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School Announcement Releases Latest Version 3.0
Version 3.0 includes multi-language capabilities, SIS integration and an emergency quick launch feature.For Immediate Release
July 19, 2010
Providence, RI - School Announcement, a division of BLI Messaging, today announced the release of School Announcement 3.0, the latest version of their web-based alert messaging system platform for K-12 schools and districts. Version 3.0 offers school administrators new and innovative features including multi-language voice capabilities, SIS integration and an emergency quick launch option.
School Announcement 3.0’s alert messaging system SIS Integration Feature allows student data to be exchanged between the School Portal and the K-12 school or school district’s Student Information System. This exchange occurs automatically affording users the ability to simply log-in to School Announcement and send a message using the most accurate and up-to-date contact information. Daily attendance calls can also be automated with School Announcement’s SIS integration, saving hours of time per day.
School Announcement’s new text-to-speech multi-language capabilities will now allow every member of the school community, regardless of their spoken language, to both receive and understand the sent message. The user will type the message into the system in English and the School Portal will automatically translate the message per the language spoke at home field from the Student Information System.
David Baeder, President of BLI Messaging, is excited for both K-12 schools and school districts to start using this new version. “For this release, we stayed focused on what schools really need in a messaging system. Our dedicated staff conducted several focus groups along with multiple surveys, and through our research, the feature-set for School Announcement 3.0 came to fruition.”
Ultimately, the most beneficial and new safety-related feature is the Emergency QuickLaunch. This feature allows the speedy delivery of a text message via all three communication channels to all contacts via all contact methods. This feature is ideal for emergency situations where everyone in your school community needs to be contacted instantly regardless of their location.
The School Announcement alert messaging system offers K-12 schools and districts the ability to communicate with student families and staff via three communication channels: email, voice and SMS text messaging. From weather-related closings and schedule changes, to fundraising event reminders and rumor control, the uses are endless. And because the alert messaging system is web-based, schools can help the environment by going paperless.
This multi-channel messaging platform helps school administrators improve emergency response time, reduces risk of miscommunication, meet mass communication challenges and reach hundreds and thousands of individuals effectively and efficiently. More importantly, School Announcements allows schools to become proactive and communicative while improving safety, security and preparedness.
About School Announcement
School Announcement is a fully hosted alert messaging system provider for K-12 schools and school districts. This web-based alert messaging system offers school administrators the ability to communicate with student families and staff via three messaging channels: email, voice and SMS text message and is the educator’s choice for messaging systems. School Announcement is a division of BLI Messaging – providers of voice, email, SMS and fax messaging. BLI Messaging, formerly Business Link International, has been in business since 1989 and has a strong history of reliably delivering hosted business messaging services.