myCollege vs DioConnect

The St Cuthbert's College App is developed in partnership with Digistorm Education and Alaress. It is designed to give parents, students and teachers a seamless environment with ready access to important information about events and daily activities at the School, as well as key contact details. The myCollege App provides an easy way to access personalised content and communication from the School’s online environment, Schoolbox. Key features: The Dashboard: The dashboard provides an overview of the latest notices, unread notices, timetables for staff and students and a timeline view of the day’s events. Messages: The messages section provides notifications of activity within Schoolbox. As content is added to groups that you are a member of and follow, you will receive a notification that will allow you to click through to the relevant Schoolbox page. Push notifications can be configured and used. Calendar: The School Calendar contains details on events and key dates at the School. Click on the event to see further details and information or search for an event. The calendar can also be used as an eDiary with students having the ability to add homework tasks for completion. The calendar menu item will show how many events are in your calendar for that day. Work: Students and staff will see a reminder in the app to any due work and its relevant date within Schoolbox. Notices: The notices section contains daily communication from the School to parents, students and staff. The myCollege App means you will receive the communication relevant to you. Timetable: Parents, students and staff can see a copy of their 10 day timetable with an easy to read view of the current day’s timetable. By clicking on the class, students and staff will be able to access the class’ Schoolbox page. Contacts: Call and email the school directly from myCollege App. All key contact details are listed. You can also email and notify your child’s absence through the app. Links: Links to other frequency used online sites for parents, students and staff are provided here for easy access. Settings: Settings allows you to review your settings and turn on push notifications. Clicking on notifications allows you to review your Message Settings in Schoolbox that will apply for both Schoolbox and the myCollege App. From here you can choose the frequency and method for a range of different content within Schoolbox, as well as choose to follow groups to receive messages.

Access the key features of DioConnect from the palm of your hand with the Diocesan School for Girls app, developed in partnership with Digistorm and Schoolbox. Receive instant and important information from your school community, receive real-time alerts and experience seamless collaboration between teachers, parents and students. Key features of the Diocesan School for Girls app: Notifications: notifications are synced with Schoolbox to ensure that you receive targeted and important push notifications that matter to you Messages: messages allow parents, teachers and students to communicate personally, in groups or to receive targeted communications from Diocesan School for Girls Calendar: the Calendar provides parents, teachers and students a personalised view of what's coming up for the day or in the future. Students can also receive reminders when the due date for their work is approaching Due Work: this module allows students and their parents to know and be reminded when their school work is due News: news provides the school community with the latest information on what's happening at Diocesan School for Girls Timetable: the timetable feature pulls information dynamically from Schoolbox so that teachers and students always know where they need to be Settings allows you to manage the frequency and type of notifications that you receive from Diocesan School for Girls. Developed by Digistorm - Software for Smarter Schools.