School Districts

Schools are next to tap AI and chatbots to improve engagement

May 24, 2018 at 12:40 pm

“Hey, Siri, what’s on the school lunch menu today?” “Alexa, please pay Isabelle’s student fees from my Paypal account.” Chat window: Welcome to Mapledale Elementary. How can we help you today? “Hey, Watson, when is Tyler’s science project due?” How long do you think it

New program helps schools recover lost E-rate funds for websites

May 21, 2018 at 10:05 am

In an effort to help schools recoup federal funding that was formerly available to pay for school website hosting, Campus Suite has announced the E-Web Recovery Program.™ School districts which formerly received payments for up to 90 percent of their web services can now apply for discounts at the

New Google security requirements for school websites coming soon

April 25, 2018 at 5:05 pm

Google and its popular web browser Chrome are on a mission to make the web safer for everyone – and by everyone, that means schools too. It’s been brewing for a few years now, but if you don’t have an ‘s’ after the ‘http’ in your school website URL, you may want to read on about the ne

7 fatal mistakes of school website design

April 25, 2018 at 12:14 pm

If you’re in charge of your school website, or on the team that manages it, there’s a good chance you get an earful of suggestions on how to improve it. Most often, the complaints you get have to do with stale content or parents not being able to find what they’re looking for. We get a vant

Facebook privacy abuse raises school privacy issues

April 16, 2018 at 2:19 pm

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent 2-day hearing before congressional committees serves as a reminder to school administrators that students’ privacy also needs assurances of protection. School privacy issues need your attention as data about them, you, me – everyone – is with

How to respond to a school website accessibility complaint from OCR

April 3, 2018 at 12:34 pm

You’re busy updating your school’s homepage with some fresh images when your superintendent hands you a letter from the Department of Education Office. It's a school website accessibility complaint from OCR – the Office for Civil Rights. This official notification claims that your school w

3 ways school website approval workflows can improve communications

March 23, 2018 at 3:13 pm

Look around your school and you’ll find many people who could be valuable contributors to your website. It could be that school secretary with a flair for writing; a teacher with a cool class website of her own; or an athletics director who wants more timely game recaps. Problem is, many schools h

Do private schools need accessible websites?

February 7, 2018 at 6:07 pm

“We’re a private school. Does our website need to be accessible and ADA-compliant?” This is a question we often get as there's still a great deal of buzz around school website accessibility. Public schools are required to adhere to section 508 because federal and/or state funding support re

AODA helps steer school website accessibility in Canada

January 18, 2018 at 9:12 am

There is no letting up on the pressure on school districts across America to comply with accessibility laws for school websites. But what about our neighbors to the north? Are Canada’s schools facing the same challenges schools in the U.S. are encountering to make and keep their websites accessibl