Cloud-Based Services Ease User Onboarding and Offboarding
EdTech Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2017
By Karen Scarfone Learn about services to automate and expedite user management that also address IT operational and security challenges.
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All Systems Go – How We Went to Distance Learning without Missing a Day
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 21, 2020
You’ll learn the tips for onboarding, orienting, and teacher professional development that can help you as you also do this for your school. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.
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3 keys to supporting students during a mental health crisis
eSchool News
MAY 20, 2022
However, when schools eliminate barriers to access support, streamline onboarding to maximize resources, and increase collaboration across support systems, they can most effectively help students achieve holistic wellness. Eliminate barriers to support services. Asking for help is hard.
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Data Privacy Checklist for Startups: Things to Consider
EdTech4Beginners
AUGUST 6, 2022
When they implement data privacy regulations in their products and services, they will be better prepared for any legislative changes and mandates in the future. Most buyers engage in various research methods for a product/service due to the fear of a data breach. Invest in staff training for data security awareness.
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The IT solutions you need to succeed this year
eSchool News
JANUARY 5, 2024
IT 101: Self-service procedures and remote support No matter the size of an educational institution, IT departments are typically stretched thin while also working with a limited budget. In fact, “the educational services industry [recently experienced] a dramatic increase in ransomware attacks , accounting for over 30 percent of breaches.”
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K–12 Schools Overlook a Few Common Cyberthreats
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2019
School leaders must ensure that cybersecurity remains a key part of technology onboarding and training for all students and staff. Keep everyone up to date to continue building awareness about potential threats. . Training should also provide students and staff with best practices related to password management. by Eric Kellenberger.
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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2019
Working with cable and wireless ISPs, the nonprofit organization EveryoneOn is sponsoring Connect2Compete , a program to furnish affordable internet service — typically priced between $10 to $20 per month — to qualifying low-income households containing K–12 students. .
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How to ensure clear communication with your paraprofessionals
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Often, this coaching of adults it not included within the scope of pre-service training for teachers. Due to the often-last-minute nature of paraprofessional hiring, they often do not get all the necessary training when onboarded.
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Onboarding: Systems, Communications & Dashboards
Hansen's Link to Tech
JUNE 13, 2022
When onboarding staff, it is essential to have a dynamic and linear strategy to not only document but communicate with your new employees providing mutual clarity amongst your new employee(s) and organizational team. This week I’m sharing a process I believe is successful when onboarding staff from the Technology Services lens.
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What is Zero-Touch Enrollment for Chromebooks?
Vizor
APRIL 7, 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you struggling to onboard hundreds or thousands of Chromebook devices? Zero-Touch Enrollment is a solution for large Chromebook fleet deployments where hundreds or thousands of devices are purchased and onboarded at a time. HP, Acer and Lenovo all provide the service globally.
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Ensure Your District is Data Ready with this Free Playbook
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Visit Digital Promise’s new Data Ready Playbook to learn more about data interoperability, build your team’s skills, and modernize your technology infrastructure in service of your students, staff, and community. Data Governance Data Governance is the first of three domains addressed in the Playbook. Are you ready to get started?
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Coronavirus online learning solutions center
eSchool News
APRIL 6, 2020
FuelEd is available to help you get your students up and running quickly with our complimentary services and access to some of their best online learning tools. with our curriculum, technology, and services complimentary for at least 30 days: Virtual Learning Platform. Onboarding. Your students learning virtually.
Frontline Education Releases Year-to-Date Administration Software Innovation Summary
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The technology needs of K-12 school leaders are at the core of our software and services strategy, which inspires us to always embrace an innovation-first mindset,” said Kevin Haugh, Chief Product Officer of Frontline. “As Frontline Recruiting and Hiring was significantly enhanced to streamline the process of hiring and onboarding.
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52 How to Use Metaverse: Awesome Augmented Reality and New Features
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Onboarding and Cascading Information Theory I also teach the concept of onboarding , which means what happens as you bring a new user into an app. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.
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Pikmykid Achieves Success With Positive Reviews and Excellent Ranking
eSchool News
APRIL 29, 2022
The intent of NPS is to measure the willingness of customers to recommend a company’s products or services to others. It is used as a proxy for gauging the customer’s overall satisfaction with a company’s product or service and the customer’s loyalty to the brand.
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Top 5 Plagiarism Checkers for Students and Teachers in 2023
PlagiarismCheck
APRIL 24, 2023
With the progress of AI and ChatGPT and assignment writing services, it’s become even more difficult to correctly detect conscientious students’ papers and similarities in the texts. Additionally, the platform can integrate with other content management systems and cloud storage services to provide easy access.
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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Across its products and services, Discovery says it reaches about 4.5 When it comes to prospective deals, “there are two things we’re looking for: onboard leading products, and add important capabilities,” says Nanney. million teachers and 45 million students across over 140 countries and territories.
