RenWeb Announces Launch of RenWeb Learning Management powered by Moodle
Loads Moodle with Students, Faculty and Courses Originating in RenWeb
Updates RenWeb's Grade Book and ParentsWeb with Grades, Homework Assignments and other Content Originating in Moodle
Provides Management of Digital Lessons for Schools Launching 1:1 Device Programs and Blended Learning Classrooms
Moodle Hosting by RenWeb Provides One-Stop Shopping for Schools
May 14, 2012 - RenWeb School Management Software today announced the launch of RenWeb Learning Management powered by Moodle, combining the strength of the K-12 industry leader in Web-based student management software with the world's leading open-source learning management system (LMS).
Moodle combines digital lesson content with student collaboration tools and powerful online quiz capabilities to create an interactive learning environment that reinforces traditional classroom teaching.
The integration of RenWeb and Moodle loads students, faculty and courses stored in RenWeb into Moodle, and then updates RenWeb's grade book and ParentsWeb with grades, homework assignments and other content originating in Moodle.
"We are very pleased with how RenWeb's integration with Moodle can simplify a school's use of a learning management system," said Bob Wilbers, RenWeb Founder and President. "We have eliminated all the manual uploads and duplicate key entry of information between RenWeb and Moodle. Plus, our hosting service and training on Moodle makes it that much easier for schools to initially launch and then maintain this important tool."
Brad Lee, RenWeb CEO, stated, "Our integration with Moodle supports the launch of 1:1 device programs and blended learning classrooms by many RenWeb schools. When launching 1:1 programs, schools often focus on management of the devices, but not on management of the digital lessons they will share on the devices. Moodle allows schools to maximize the value of their hardware investment by organizing and sequencing the digital lessons they will share with students, and by saving it for reuse in multiple class sections or in subsequent semesters."
An article last year on eSchoolNews featured the top ten ways that schools utilize social media.
How does your school use social media tools? Don't forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!
Increase Fundraising Returns by Connecting Your Phone-A-Thon to the Power of Donate Online's Easy, Online Donations
Did you know you can combine your Phone-A-Thon campaign with Donate Online? Donors will love the convenience of making a secure online payment! Once a donor has agreed to make a pledge during your Phone-A-Thon, take note of their current email address. You can then email donors a secure donation link and give them the option of making a gift online. Donate Online is faster and more affordable than mailing a pledge card to each donor! How does Donate Online work?
Donate Online provides a secure donation link that schools can attach to their existing website that allows individuals to make an online gift via credit cards with a few clicks. Powered by the secure and reliable processing engine of FACTS/NBS, the industry leader in K-12 online payment processing, Donate Online speeds deposits of donations into school bank accounts within three business days.
Learn more!
Discover how Donate Online's convenient and secure online processing can help increase the return on your Phone-A-Thon fundraising by signing up for a free webinar demonstration.
School Site can help your school create a modern, dynamic website design and content management solution that's affordable, feature-rich and easy to update just in time for the 2012/2013 admissions season. Prospective parents will be impressed by your clean, professional design and current parents will love how School Site is RenWeb integration-ready with your RenWeb calendar, announcements, newsletters, lunch menu, faculty list, inquiry form, ParentsWeb login and more! Are you ready to take your website to the next level with a new design and state-of-the-art look and feel? See what School Site can offer your school by viewing these award-winning designs: Mount Pisgah Christian School, Lawton Christian School and Westerly School. Don't forget: Your purchase of School Site includes a FREE set-up of Online Application and Online Enrollment (a $395 value). Your school will have its best admissions and re-enrollment season yet! Join us for a free School Site webinar and put your best foot forward for 2012/2013!
Given our company is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, many of our employees with children in school experienced a tense day on April 3rd as several tornadoes ripped through the DFW metroplex during the middle of the school day. We are all thankful that no one on our team experienced loss or injury due to the storm. I was fortunate that the school my 8-year-old son attends has an instant alert service. I received a message from the school letting me know that the students had been moved to the storm shelter at the school. Then I received a message that student pickup would be delayed until the storms had moved out of the area. Then we received a third message instructing parents that pickup would resume and how it would be coordinated across grades at the school. If your school does not currently have an instant alert service for communicating with your parents anytime, anywhere, I would encourage you to get one. Personally, the school my son attends would not have met my expectations if they had left me in the dark during the height of the storms, and especially at the end of the scheduled school day while tornado warnings still existed in the area. Instead, I felt comfort in knowing the school had taken precautions and I would be instructed what to do when the storms cleared. It was also reassuring to receive information via my cell phone in case my power or landline phone was out of service. I'm sure it was much less hectic for the school as well given they didn't have 500 parents calling at the same time trying to get information. If you need an instantaneous alert service, RenWeb's Parent Alert can meet this need for you. Parent Alert provides instantaneous notifications via text messages to cell phones; voice calls to work, home and cell; and emails to multiple addresses. You can send the alerts directly from RenWeb or from an iPhone or Android device, providing you a convenient and consistent method of communication when it matters most. To sign up for Parent Alert, go to the main screen of RenWeb and click Report Manager, then select the Products and Services category, then select Parent Alert - Sign Up and click print. Fill out the authorization form and your account will be activated within one business day. If you would like to learn more about Parent Alert, we have scheduled FREE webinars that will cover its functionality and demonstrate how to send out different types of alerts. Please click on the link below to sign up for one of these sessions.
