing options include unlimited district-wide and student absence messages.
School District Websites
Appazur partners with leading web designers who specialize in school district sites, as part of our integrated solution. Reduce your admin overhead; you’ll no longer need to update your news, calendar, and staff directory in more than one place. Contact us for a quote including web design and hosting, mobile app, and mass notification, or for a referral to a web designer serving school districts like yours.
Case Studies
Appazur is used by school districts like these.
More Testimonials and Case Studies
North Valley Military Institute
This innovative charter school in the Los Angeles School District (LASD) adopted a custom Appazur school mobile app to simplify and centralize, rather than using separate apps for communications, hall pass, etc. Would they recommend Appazur? “Absolutely. What you guys did was incredible.” - Dr Mark Ryan, former superintendent, North Valley Military Institute.
Surrey Schools
Surrey Schools, in Surrey, BC, is one of Canada's largest and fastest-growing public school districts, with 82,000 students. High schools use Appazur school-branded apps for school announcements as well as HallTrak, personalized class schedules, block/day rotation, calendar, and clubs/athletics. Appazur is also the district's exclusive Digital Signage CMS provider. “Working with Appazur has been an absolute pleasure — professional service with a touch of humour, great clarity, timely and prompt IT response. For students and parents, especially for those with school schedules that are complex and require flexibility, the Appazur app is a gem. Set up is simple; students use this daily.” - Ed Chow and Cynthia Weldon, Vice-Principals, Johnston Heights Secondary School
West Meadow School
“Appazur has been an essential partner in our school communication strategy. The function and flexibility of our school app is amazing. The staff appreciate how simple it is to use, while our parents love the fact that the communication comes directly to their phones. No chasing it down on websites and email. By far, it is the most effective communication tool we have ever used!” - Sean Latta, Principal, West Meadow School, Claresholm, Alberta
Google for Education
Appazur is a great fit for school districts that use Google for Education. Integrations include:
- Google Workspace Single Sign On (SSO): Allows staff and/or students to sign in using their usual district credentials instead of having to set a password. Student accounts may be automatically provisioned as they sign in.
- Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Forms, YouTube.
- Advanced Reporting, for Appazur Forms and HallTrak, that you can extend and customize using using Google Sheet’s Pivot Tables and Charts.
- Custom School App for Android and Chromebooks.
- HallTrak Hall Pass for Chromebooks.
- Digital Signage Apps for Chromebox/ChromeOS and Android.
Microsoft 365
Appazur is a great fit for school districts that use Microsoft 365 for Education, Microsoft Entra (Azure AD), and Microsoft Teams. We’re a member of the Microsoft Partner Network. Integrations include:
- Microsoft Entra Single Sign On (SSO): Allows staff and/or students to sign in using their usual district credentials instead of having to set a password. Student accounts may be automatically provisioned as they sign in.
- Outlook Calendar.
- Microsoft Forms.
- HallTrak Hall Pass runs in Edge on your Windows laptops.
Pricing
Pricing scales based on school or school district size, from 100 to 100,000 students.
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Free Trial
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Privacy
Appazur Solutions Inc. is a signatory to the Student Privacy Pledge.
🇨🇦 Data Stored In Canada
In support of our customers’ compliance with Canadian laws, including provincial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA), the federal Privacy Act, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Appazur Solutions Inc. hosts all customer data on servers that are physically located within Canada.