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The 12-week plan for building courses
Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
DECEMBER 9, 2022
I sent a quick tweet about a rule I have for building courses which I'll call the 12-week plan: One of the best decisions I've ever made as a prof is to start building my classes to start with 1 week of onboarding followed by just 12 weeks of content. Last 2 weeks are just catchup and reassessment.
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Free Digital Enrichment Kits for Librarians and Educators
eSchool News
APRIL 24, 2020
Kits will be available upon request through the Wizards of the Coast customer service request portal to organizers over the age of 18 who are employed by or official volunteers at enrichment organizations, such as a schools, libraries, community centers, and scout troops, and represent the organization’s gaming programming.
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Navigating DRM Protected eBooks: A Comprehensive Guide
Kitaboo on EdTech
APRIL 24, 2024
Cloud services like Google Drive, iCloud, or Dropbox can be utilized for monthly or weekly automated backups. They can help users manage licenses and books, whereas they can help distributors onboard customers and analyze usage. To ensure uninterrupted access, users must regularly back up their content.
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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company
Edsurge
MAY 18, 2019
Once we were ready to hire the candidate, we contacted references and used online services like Accufax for criminal background checks. Our onboarding included a walkthrough of our mission, vision, strategy and tactics. While this onboarding was intended mainly for sales and customer support staff, we gave it to all new employees.
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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators
Edsurge
MAY 26, 2019
The most effective educational tools and services are ones developed and informed by those with firsthand experience in schools. In order to equip your new hires with the industry knowledge that comes with working in education, consider creating a special onboarding for those folks once they join your team.
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This Nonprofit Was Ready to Sunset. Now It’s Back — With a New Mission for Student Internet Access.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
More than 6 million people have used the Emergency Broadband Benefit, which provides a monthly $50 discount for any internet service provider. But it’s going to take more than awareness to get people onboard. That sounds like a lot of participants, Marwell says, until you compare it to the 37 million people who are eligible.
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Why Student Voice is Critical for Managing Discipline When Schools Reopen
MindShift
AUGUST 3, 2020
When he moved up to the lead principal role, he implemented a system called “ push-in ” services, in which support staff come to classrooms to de-escalate and resolve problems, rather than yanking students out. The introduction of push-in services has transformed the learning environment and led to a big drop in disciplinary actions.
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Breaking Barriers to a Foundational Early Childhood Education
Edsurge
DECEMBER 6, 2023
She became passionate about this subject after delving into research on children's development and realizing the underinvestment and lack of services in this area. Mahajan shares, “Rocket Learning’s mission is to make quality education and learning accessible to every child from the earliest stage possible.
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COVID-19’s Long-Term Impacts on Education in 2020 and Beyond
Edsurge
MARCH 23, 2020
“Even if [companies] can make the hires, will those students be able to travel, and what kind of onboarding will be provided to new employees? It’s often said that education is “countercyclical” to the market, meaning that demands for educational services increase in times of economic downturn. Mark Warner (D-Va.),
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Top 5 Plagiarism Checkers for Students and Teachers in 2023
PlagiarismCheck
APRIL 24, 2023
With the progress of AI and ChatGPT and assignment writing services, it’s become even more difficult to correctly detect conscientious students’ papers and similarities in the texts. Additionally, the platform can integrate with other content management systems and cloud storage services to provide easy access.
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How One Community Utilizes Data Sharing to Empower their Workers
Digital Promise
DECEMBER 13, 2018
The major industries in the region are accommodation, hospitality, and food services. Similarly, interviews with ADVANCE staff and other local providers made it clear that there was a large population whose needs were not being met by the complicated web of social services available in the area.
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The 4 Issues AltSchool Needs to Figure Out to Scale Its ‘Personalized Learning’ Platform
Edsurge
APRIL 24, 2017
Partners then underwent a year of intensive onboarding before the platform was implemented at school sites. Barber expects the onboarding process will be significantly pared down, though the final model remains undetermined. This is much more R&D than a scalable, long-term plan,” Barber says of current onboarding. “It
Seniors Need Support More Than Ever. One Startup Shows They Can Also Provide It.
Edsurge
MARCH 31, 2020
Getsetup also charges companies that build or resell tools, such as Copper CRM, Healthcare.com, Ripple Health and Zendesk, to onboard their customers. Like many other education technology providers, D’Souza offered free services in the form of group classes on topics that have become most pressing for his audience.
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Mentor Collective Raises $3 Million to Connect College Students and Advisers
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
To date, Mentor Collective has onboarded over 10,000 peer and alumni mentors. The company is interested in expanding service to community colleges and partnering with employers to diversify employees. “A million different solutions can impact retention, but mentoring is the best solution,” says Boyar, 29. Courtesy of Mentor Collective.
