Blackboard

When presented with a time-sensitive situation, you need to provide your entire district with reassurance and up-to-the-minute information.

You'll have the ability to notify and update parents, faculty, and staff within minutes. From any location, you can dispense concise, on-time messaging that will help contain rumors, control media spin and restore safety. Proactively manage incidents. Provide direction. Communicate with your own response team and faculty.

The Blackboard Connect™ service is the school-to-home connection that enables you to expand learning by fostering better relationships with parents. The more parents participate in their child’s schooling, the greater the likelihood that that the student will build valuable learning skills. You’ll enhance safety, reduce absences and truancy, and consistently reach parents with important, personalized information to support both student and school improvement. And, you’ll have the ability to quickly and easily deliver multilingual messages to parents – so every family benefits.

Districts everywhere acknowledge the need to reduce truancy and improve attendance. As district superintendents know, funding is most often directly related to attendance. So, how can a mass notification solution make a difference?

By regularly using the service you can improve communication, which can impact the way students perform in the classroom. That’s why administrators nationwide rely on Blackboard Connect to help them improve attendance, reinforce accountability, reduce truancy, and keep parents informed.

The ability to reach your entire community is crucial. However, the ability to stay within budget is every bit as critical.

With the Blackboard Connect™ service, you can quickly and reliably reach your stakeholders within a predictable cost structure.  One annual fee minimizes total cost of ownership, and no hardware, software, or additional phone lines are required. Multiple schools or departments can also share use of the service.