School community software
Streamlining communication and getting students and parents deeper involved
TIME
5 months
TEAM
7
PLATFORMS
iOS, Android
INDUSTRY
Education
TYPE
Social
Get connected with your school community by receiving information, scheduling events, viewing newsletters, and contacting teachers.
The story behind The School App idea
Project idea
The School app focuses on school students' involvement and their parents in school life through the app, which has to contain all the necessary information on school events, schedule, notify of changes in them, contain staff contacts, newsletters, and links to essential information web-pages, announcements.
Target audience
- Simultaneous development for three platforms
- To provide the ability of in-app calling
- Mobile responsive admin panel
- Email and email-less registration
- Languages: English and Spanish
Implementation:
- The functionality was implemented to reflect requirements of scalability and vulnerable data security.
- The solution was tested manually and automatically and uploaded to a production server.
Audience
The School App is targeted at everyone related to the school: students, parents, teachers, school administrators, etc. The products are meant to have US and Europe distribution.
Results
We provided our client with mobile solutions controlled through the web-based admin panel. They support the client's scalable and sustainable business and correspond to monetization plans.
Clients had the vision on:
- Business model basics
- Initial design concept
- Desired list of features
- Project release deadline
Steps we took to analyze the project:
- Dedicated Business Analyst
- 2 weeks of research and planning
- Around 20 meetings to clarify the requirements
As a result, we provide clients with:
- Specification Document
- Wireframes
- Clickable prototype
- Project estimate
Development process
See the ways how the development team implemented client’s requirements
Dealing with registration in apps
The apps have an implicit way of authorization. When users install the app, they need to choose the school they belong to and their role: student, parent, or staff member. The app automatically binds the user to a particular school using auto-generated login and password.
Tracking the community performance efficiently
School administrators can observe parent and student engagement levels. Having quick access to grades, calendars, newsletters, and lunch payments, engagement can now be done within seconds.
Smooth communication inside the community
With the easily-customized notifications, users don’t have to look around for information or download multiple systems. Through The School App’s backend, it takes seconds to send an email or record a call.
Technology stack
See the ways how the development team implemented client’s requirements
Mobile Architecture
iOS
Swift 4
Android
Java 7
Web Architecture
Backend
MySQL
Express 4
Frontend
Angular 5
JavaScript
Testing
Jira
Confluence
GitLab
Jenkins
Crashlytics
Tools
Freshchat
ElasticEmail
Release
AWS
ES2
S3
App Store
Client Say
Owner, School App
“Working with the team was very beneficial, I know I can rely on Cleveroad to deliver us a great product, but also on educating me on best practices every step of the way. The team was flexible to work with my schedule, always ready to be in contact at different times of the day. I highly recommend their planning process, excellent service all the way around from start to finish! “
Project manager
“We found the idea and the implementation really successful. It is great to see that shortly after release we already have positive results and feedback. In general, the work done was challenging but rewarding. “
Results:
1000+
Downloads
Community
16 schools