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Localized Raises $1.2M to Bridge Alumni and Career Networks Across the Globe
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
and especially in emerging markets, higher-ed institutions often lack the infrastructure or culture of alumni communities and career services, according to Avni. Funding from the seed round will support the company’s efforts to bring companies onboard who will pay to access Localized’s network of students. But outside the U.S.,
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National Readiness Report: A Look at COVID-19’s Impact on Learner Readiness and How Institutions Can Improve Student Success
eSchool News
JUNE 8, 2022
In response to declining learner attributes, schools need to provide strong services such as admissions coaching, academic advising, and mental health services to support learners. This training should appear in orientation courses and new student onboarding programs. To download your own copy of the report here.
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School Is Hard for Mobile Students. These Districts Want to Help.
Edsurge
JUNE 22, 2021
Home to more affordable neighborhoods and resettlement services for migrant communities, Chelsea also became a kind of jumping off point, says Davis. In some ways, the Five District Partnership had an easier onboarding than what districts might experience if they try to replicate the program today.
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Edtech startup HEI Schools raises €2 million in series A funding to bring Finland´s renowned early education model worldwide
eSchool News
APRIL 16, 2021
The market of early childhood education is developing fast towards a more professional approach: from offering babysitting services to actual early learning. More than 40 schools are subscribing the digital curriculum model and over 200 teachers from 30 different countries are onboarded at the teacher certificate program.
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New U Venture Partners Gets a New Partner, Name and Investment Scope
Edsurge
DECEMBER 7, 2020
So far it has made eight investments, mostly in adult and workforce training programs such as coding bootcamp Kenzie Academy and APDS, which provides educational services for incarcerated learners. Her coming onboard brings the missing piece of the puzzle with her expertise in K-12 and early childhood,” says Bennin.
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Backed by ECMC Group, Dell Foundation and Others, New Apprenticeship Closes $2.5M Seed Funding to Solve Entry Level Tech and Diversity Hiring Gaps
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
This maximizes return on talent investments through ownership and control of talent pipelines, ensuring faster onboarding, improved performance, higher retention, and overall lower cost of talent. Certifications range from digital marketing, data analytics, IT service management, cyber security, web development, etc.
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COVID-19 Is Costing Visually Impaired Students Time That Can’t Be Made Up
Edsurge
DECEMBER 18, 2020
The family lives in rural Wyoming, and 10-year-old son Jack, who has optic nerve hypoplasia, has used remote services throughout his life. Everybody has to be onboard. I would love for him to just live with me, but I'm not doing him any service that way.” on how students learn braille via remote education. “I
Difference Between G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise
Vizor
JULY 28, 2020
Similar to any Google service, Google offers a freemium version. Onboarding hundreds or thousands of new devices is no small feat. The education editions also have classroom collaboration with Google Classroom, unlimited cloud storage, device management, 24/7 support, and security and administrative controls. The Difference in Price.
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59 Goodbye Cash and Checks—Here's How to Choose a Safe and Effective School Payment System
Edsurge
MAY 22, 2018
Most of the companies are designed for larger districts, charging up to $2 for every transaction and requiring lengthy service contracts. Simplicity: It should be easy to onboard school staff and not require someone with an IT background to navigate the solution. It greatly helps with annual school audits as well.”
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82 Our 4 Do’s and Don’ts for Companies Selling to Schools
Edsurge
APRIL 17, 2019
In that time, we have been on the receiving end of the sales process for many products and services. As a quick sidenote, and in our opinion, it’s okay for companies to sell goods and services to schools. Combined, we have worked in schools for nearly 40 years. When there is growth in a market, more investment and innovation follows.
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Difference Between G Suite for Education and G Suite Enterprise
Vizor
JULY 28, 2020
Similar to any Google service, Google offers a freemium version. Onboarding hundreds or thousands of new devices is no small feat. The education editions also have classroom collaboration with Google Classroom, unlimited cloud storage, device management, 24/7 support, and security and administrative controls. The Difference in Price.
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IT Asset Management In The Education Sector
Vizor
AUGUST 24, 2017
As technology is becoming a more popular way to learn, the problems IT services in the education sector are facing must be recognized. VIZOR includes built-in processes for automating onboarding and the returning of IT assets. Now, tedious ITAM tasks like onboarding and lending equipment can be made easy. How VIZOR can help.
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When a Pandemic Upends Labor Markets, Will a New Workforce ISA Fund Work?
Edsurge
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Last March, he heard about a new program that promised both: a certificate in business intelligence offered by UC San Diego Extension, and career-prep and job placement services provided by a local nonprofit. SDWP is the first public workforce development board to jump onboard. In response, SDWP expanded its career services.
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