fsSocial
Collaborate and Communicate with Control and Security
With the usage of social networking tools among a wide variety of users skyrocketing, the question becomes, “How can schools harness the popularity and ease-of-use of social networking for their benefit?”
Solution: fsSocial
finalsiteSocial is a private social network within your school’s portal environment, providing:
- Ease-of-Use – No large learning curve is required.
- Control – Limit access to whichever constituents or set of constituents you choose.
- Accountability – Schools can monitor and filter all shared content.
- Privacy – Content can be shared with a group or one-on-one
With fsSocial you can:
- Post Group ‘activity updates’ with files, URLs
- Post comments to Group activity updates
- View an enhanced Activity Stream with avatars, filtering, and search capabilities
- Message other finalsiteSocial users
- Join and create mini collaboration Groups
How can this be used at your school?
Academics
- Faculty can quickly post updates (including files, links) to the whole class – no email required
- Students can collaborate and contribute to group projects or study groups
- Students can message teachers 1:1 for extra help
- Teachers can message students who need extra help – or a group of students
- No need to issue/manage student emails, as all academic-related updates/messages will be available in their school portal
School-to-Parent
- Division principals could open discussion to larger groups of parents (per grade or division). This ongoing thread could provide convenient access to all parents to discuss/address questions and concerns
- Teachers – particularly Lower School teachers - might find this an efficient way to share pictures and communicate to parents about day-to-day activities and to receive feedback from them
- Teachers may also find this a helpful tool to assist parents in organizing special class activities like field trips and celebrations
Parent-to-parent
- Parent committees would no longer have to rely on the school for lists of parent emails or for sending emails back and forth between lots of volunteers
- Group-based updates/comments would simplify and consolidate communication for these parents
Alumni connections
- Take class notes to the next level with this more modern take on communicating and sharing
- Alumni can coordinate on upcoming alumni events
Admissions
- Schools could create groups of incoming students and parents to reach out and begin to build this relationship before these families officially become part of the school community
How you use this flexible tool is up to you. With finalsiteSocial you can:
- Collaborate, communicate and share in a protected environment
- Post Group ‘activity updates’ with files and URLs
- Post comments to Group activity updates
- View your Enhanced Activity Stream with avatars, filtering, and search options
- Use Internal Messaging with search options
- Access finalsiteSocial on your mobile site
Students, parents, faculty, staff, alumni, board members…who uses fsSocial is up to you and your goals. Harness the power of social networking without the usual risks. Learn more about fsSocial today.