Regards, Brad Lee CEO RenWeb School Management Software
Did you know that prospective families often look for reviews of a school online before applying? Here are a few tips from Randy Vaughn at Your School Marketing about how to ensure that positive reviews of your school show up in an online search.
If you have any tips to share, feel free to email us at socialmedia@renweb.com!
RenWeb recently attended the National Association of Independent Schools conference in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates, the keynote speaker for the event, shared a few thoughts with the more than 4,000 attendees on how technology can bring innovation and creativity to the classroom. In the keynote, Gates said that teaching is not about access to knowledge; textbooks solved that problem long ago. Teaching is making the material fun and relevant. He also spoke about how technology lets you bring in personalization and customization. Say using math in a medical realm, versus the construction realm, versus a space exploration. "Making math relevant to the individual student, putting it in context, making it interesting -- this makes it absolutely easier to learn," said Gates. Gates also mentioned important areas where schools should invest their time and money:
How is your school using technology to impact learning? If you’d like more information on how RenWeb can help your school and students achieve excellence, please email us at socialmedia@renweb.com.
Rick Newberry, President of Enrollment Catalyst and Principal Consultant at Cherry+Company, recently featured a blog post on his site about seven common branding mistakes that private schools make.
Here are the seven common mistakes:
Read Rick's blog post to learn more about how to avoid these common mistakes!
If you're interested in a modern, professional and affordable re-brand of your school website, consider choosing School Site!
Time Still Remains to Launch This Year!
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting new orders for these valuable online services. Once your school signs up for Online Application, Online Enrollment or both, you can expect to be up and running in three weeks, meaning you can still launch for this admissions and reenrollment season.
Online Application simplifies the application process for families, speeds communication and marketing to prospective parents, attracts more applicants, and generates higher enrollment levels for subscribing schools.
Online Enrollment eliminates paper forms for your parents and data entry for your staff, while providing parents an online payment capability for reenrollment fees. Participating schools receive completed reenrollments much more quickly than in the past, accelerating their cash flow from reenrollment fees.
Sign Up Today Sign up today for Online Application and Online Enrollment by going to RenWeb Main Menu > Report Manager > Products & Services. There you will find sign up forms for both services. After you submit the forms, a RenWeb project manager will contact you to begin the setup process.
Attend FREE Online Demonstrations If you haven't participated in an Online Application or Online Enrollment demonstration yet, you can sign up for one of the upcoming FREE webinars by clicking on the link below. Online Application Demonstrations
Online Enrollment Demonstrations
We look forward to serving your school with these great services that both your existing and prospective parents will love!
As our support team follows the recent news of tornadoes destroying school buildings throughout the southern portions of the United States, it reminds us that we offer a service that could benefit many RenWeb schools located in areas with strong storm activity. RenWeb's Parent Alert service can help you reach parents when time is critical by sending instantaneous notifications to parents via automatically distributed text messages and voice calls to their cell phones. Plus, you can distribute instantaneous alerts directly from an iPhone, an important feature when landline phones and the Internet are down. We are offering webinars that cover Parent Alert's functionality and demonstrate how to send alerts of different types. Following the session, attendees will be provided access to Parent Alert at their school for one month free of charge. Schools may then sign up for a 12-month subscription to Parent Alert for $0.30 per student, per month. A full list of webinar dates can be found via www.renweb.com under the Web Partner Demos link.
Experience the Full Power of RenWeb on Your School's Website
Did you know that School Site ties your website directly with RenWeb features like your school calendar, announcements, lunch menu and ParentsWeb login?
Did you know that you can also easily integrate School Site with our web partners like Donate Online and Online Application?
School Site gives your school seamless RenWeb integration, plus a modern, dynamic website look-and-feel.
School Site also offers your school:
Your school community and prospective parents will love how School Site makes your website RenWeb integration-ready and you will love School Site's affordability and ease-of-use.
Don't forget: Your purchase of School Site includes a FREE set-up of Online Application and Online Enrollment (a $395 value). Your school will have its best admissions and re-enrollment season yet!
Are you ready to make the switch to School Site? Join us for a free demonstration webinar!
Use Donate Online to Provide Families a Simple Way to Remember Loved Ones this Memorial Day
Donate Online makes it easy for schools to take their fundraising to the next level by creating complete Memorial Gift areas for their websites, using simple web pages provided by RenWeb. These comprehensive webpages can include an overview of the school's memorial program, descriptions and photos for the school's various campaigns, and a secure donation button for submitting honorarium gifts. (See Memorial Gift page example.)
Using Donate Online, schools can also add a Secure Donation Link to an existing Fundraising area on their website to begin accepting online credit card payments for memorial and tribute gifts. Powered by the secure and reliable processing engine of FACTS/NBS, the industry leader in K-12 online payment processing, Donate Online speeds deposits of donations into school bank accounts within three business days.
If you would like to learn more about Donate Online, please register for one of our free webinar demonstrations below.
Does your school need a fast way to notify your school community when spring sporting events are cancelled or postponed? Would you like to notify parents of upcoming spring events more quickly than is possible with your auto-dialer or phone tree system? Parent Alert Could Be the Answer For You! Learn More with a Live Demonstration and Free Trial.
Parent Alert is used every day by our schools that need to deliver time-sensitive information, or that simply want to send out reminders to parents wherever they are.
Parent Alert provides instantaneous notifications to parents and your school community via text messages to cell phones; voice calls to work, home and cell; and emails to multiple addresses. You can send the alerts directly from RenWeb, much like you send email today, providing you a convenient and consistent method of communication for situations such as tuition payment reminders, bus schedule changes and emergencies.
