Escola – Schulkommunikation 2.10.1

The Escola app facilitates efficient communication and organization within the school environment, catering to parents, students, teachers, and school administration, all fully integrated into the Escola platform.

Key features provided by the Escola app include:

• Simplified Communication: Effortlessly send important information and notifications from the school to classes, groups, or individuals via smartphone or web portal.
• Message Tracking: Instantly monitor who has read the messages sent.
• Absence Management: Parents can record, confirm, and comment on absences, while students have access to a convenient overview of their attendance.
• School Calendar Sharing: Use the Escola agenda to manage all school dates and selectively share them with classes, groups, teachers, or parents.
• Class Overview: Quickly view all teachers associated with a specific class.
• Homework and Examination Tracking: Students can access their homework assignments and download relevant files or videos. They can also mark tasks as completed, providing parents visibility into their children’s homework activities.
• Access to Student Records and Grades: Parents can review their children’s academic records and current assessment grades. Availability of this feature may vary by school.
• Pinboard for Important Announcements: Share relevant school information such as lost items, volunteer opportunities, or teacher absences with the entire school community or targeted groups.
• Document Sharing: Teachers can easily share documents like images, PDFs, or Word files with their classes or groups. Parents also have access to these shared files.
• School Services Overview: Parents receive a practical weekly overview of their children’s enrolled services like afterschool care, lunch programs, or transportation options. Staff can track attendance and view relevant details for each student throughout the day.
• Additional Features: Video conferencing, teacher time tracking, student search functionality, personalized schedules for teachers, parents, and students, checklists, and more are included in the app's offerings.
• Stay Informed: Enable push notifications and email alerts to ensure you do not miss any messages from the school.

Please Note:

• The app is free for all users; however, your school must utilize Escola and activate the app features for access.
• Your login credentials for the app will be provided exclusively by your school.
• Certain modules may be disabled by schools; hence some features might not be available at your institution.

About Escola and the App:

Escola is renowned in Switzerland for its web-based school software that offers a multitude of unique features to enhance teaching efficiency, school communication, and administrative management. Many essential functions available in the web version of Escola will gradually be incorporated into the app as it continues to evolve and expand its capabilities.