Schoop 1.9.9.22

What is Schoop?

Schoop is a communication platform designed for educational institutions, businesses, charities, clubs, and community organizations. It serves any entity that seeks to engage with individuals while ensuring communication remains safe, free from cyberbullying, and devoid of the need for internal moderation.

With Schoop, both communication and engagement are conducted in a secure manner.

Our guiding principles include:

• Inform
• Involve
• Engage
• Reach out

The platform's inclusive nature allows for a wide range of participants beyond just parents or guardians in a school context. The unlimited messaging capability permits numerous stakeholders to remain informed. Contact details provided by subscribers are verified through email or mobile phone, ensuring accurate communication when sending private messages or forming confidential groups.

Feedback from schools and parents indicates that extended family—such as relatives and close friends—often play a role in school affairs, particularly when both parents are employed. Consequently, it is sensible to include others in these communications. This may encompass:

• Parents and guardians
• Aunties and uncles
• Grandparents
• Friends and neighbors
• Childcare providers
• Teachers and school staff
• Governors
• Church representatives
• The children themselves

Schoop Features and Benefits

For App Users:

• Ensures that important alerts are not overlooked or confused with general SMS or spam emails.
• Add an unlimited number of Schoop Channels to stay connected with preferred years, groups, and languages.
• Avoid relying on children for important notifications, as highlighted by real-life examples:
• • “I needed to pay a deposit for my school trip last Monday. Now I can't go.”
  • “I need a lamb’s heart for a science project this morning.” (This was truly the case!)
• No more searching through school bags or websites for newsletters.
• Share alerts effectively via social media platforms like Facebook.
• Access news items organized chronologically.
• Add important events directly to your calendar, ensuring you never miss key dates such as:
• • School holidays
  • Inset days
  • Parent's evenings
  • Concerts and fairs
  • Non-uniform days

For Schools:

• A straightforward registration process that takes just two minutes to complete.
• An online management console featuring a mobile-friendly alert creator.
• The ability to send unlimited alerts, news, and event notifications.
• Create forms and surveys with various question types.
• Facilitate private and group messaging along with private groups.
• Easily integrate with existing websites and Twitter accounts.
• Import and export calendar events and news feeds seamlessly.
• Add subscribers effortlessly.

Examples of Alerts Include:

• School closure announcements
• Reminders regarding school trips
• Engagement opportunities for parents concerning their child's at-home learning activities
• Year-specific homework or equipment reminders
• Open house and parent evenings
• Inset days
• Non-uniform days
• Fundraising initiatives

Schoop supports communications in English while offering automatic translation in 40 languages, ensuring inclusivity for all subscribers. Additionally, it aligns with multiple Eco-Schools criteria by bypassing the student intermediary, delivering critical messages directly to those who need them. The platform also provides ongoing support at no cost.