The webinar will cover the functionality available through Parent Alert and demonstrate how to send out different types of alerts. Following the session, attendees will be provided access to Parent Alert at their school for one month free of charge. Schools may then sign up for a 12-month subscription to Parent Alert for $0.30 per student per month.
Did you know RenWeb schools have already processed over 6,000 online applications for admission into the 2012/2013 school year?
Online Application simplifies the application process for prospective parents. That enables your school to generate more applications earlier in the year than ever before, providing you a head start on other schools in your area with which you compete for new students. If you want to launch Online Application for the 2012/2013 admissions season, you still have time. Sign up today by going to Report Manager > Products & Services > Online Application Sign Up and complete the online form. A RenWeb project manager will then contact you to begin the setup process. If you haven't participated in an Online Application demonstration yet, you can sign up for one of the upcoming FREE webinars by clicking on the link below.
We look forward to serving your school with this service that can greatly increase your base of applicants and resulting enrollment levels!
Is your school one of the many schools that report they have processed more reenrollments earlier in the year than ever before thanks to the simplicity Online Enrollment offers to parents? It's not too late to launch Online Enrollment. Sign up today by going to Report Manager > Products & Services > Online Enrollment Sign Up and complete the online form. A RenWeb project manager will then contact you to begin the setup process. If you haven't participated in an Online Enrollment demonstration yet, you can sign up for one of the upcoming FREE webinars by clicking on the link below.
We look forward to serving your school with this exciting new service that can greatly simplify enrollment for new students and reenrollment for returning students!
Are you prepared to quickly notify your parents when school needs to close early due to bad weather? Can you send out real-time alerts in the morning that school will be closed that day or starting late?
With Parent Alert’s iPhone/iPad App, There’s No Need for Electricity, Internet Access or Landline Phones to Launch Alerts
Parent Alert is used every day by our schools that need to deliver time-sensitive information, or that simply want to send out reminders to parents wherever they are. Parent Alert provides instantaneous notifications to parents and your school community via text messages to cell phones; voice calls to work, home and cell; and emails to multiple addresses. You can send the alerts directly from RenWeb or from our new iPhone/iPad app, providing you a convenient and consistent method of communication for situations such as tuition payment reminders, bus schedule changes and emergencies .
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In his latest article for Mashable, Troy Williams discusses why schools need to get social, local and mobile. He also notes that the days of "mutual exclusivity between traditional learning tools and social networks are numbered." Here are some of the social, local and mobile tools Williams mentions in his article. How many are you taking advantage of in your school?
If your school is using social, local or mobile technology in a unique way, we'd love to hear from you! Email us at socialmedia@renweb.com or leave a comment below.
We've been reading an article on Mashable.com* that discusses various ways schools can use Facebook to build an online community and to interact with students and parents in new and exciting ways.
Here are some of the article's suggestions on how schools can use Facebook:
Is your school on Facebook? What are some ways you are building an online community through your school's Facebook Page?
*How Schools Can Use Facebook to Build an Online Community by David Hartstein
Don't miss your opportunity to take advantage of this promotion that will allow your school to use Parent Alert FREE for 60 days with no payments or commitments.
To claim your school's free Parent Alert trial*, please follow the instructions below: FACEBOOK
TWITTER
*This is a limited time offer. Promotion ends 11/01/11. Schools will receive a 60-day free trial of Parent Alert. Schools are under no obligation to purchase Parent Alert at the end of the 60-day free trial. The Parent Alert service will be terminated after the 60-day free trial if the school does not wish to purchase a subscription at that time.
Over 150 Schools Processed 13,000 Online Applications During the 2011/2012 Admissions Season Living Word Christian School Reports an 86% Increase in New Student Enrollment 90% of Participating Schools Charged Application Fees Totaling $1 Million, with Fees Averaging $82 per Online Application
October 19, 2011 - RenWeb School Management Software today released results of its Online Application processing for the 2011/2012 school year.
Over 150 schools processed 13,000 Online Applications during the 2011/2012 admissions season. Of these schools, 90 percent charged application fees, which totaled $1 million. The average fee charged to prospective parents was $82 per online application.
"Schools have experienced terrific results with Online Application, including raising enrollments, generating more application fees, and reducing data entry expense," said Brad Lee, CEO of RenWeb School Management Software.
"Private school parents are online every day shopping, banking and paying bills. They prefer the convenience of the Internet, including completing forms online rather than filling them out by hand. Online Application is a natural fit in today's world, and we encourage every school to experience the same success that many of our schools have reported," continued Lee.
Per Stacie Harrell at Living Word Christian School in O'Fallon, MO:
"We had more applicants and new students than ever before because the new Online Application system was easier to use than our old paper application process. Last year we had approximately 100 new students. We have 186 new students attending our school this year - an 86 percent increase in new students!! We have so many new students that we ran out of locker space. Students are sharing lockers for the first time. Our board is meeting next week to discuss a separate building for middle school only. Now I can easily track and report for our board how many students are interested in attending our school for the 2012/2013 school year!"
"We had more applicants and new students than ever before because the new Online Application system was easier to use than our old paper application process. Last year we had approximately 100 new students. We have 186 new students attending our school this year - an 86 percent increase in new students!! We have so many new students that we ran out of locker space. Students are sharing lockers for the first time.
Our board is meeting next week to discuss a separate building for middle school only. Now I can easily track and report for our board how many students are interested in attending our school for the 2012/2013 school year!"
