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Smart Sites

Demonstration

Today's Agenda

    • Name, title, role, etc.
    • What do you hope Smart Sites can help improve?
    • Number of years with the current site
    • Positives (what works well)
    • What you hope to improve by moving to Smart Sites
    • District ease of use vs site or department?
    • Comfort level of providing editors training and support?
    • Time needed for individual and group training?
    • Answering the same questions?
    • Department responsibilities
      • Technology
      • Communications
    • Go forward stakeholders?
      • Deparmtents
      • Committees
      • Superintendant
      • Board
    • Smart Sites Demonstration (Features within workflows)
      • Designs
      • Editing
      • ParentSquare Integrations
      • Accessibility
      • User Access (permissions) 
    • Clarifications?
    • Additional features or workflows?
    • Implementation?
    • Open ...
    • Schedule a follow-up meeting
    • Timeline
    • Other considerations

Built for Schools, Designed for Families

The Family Engagement Infrastructure for K–122

All 50 States – 38,000 Plus Schools – 20 Plus Million Students – 40% Plus Families – 99% Plus Retention

Mass notifications

Reliably reach every family

Classroom communications

Two-way messaging with translations

School websites

Branded and accessible websites

Parent & community engage­ment

Meaningful communication to engage families and communities

Attendance improve­ment

Proactive outreach to boost attendance

ParentSquare Intelligence

↖ Intentional AI to reduce workload and risk, with human oversight at the center ↗


 

Why Choose Smart Sites

2,000 Plus and Growing

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Beautiful Design Aesthetic
Smart Sites lets you create a visually appealing, modern website that reflects your district's spirit and values. With professional layouts and highly customizable features, the design is clean, engaging, and easy to navigate.

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Improved User Experience on All Devices
Whether you’re visiting from a desktop computer, tablet, or smartphone, the website is optimized for seamless performance across all devices. The responsive design ensures that visitors can access the information they need anytime, anywhere.

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Built-in Accessibility Tools
Smart Sites is designed with accessibility at its core. Administrators can easily ensure content meets ADA standards with built-in tools that simplify the process. This means a website that is inclusive and usable for all members of our community.

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Enhanced Integration with ParentSquare
Smart Sites and ParentSquare work together seamlessly, making communication easier than ever. From displaying event calendars to syncing announcements and alerts, these integrations save time for administrators while keeping families informed and engaged.

Feature and Workflow Highlights

    • Mobile-first design approach.
    • Content can be rearranged without breaking tab order (accessibility).
    • No code or acronyms required.
    • Edit on mobile devices (because you might need to).
  • Built-in guard rails prevent updating content that does not pass our accessibility tests.

     

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    Third-party accessibility checkers are available to provide assurance and additional user accessibility options.

     

    A screen displays 'Personalization Options' with icons for Font, Font size, Text spacing, Cursor size, Contrast, Highlight Elements, CSS-On, and Focus.

    • Client logos
    • Client colors
      • Not limited to just a few colors.
      • Color swatches are viewable and clickable to copy the color hex code, so you can use the brand kit color beyond the original design.
      • The brand guide is viewable where editors are adding content.

    Color options displayed with a row of swatches.

  • Start and end dates for most all content.

     

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  • Almost all elements and resources can be made shareable. They will be available within the Shared Feed Component.

    • ParentSquare Posts and Alerts!
      • Updates created in ParentSquare are published directly to your website
      • Enhance your website with automatically updated calendars, directories, and feeds
      • Publish urgent or time-sensitive alerts as website banners and social media posts

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    • Staff Directory
      • Uses your current ParentSquare data sync, updating the website automatically as the data changes.

    Staff Directory (Classic) page displaying employee profiles with photos and contact information.

    • Simple to add iframe
    • External link mapping
    • Google Drive
    • One Drive
    • Canva
  • The Dedicated Administrator section provides access to the header and footer, along with user permissions. The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tab creates centralized SEO management.

  • Built-in top-level analytics to easily answer broad questions. Pairs well with Google Analytics for more depth.

  • Not just what Smart Sites does but how it does it. New paradigm for page layouts and configurations.

ParentSquare Smart Sites

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