Why SMS?

Text messaging is hugely popular with students, so why not use it to keep them updated with course information, issue reminders about class attendance, exams or notify them of class cancellations?

For educators and administrators

For those individuals working in education, SMS can be an easy-to-use, timesaving, efficient and cost effective tool. With the ability to communicate on mass and within seconds, expenses from traditional approaches such as mail via post can be dramatically reduced.

Unlike other methods of communication, SMS can track key information including dates, times, whether a contact has received a message and a record of the actual message sent.

Administration rights offer you a way to restrict viewing access or share messages across departments. With a 128bit encryption you can control who has access to student information making SMS a secure and safe mode of contact.

For students

90% of the UK population, and as many as 96% of teenagers, have a mobile phone, sending 3 billion text messages each month. With this in mind, communicating with students on a level that they are familiar with can help them to become more receptive. Not only can SMS be an engaging tool to communicate with students, but with 2-way SMS, pupils can initiate contact themselves. With mobile learning becoming an increasingly prominent feature in education, SMS can only enhance the learning experience further.

For institutions

SMS offers a number of ways to send text messages from your desktop. These range from software plug-ins allowing you to send messages direct from an Excel® spreadsheet to various integration methods if you wish to send messages from an existing system or piece of software.

For parents

Parents can also benefit from SMS technology. Using text messaging, teachers can communicate with parents on a more frequent basis, helping to keep them informed on their child’s progress.