Per Courtney Haindel at Northlake Christian School in Covington, LA:
"Northlake Christian began using Online Application in January of 2011. The product has been WONDERFUL. RenWeb asked plenty of questions to get our initial Online Application set up and then walked us through the incredibly easy process of modifying the applications as we needed. All the parts of Online Application are linked to RenWeb fields, so when a new family applies and is accepted, everything transfers right into RenWeb. The best part is that all the online application forms and instructions can be embedded right on our website, so potential families can do everything as a 'one-stop shop.' After our Open Houses, we flash up a screen shot of Online Application, tell the families to click on 'Apply Now,' and our part is done. Parents can easily go in and set up their Online Application account and create as many applications for their kids as they need. From the Admissions office standpoint, Online Application has automated nearly every part of what used to be a painstaking process of entering the data, copying the applications, scanning in pictures and documents, etc. This has saved us a ton of time and money. And because the families are filling out the applications themselves, there is little to no data entry error. I cannot recommend Online Application enough! It is worth exponentially more than the nominal fee it costs to process each application. Any school that wants to drastically improve and simplify their application process needs to sign up for RenWeb?s Online Application pronto!"
"Northlake Christian began using Online Application in January of 2011. The product has been WONDERFUL. RenWeb asked plenty of questions to get our initial Online Application set up and then walked us through the incredibly easy process of modifying the applications as we needed.
All the parts of Online Application are linked to RenWeb fields, so when a new family applies and is accepted, everything transfers right into RenWeb. The best part is that all the online application forms and instructions can be embedded right on our website, so potential families can do everything as a 'one-stop shop.'
After our Open Houses, we flash up a screen shot of Online Application, tell the families to click on 'Apply Now,' and our part is done. Parents can easily go in and set up their Online Application account and create as many applications for their kids as they need.
From the Admissions office standpoint, Online Application has automated nearly every part of what used to be a painstaking process of entering the data, copying the applications, scanning in pictures and documents, etc. This has saved us a ton of time and money. And because the families are filling out the applications themselves, there is little to no data entry error.
I cannot recommend Online Application enough! It is worth exponentially more than the nominal fee it costs to process each application. Any school that wants to drastically improve and simplify their application process needs to sign up for RenWeb?s Online Application pronto!"
The one-time cost of an Online Application setup by a RenWeb project manager is $295 per school. There is then a $20 processing fee per submitted application to cover online processing costs.
To sign up for Online Application today, go to Report Manager > Products & Services > Online Application Sign Up > Print and complete the online form. A RenWeb project manager will then contact you to begin the setup process.
If you haven't participated in an Online Application demonstration yet, you can sign up for one of the upcoming FREE webinars by clicking on one of the links below.
As the holiday season rapidly approaches, consider giving your school the gift of a new modern, dynamic website design and easy-to-use content management solution with School Site. School Site offers you:
School Site is also the gift that keeps on giving: Prospective parents will be impressed by your clean, professional design and current parents will love how School Site is RenWeb integration-ready with your RenWeb calendar, announcements, newsletters, lunch menu, faculty list, inquiry form, ParentsWeb login and more! Join us for a free School Site webinar and learn why a new website is the best gift your school could receive this upcoming holiday season.
Does your school give parents a way to make school payments online? If not, consider the fact that:
Don't let your school fall behind. Given the statistics mentioned above, we expect the percentages to be even higher among parents who send their children to private schools given their typical age range, income bracket and educational background. Your parents are not only accustomed to using electronic commerce and online banking, but likely anticipate having the option of online bill pay. Pay Now, powered by FACTS/NBS, not only gives your parents the option of making safe and secure online payments directly from ParentsWeb, but it even automates the accounting for your school. Pay Now is easy to use and there's no need for parents to apply or qualify in advance. They simply input credit card or bank information and confirm the payment! The payment immediately posts to family account balances inside RenWeb and clears charges. To learn more about how Pay Now can help you offer online payments for school parents, please join us for a FREE webinar.
Rick Newberry, President of Enrollment Catalyst and Principal Consultant at Cherry+Company, recently featured RenWeb user Indian Rocks Christian School in Largo, FL, as a case study in enrollment growth on his blog. After consulting with Newberry on several enrollment initiatives, Rick recommended the following to Indian Rocks Christian School Superintendent Dr. Don Mayes:
As a result of these new initiatives, Indian Rocks Christian School achieved great results, including a 3% enrollment growth with their enrollment goal exceeded. They also experienced a 3% retention increase and a 50% growth in new students. For more of Rick Newberry's analysis of Indian Rocks Christian School, please read his blog post here. If you are interested in learning more about RenWeb or School Site, please contact us at socialmedia@renweb.com.
The Facebook for Educators Guide reminds educators that students need guidance on how to be respectful and courteous in an online space--especially as social media becomes inseparable from a student's everyday life. The Guide says that, "Educators we have spoken to told us that developing a culture of compassion within the physical walls of [a] school…sets the expectation for a culture of compassion to be exhibited by students in their online associations outside of school." Here are three guidelines the Guide suggests for laying down a definition of good digital citizenship for students:
Does your school have a code of good digital citizenship for students? Have you presented acceptable standards of online behavior to your student body?
Read more about how Facebook's guidelines work in the Facebook for Educators Guide by Linda Fogg Phillips, Derek Baird, M.A., & BJ Fogg, Ph.D.
