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While a school communication app is necessary to push out your day-to-day communication, a website is an important part of your school or district's digital communication strategy. People search for information in different ways. Not everyone has the ability or need to download an app. A website is likely the first place community members look for information. This includes prospective new families and staff, extended family members of current students or staff, local organizations or reporters, and the general public.
When someone is looking up a company they just discovered or trying to find information on an event they're interested in, a website is the first place they search for. If the organization's website is outdated, confusing to navigate, or loads slowly, that person is more likely to get frustrated and give up. That is why it's essential that your website has the most current information and is user-friendly.
What are school websites used for?
The purpose of your school or district's website is to provide accurate and engaging information to current students, parents, and teachers and attract new students or teachers. On your website, visitors should be able to find school calendars, recent announcements, upcoming event information, contact information, lunch menus, and other relevant communications.
With an effective website, you can improve communication, increase family engagement, promote your school or district to gain a competitive advantage, boost branding, and enhance your school's credibility. To keep visitors from quickly leaving your website and reduce your bounce rate, you need to make sure it is easy to navigate, catches their attention, and provides quality and accurate content.
What are the benefits of a website from SchoolInfo?
- Ease of use for administrators
- Clean, modern website design
- ADA-compliant websites
Keep your students and families in the know in style with a modern and intuitive layout. For the first time, your website could be just as aesthetically pleasing as it is functional. Additionally, using the same content management system as the branded mobile apps we build for our clients, you can ensure your information is accurate and current across all platforms.
Simple to Use
Including a website for your school or district in your SchoolInfo product suite allows you to manage your digital communications from a single dashboard. This means creating news alerts in one place or updating important documents in only one location. Save your staff time by allowing them to update every communication channel with one click.
The best part? With SchoolInfo, you can always send content to our team; all you need to do is send updated documents and let our Customer Success team know where they go and we will keep your information updated. Or if you have any questions or need additional training, our team is happy to assist you in whatever you need.
Our goal has always been to make it easier for administrators to share important information with families and staff in the least burdensome way for districts and schools. You work hard enough, why add to your workload? Keep everything updated from a single communications dashboard!
Consistent Messaging
Creating consistent messaging becomes simple when there is a single point for posting to your website, your mobile app, and your social channels. From sending urgent messages to updating back-to-school forms, using the SchoolInfo dashboard will make sure the most current information appears everywhere you communicate digitally. Consistency builds trust with your community members and reduces the number of questions coming into your front office, giving your staff more time to focus on what they do best.
Clean, Modern Website Design
With simple and easy-to-use navigation, your website will be created using modern design principles that provide consistent branding for your school or district. The result is an intuitive user experience.
Our team will meet with you to understand what you need and what you want in your website. From there, our team will work on creating your website. Once approved, we will publish your website and help you maintain it. Utilizing simple drag-and-drop technology, updates can easily be done by either our team or your staff–whichever you prefer.
ADA Compliant Websites
When creating websites, it is important to consider accessibility. While this is primarily important for individuals with disabilities, it is also beneficial to those using mobile devices or those with slow network connections.
Now that you know what your website should consist of you're ready to start planning! Download our free ebook Web Design for Districts & Schools: Best practices for modern website design and development from the team at SchoolInfo. The ebook is a great start to determining the next steps for your website.
In this ebook you'll find:
- An overview on designing websites for districts and schools
- Insight into design thinking
- Help with determining navigation & layout of your website
- Best practices for color, typography, & multimedia presentations
- Important information regarding accessibility requirements and mobile-first design