September 10, 2011 - RenWeb School Management Software, the leading provider of Web-based school management systems, today announced the launch of its Staff App for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The Staff App enables teachers to access their online grade book, take attendance and place lunch orders from their Apple mobile device.
"Our new Staff App demonstrates RenWeb's continued commitment to offering member schools best-in-class service and technology. We look forward to seeing how the Staff App’s anytime/anywhere access to RenWeb transforms teachers' most common duties at over 2,000 RenWeb client schools," said Bob Wilbers, RenWeb Founder and President.
RenWeb’s new Staff iPhone App enables school staff members to:
To download the Staff App:
About RenWeb
RenWeb’s Power, Integration, Ease-of-Use and Affordability are demonstrated daily in more than 2,000 schools as the leading provider of next-generation Internet-based school information systems. RenWeb’s unmatched convenience and service include complete installation of the software, including conversion of data, along with a client interface that provides easy access to more than 200 integrated features. Developed by a university dean, RenWeb is leading the migration of schools from client server-based to Web-based systems, bringing administration, parents, students and the classroom together with anytime/anywhere access to a full range of services. Features include Admissions, Enrollment, Scheduling, Billing and Tuition Management, Lunchroom Management, Health Management, Attendance, Homework, Lesson Plans, Grade Book, Report Cards, Transcripts, Extensive Reporting Capabilities, Automated Emailing and ParentsWeb. For more information about RenWeb, visit www.RenWeb.com.
Autumn is just around the corner, and that means your school's Fall Festival is too. Along with getting the hay ride, face painting and baked goods ready, use Donate Online to sell advance raffle* or admission tickets online! Parents will love the convenience of using credit cards and your school will love the ability to reach more constituents than ever before. Donate Online automates your ticket purchases so parents don't have to come into your school office or send in cash or a check in their child's backpack. Donate Online can also help your school further boost its fundraising efforts by allowing parents or grandparents who cannot attend to show their support by purchasing one or more tickets online. How does Donate Online work? Donate Online provides a secure donation link that schools can attach to their existing website that allows individuals to purchase online raffle tickets or admission tickets via credit cards with a few clicks. Powered by the secure and reliable processing engine of FACTS/NBS, the industry leader in K-12 online payment processing, Donate Online speeds deposits of donations into school bank accounts within three business days. Learn more! Learn how you can take this year's Fall Festival to the next level with Donate Online's convenient and secure online processing. Sign up for a free Donate Online webinar demonstration today.
*Each school should examine statutes in their state governing raffles and register with their state’s attorney general if required.
Update Parents from a Late Bus or Send Emergency Alerts from Home Using the Parent Alert App for iPhone & iPad
Have you ever considered how you would notify your parents in an emergency if your school had no phones, electricity or internet service?
Parent Alert's new iPhone and iPad apps are the answer!
Parent Alert and the Parent Alert iPhone/iPad app ensures that your school community can be informed of any and all emergencies, updates or notifications in a reliable, convenient way. For example, the new Parent Alert iPhone/iPad app allows teacher to send ETAs to parents from a buss that's running late or stuck in traffic, and gives administrators the flexibility and convenience to send emergency alerts from anywhere -- even if they have no access to electricity, landline phones or internet service.
To learn more about Parent Alert and the Parent Alert iPhone/iPad app, please join us in a free upcoming webinar.
The webinar will cover the functionality available through Parent Alert and demonstrate how to send out different types of alerts, including how to send alerts from the iPhone/iPad app. Following the session, attendees will be provided access to Parent Alert at their school for one month free of charge. Schools may then sign up for a 12-month subscription to Parent Alert for $0.30 per student per month.
To sign up and register for the free session, please click on the link below:
For more information regarding Parent Alert, please go to RenWeb's Online Help. To access click the Online Help button from the main screen of RenWeb, then click the Parent Alert folder to view documentation, FAQ's and help demonstration videos.
To sign up for Parent Alert go to the main screen of RenWeb and click Report Manager, then select the Products and Services category, then select Parent Alert - Sign Up and click print. Fill out the authorization form and your account will be activated within 1 business day.
Use School Site To Make A Great First Impression This 2012/2013 Admissions Season
In partnership with award-winning Cherry+Company, School Site can help your school create a modern, dynamic website design and content management solution that's affordable, feature-rich and easy to update just in time for the 2012/2013 admissions season. Prospective parents will be impressed by your clean, professional design and current parents will love how School Site is RenWeb integration-ready with your RenWeb calendar, announcements, newsletters, lunch menu, faculty list, inquiry form, ParentsWeb login and more!
Are you ready to take your website to the next level with a new design and state-of-the-art look and feel? Please see what School Site has to offer with these award-winning designs from Cherry+Company: Mount Pisgah Christian School and Lawton Christian School.
Don't forget: If you choose School Site to help upgrade your website, you'll also receive RenWeb's fully-integrated Online Application FREE. Having an Online Application improves your school's online image, simplifies submission of applications for prospective parents, attracts more applicants and lowers the cost of application processing.
Join us for a free School Site webinar and put your best foot forward for 2012/2013!
According to Rick Newberry of Enrollment Catalyst, the top two ways parents find out about your school are:
Does your school have a recruitment plan that emphasizes these two areas? How do you think potential parents view your school after browsing your school's website?
For more Best Practices in Recruitment and Re-Recruitment, read Rick's blog post here. If you're interested in an affordable, powerful first-class website (that's also integrated with RenWeb), please check out School Site!
Enable Parents to Make Secure Online Payments Toward School Balances
If your school isn't using our Pay Now service, now is the time to get started! Pay Now, powered by FACTS/NBS, allows parents to make safe and secure online payments directly from ParentsWeb.
Pay Now is easy to use and there's no need for parents to apply or qualify in advance. They simply input credit card or bank information and confirm the payment! The payment immediately posts to family account balances inside RenWeb and clears charges.
If you're looking to increase your automation and convenience with RenWeb in 2011/2012, you must take a closer look at Pay Now. Please register for a free webinar today to learn more!
Date and Time: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 2 to 3:00 p.m. CST - Register Online
Cost: FREE
Many of you may have met Rick Newberry, President of Enrollment Catalyst and Principal Consultant at Cherry+Company, at this year's Power Conference in Orlando, Florida. Rick has much expertise in enrollment management strategies and building innovative marketing solutions for schools.
In a recent article, he discussed why it is imperative for schools to blog:
Does your school have a blog? If so, what are effective ways your school is using its blog as a branding and marketing tool? E-mail us your feedback at socialmedia@renweb.com!
Features MARC Record Import and Centralized Circulation, Catalog and Search Functions
Provides Browser-based Access via Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Firefox from a PC or Mac
All Accessible at NO COST to RenWeb Customers!
RenWeb School Management Software today announced the launch of its NEW, fully integrated Library Management solution, featuring MARC record import capability and a complete circulation, catalog, search and reporting system. RenWeb Library Management can be accessed via Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Firefox, launched from either a PC or Mac, and is available at NO COST to RenWeb customers. Bob Wilbers, Founder and President of RenWeb School Management Software, stated, “We are very pleased to add this fully integrated library management solution to the feature set RenWeb provides our 2,000 client schools. When we demonstrated Library Management at our recent Power Conference, we were thrilled to hear from schools in attendance that it attained the level of power, integration and ease-of-use they have come to expect. And we’ve made RenWeb more affordable than ever by providing Library Management at no cost to our school clients.” RenWeb Library Management provides a full-featured solution that:
RenWeb Library Management Adds Value for Client Schools by Saving Them the Expense of Separate Library Software Programs While Offering Full Integration with RenWeb’s ParentsWeb, Automated Email and Student Billing Capabilities
“Once again, RenWeb is adding tremendous value for our schools with our new Library Management solution”, said Brad Lee, CEO of RenWeb. “By switching at no cost to RenWeb Library Management, many of our member schools will be able to forgo the expense of their current library management software. The value of switching is amplified even further through RenWeb Library Management’s integration with RenWeb’s student billing, automated email and ParentsWeb capabilities. We are confident that after seeing Library Management in action, and how well it works with other RenWeb features, the decision to switch to RenWeb Library Management will be a no-brainer for many of our schools.” As an integrated feature, RenWeb Library Management has the following capabilities:
Do you have additional questions about the new Library Management solution? Feel free to email us at socialmedia@renweb.com.
Purchase School Site's Premier Website Design & Management Program and Receive Online Application FREE
Peas and carrots. Peanut butter and jelly. Cake and ice cream. And now: School Site and Online Application.
That's right: Your school can benefit from the perfect online marketing and admissions combination when you receive RenWeb's powerful new application tool with NO license fee and NO setup fee when you purchase School Site's premier website design and management program.
And the only thing better than the world-class combination is the timing: Right on time for the upcoming admissions season, you can impress parents by upgrading your most important marketing tool--your school's website--with new branding and design from our experts along with an integrated online application.
It couldn't be simpler: Either obtain a new website design from our partner Cherry+Company, or simply migrate your existing design to School Site with its easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) that automatically integrates your RenWeb data and allows changes and updates anytime, anywhere.
Then we'll set up Online Application FREE OF CHARGE to further improve your school's online image, attract more applicants and lower the cost of application processing by simplifying submission of applications for prospective parents and capturing their data.
Fully Integrated with RenWeb: Professional Website Design and Management PLUS Simplified Applications
Speaking of a perfect combination: Both School Site and Online Application offer the benefits of full integration with our powerful RenWeb database.
With School Site, any school can boast a professionally designed and managed website at an affordable price. What's more, School Site's seamless integration with RenWeb simplifies content management by ensuring that calendars, announcement items and other information posted on our secure ParentsWeb can also be dynamically shared and posted on your school's external website.
Now every school can afford the power and performance of the perfect combination: a first-class easy-to-manage-and-update website with an integrated Online Application!
Learn More in a Free Webinar!
There's only one element of the combination left: you! To learn more, register for a FREE School Site webinar today!
See RenWeb clients discuss why RenWeb's integrated, easy and affordable solution has transformed the way their schools operate. This video includes live-action footage of the new RenWeb iPhone/iPad app!
In addition to developing a social media policy for your school, the Facebook for Educators Guide suggests that a school encourage students to follow Facebook's guidelines.
How does Facebook protect minors?
Does your school have a policy about social media or Facebook use on- and off-campus? Read below for some suggestions on how to craft a policy for your school.
(From the Facebook for Educators Guide by Linda Fogg Phillips, Derek Baird, M.A., & BJ Fogg, Ph.D.)
We'd love to hear about your school's social media/Facebook policy! Feel free to write us a comment here or email us at socialmedia@renweb.com.
Boost Your School's International Student Enrollment with Online Application
If your school is looking to attract more international students for the 2011/2012 school year, consider using Online Application to help boost incoming applications. International families often look for schools with easily accessible, secure online applications as a safer, more efficient and less expensive alternative to paper applications.
Your custom Online Application can be configured to include information that international students must provide your school: their host family; sponsorship information; previous schooling and more. Additionally, RenWeb schools offering Online Application are enjoying immediate access to data and email distribution lists on parents and students who are in the process of completing applications - allowing early communication and marketing to prospective families. There's no need to wait for applications to be completed and submitted.
Using Online Application also helps prevent data entry errors as schools can import completed international student applications directly into RenWeb. Schools are also utilizing RenWeb's enhanced Admissions Tracking process to better manage their admissions funnel. Using this Admissions Tracking process helps your school track internally when vital documents have been received (such as a passport copy) and alerts the applicant that your school has all required documents necessary to make an admissions decision.
The one-time cost of an Online Application setup by a RenWeb project manager is $295 per school. There is then a $20 processing fee per submitted application to cover online processing costs. It takes three weeks on average for our Online Application project managers to have your school configured to receive Online Application payments.
Give Your School's Website a Clean,
Professional Look for the 2011/2012 School Year
Most prospective families' first impression of your school is not your campus, teachers, student body or curriculum. It's your school's website. In partnership with award-winning Cherry+Company, School Site can help your school create a modern, dynamic website design and content management solution that's affordable, feature-rich and easy to update. School Site is even RenWeb integration-ready for your RenWeb calendar, announcements, newsletters, lunch menu, faculty list, inquiry form, ParentsWeb login and more!
Are you ready to take your website to the next level with a new design and state-of-the-art look and feel? Please see what School Site has to offer with these award-winning designs from Cherry+Company: Mount Pisgah Christian School, Lawton Christian School and Wellington School. Get Free Online Application Setup with School Site Purchase We're also excited to announce schools can now receive RenWeb's new Online Application for NO license fee and NO setup fee with the purchase of School Site. Impress prospective parents with a new School Site and integrated Online Application, all set up by our experts with the same branding and design. Your Online Application will be set up FREE OF CHARGE, improving your school's online image, simplifying submission of applications for prospective parents, attracting more applicants and lowering the cost of application processing. If you would like to learn more about School Site, visit SchoolSite.RenWeb.com or register for one of our free webinar demonstrations listed below.
In light of the recent heavy storms and tornadoes, are you evaluating your school's emergency preparedness for the next school year? Best practice suggests you should have your disaster procedures planned and documented before a crisis occurs so you are following a carefully crafted emergency action plan rather than making decisions at the heat of the moment. To that end, a thorough communication plan should be a part of any school's emergency action plan to ensure that the school community is aware of next steps. We'd like to recommend you consider Parent Alert as part of your communication plan the next time you review your emergency procedures. Parent Alert distributes instant notifications to your parents and school community via text messages to cell phones and PDAs; voice calls to work, home and cell; and emails to multiple addresses. For more information, please join one of our free upcoming webinar sessions or email us at parentalert@renweb.com.
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 9, 2011 - 1 to 2:00 p.m. CDT - Register Online
Date and Time: Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 10 to 11:00 a.m. CDT - Register Online
The webinar will cover the functionality available through Parent Alert and demonstrate how to send out different types of alerts, including emergency notifications. Following the webinar session, attendees will be provided access to Parent Alert at their school for one month free of charge. Schools may then sign up for a 12-month subscription to Parent Alert for $0.30 per student per month.
Are you looking for ways to begin using Facebook at your school?
Here are seven ways educators can use Facebook for their schools and in the classroom:
(From the Facebook for Educators Guide by Linda Fogg Phillips, Derek Baird, M.A., & BJ Fogg, Ph.D.) Do you have any best practices for Facebook at your school?
Get More From Your Inquiries with
Online Application's New and Improved Inquiry Queue!
This Power Up! webinar demonstration will focus on the new and improved Inquiry Queue in Online Application which will go live today - Friday, May 20. Join this informative, free webinar to have all your questions about how Online Application has changed answered. The webinar will be 30 minutes in length with time at the end of the demonstration to answer any questions. To sign up and register for one of these free Power Up! webinars, please click the appropriate link below:
If you are unable to make the Power Up! the information is located in Report Manager > Training & Documentation > Online Application Provider Training. Please review the section over the Inquiry Queue for all the latest updates. We look forward to demonstrating these new features to your school!
Did you know RenWeb processed more than 6,500 Online Applications during last admissions season's peak period? Were you too busy during last admissions season to look at RenWeb's Online Application product?
Now that the application season's peak submission period is ending, this is a great time to launch Online Application. This will give you an opportunity to learn and use Online Application while you are receiving just a handful of new inquiries and applications, preparing you for your peak season next year. Don't get left behind! RenWeb schools offering Online Application are enjoying immediate access to data and email distribution lists on parents and students who are in the process of completing applications - allowing early communication and marketing to prospective families. There's no need to wait for applications to be completed and submitted. Schools are importing completed applications into RenWeb - eliminating data entry expense while improving quality. Schools are also utilizing RenWeb's enhanced Admissions Tracking process to better manage their admissions funnel. Streamline your admissions process with Online Application and continue to process new applicants throughout the summer months for the 2011/2012 school year. It takes three weeks on average for our Online Application project managers to set up a school and have you set up to receive Online Application payments. The one-time cost of an Online Application setup by a RenWeb project manager is $295 per school. There is then a $20 processing fee per submitted application to cover online processing costs. To sign up for Online Application today, go to Report Manager > Products & Services > Online Application Sign Up > Print and complete the online form. A RenWeb project manager will then contact you to begin the setup process. If you haven't participated in an Online Application demonstration yet, you can sign up for one of the upcoming FREE webinars by clicking on one of the links below. Monday, May 23 - 10:00 am - 11:30 am CDT Thursday, May 26 - 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm CDT We look forward to serving your school with this exciting new service that can take your school marketing to the next level!
RenWeb's New iPhone/iPad Apps to Debut at RenWeb Power Conference Register Today to Reserve a Seat in the iPhone App Session
RenWeb is pleased to announce it will debut both its new Parent Alert iPhone App and new Faculty iPhone App at the 2011 RenWeb Power Conference! The Parent Alert App will allow administrators to send emergency alerts from school, home or on the road without accessing a computer. There's no need to worry about the electricity or Internet being out of service - alerts can be sent directly from an iPhone or iPad to the device of choice for parents, students and staff! The Faculty App will allow teachers to perform their most common duties without having to log into RenWeb on their computer. That includes adding and editing assignments and grades, taking attendance and placing lunch orders! We encourage all interested participants to register for the Power Conference today to reserve a seat in this session before classes fill. To register for the Power Conference and reserve a session seat, please click here.
School Friends & Family Can Use Donate Online's Easy, Online Secure Payment to Remember Loves Ones This Memorial Day
Donate Online provides a secure donation link that schools can attach to any web page that will allow often hard-to-reach family and friends to make online donations via credit cards with a few clicks. Powered by the secure and reliable processing engine of FACTS/NBS, the industry leader in K-12 online payment processing, Donate Online speeds deposits of donations into school bank accounts within three business days. Using Donate Online, schools can simply add a Secure Donation Link to an existing Fundraising area on their website to begin accepting online credit card payments for memorial and tribute gifts. Donate Online also makes it easy for schools to take their fundraising to the next level by creating complete Memorial Gift areas for their websites, using simple web pages provided by RenWeb. These comprehensive webpages can include an overview of the school's memorial program, descriptions and photos for the school's various campaigns, and a secure donation button for submitting honorarioum gifts. (See Memorial Gift page example.) Now every school can simplify Memorial Day or honorarium donations for school friends and families, while empowering schools to acquire new donors who often do not respond to traditional postal mail solicitations. If you would like to learn more about http://www.renweb.com/Wheel/Powerful/Integrated-Web-Partners/Donate-Online.aspxwww.renweb.com/Wheel/Powerful/Integrated-Web-Partners/Donate-Online.aspx, please register for one of our free webinar demonstrations.
Do you have an effective way to process and record real-time credit card donations during your fundraising events?
Donate Online allows you to process live credit card payments for donations made at your school auction, walk-a-thon and other spring fundraisers, simplifying the collection process.
Donate Online's integration with Donor Connect makes record keeping even easier by recording the live donations against your constituent accounts. Take advantage of this opportunity to enhance your fundraising efforts by utilizing Donate Online, you'll love the results!
Donate Online offers a secure donation link that schools can attach to any web page that will allow often hard-to-reach family and friends to make online donations via credit cards with a few clicks. Powered by the secure and reliable processing engine of FACTS/NBS, the industry leader in K-12 online payment processing, Donate Online speeds deposits of donations into school bank accounts within three business days.
Using Donate Online, schools can simply add a Secure Donation link to an existing Fundraising area on their website to begin accepting online credit card payments.
Donate Online also makes it easy for schools to take their fundraising to the next level by creating complete Online Giving areas for their websites, using simple web pages provided by RenWeb. These comprehensive pages can include an overview of the school's fundraising program, descriptions and photos for the school's various campaigns, and a secure donation button for submitting gifts. (See Donate Online Example.)
Now every school can simplify donations for school friends and families, while empowering schools to acquire new donors who often do not respond to traditional postal mail solicitations.
If you would like to learn more about Donate Online or Donor Connect please register for one of our free webinar demonstrations listed below.
To sign up and register for one of the free sessions, please click on the appropriate link below: Donate Online Demo: Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10 to 11:00 a.m. CST - Register Online Donate Online Demo: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 1 to 2:00 p.m. CST - Register Online Donor Connect Integration Demo: Friday, April 8, 2011 - 10 to 11:00 a.m. CST - Register Online Cost: FREE
Does your school need a fast way to notify your school community when spring sporting events are cancelled or postponed?
Would you like to notify parents of upcoming spring events more quickly than is possible with your auto-dialer or phone tree system? Parent Alert Could Be the Answer For You! Learn More with a Live Demonstration and Free Trial.
Parent Alert is used every day by our schools that need to deliver time-sensitive information, or that simply want to send out reminders to parents wherever they are. Parent Alert provides instantaneous notifications to parents and your school community via text messages to cell phones; voice calls to work, home and cell; and emails to multiple addresses. You can send the alerts directly from RenWeb, much like you send email today, providing you a convenient and consistent method of communication for situations such as tuition payment reminders, bus schedule changes and emergencies . The webinar will cover the functionality available through Parent Alert and demonstrate how to send out different types of alerts. Following the session, attendees will be provided access to Parent Alert at their school for one month free of charge. Schools may then sign up for a 12-month subscription to Parent Alert for $0.30 per student per month. To sign up and register for the free session, please click on the link below: Date and Time: Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 10 to 11:00 a.m. CST - Register Online Date and Time: Monday, March 21, 2011 - 1 to 2:00 p.m. CST - Register Online