--- title: Creating a seamless software experience for your school community description: What is a data-rich culture, and how do you foster one within your school? image: https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/man%20on%20laptop%20floating.png --- [![TrackOne Studio logo](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%207997%20(1).svg "TrackOne Studio logo")](https://www.trackonestudio.com/) - [Features](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features) - [Integrations](https://www.trackonestudio.com/integrations) - Resources - About Us [![Book a Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/20965311/3a4f7c15-483e-4f28-9ebc-ae29a23a3c75.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/20965311/3a4f7c15-483e-4f28-9ebc-ae29a23a3c75) [![Trial Now](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/20965311/858df546-7789-4163-8b1d-68e8beac3f42.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/20965311/858df546-7789-4163-8b1d-68e8beac3f42) [![Book a Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/20965311/3a4f7c15-483e-4f28-9ebc-ae29a23a3c75.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/20965311/3a4f7c15-483e-4f28-9ebc-ae29a23a3c75) [![Trial Now](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/20965311/858df546-7789-4163-8b1d-68e8beac3f42.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/20965311/858df546-7789-4163-8b1d-68e8beac3f42) ![Group 7999](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%207999.svg) [View All Features](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features) ![Group 8003](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208003.svg) ##### [Student Dashboards](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#student-dashboards) View a holistic summary of an individual student. ![Group 8028](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208028.svg) ##### [Class Summary](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#class-summary) Give teachers access to an overview of all students in each of their classes. ![Group 8031](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208031.svg) ##### [School Data Analysis](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#cohort-analysis) Make more informed decisions using reports on year level, subject, or department data. ![Group 8019](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208019.svg) ##### [Trend Analysis & Notifications](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#trend-analysis) Identify at-risk students and automatically notify relevant staff using configurable rules. ![Group 8029](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208029.svg) ##### [External Results](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#external-results) Store, analyse and publish academic data from external providers such as NAPLAN and ACER. ![Group 8032](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208032.svg) ##### [Attendance & Behaviour](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#attendance-behaviour) Monitor attendance and behaviour to identify any trends or changes over time. ![Group 7999](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%207999.svg) ##### [Student Wellbeing Surveys](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#student-wellbeing) Visualise wellbeing data and track how students are feeling over time. ![Group 8030](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208030.svg) ##### [Student Goal Setting](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#student-goalsetting) Provide a customised goal setting structure for students to create and track individual goals. ![Group 8033](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208033.svg) ##### [Extra-curricular & Soft Skills](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#extra-curricular) Record, track and evaluate skills gained from extra-curricular activities. ![Group 8021](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/Group%208021.svg) ##### [Student Awards](https://www.trackonestudio.com/features#student-awards) Digitise your awards process, replicating your school’s existing award rules and parameters. ##### [Academic Blind Spots](https://info.trackonestudio.com/academic-blind-spots) How aware are you of your academic blind spots? 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Get in touch with a team member here. ##### [Services & Support](https://www.trackonestudio.com/services) Access support, view available training sessions or contact the team. ##### [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.trackonestudio.com/faq) Do you have questions about TrackOne Studio? We have the answers! # Creating a seamless software experience for your school community ![https://20965311.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20965311/man%20on%20laptop%20floating.png](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hubfs/man%20on%20laptop%20floating.png) ### [Georgia Pollock](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/author/georgia-pollock) Published Sep 27, 2022 8:28:15 AM Schools operate a plethora of different software and digital platforms; from school management systems to learning management systems, analytics platforms or even your school website. As the daily users of your software ecosystem move between systems to complete their tasks, they are exposed to various channel experiences. The world leaders in research-based user experience, [Neilson Norman Group](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/omnichannel-consistency/), explain how these experiences are influenced by elements such as visual design, content, tone of voice, and functionality. Their research shows that creating consistency among these elements is important for a number of reasons, including: - **Familiarity and Confidence -** setting expectations for future interactions with your organization and building user confidence. - **Learnability - **consistent experiences are more learnable for users who have interacted with your ecosystem before. - **Efficiency - **users can complete tasks faster and more efficiently. - **Trust -** consistent experiences across channels will earn users’ trust and build credibility. So, let's take a look at four different ways schools can create a seamless software experience for their community.   ## 1. Integrations When you have many systems in place, it's vital that they work together and share information to operate efficiently. Disparate systems can create silos of data, require extra work for your staff, and result in a confusing user experience, as they may need to double handle data in multiple systems or track down the most recent information. Choosing systems that integrate and securely share data will improve the user experience by giving your community access to the most up-to-date data, no matter what system they are in. For example, if a teacher is investigating trends in a student’s grades using a learning analytics solution that integrates with their learning management system, they can rest assured that the grades displayed in both systems will be the same. This means that people aren’t confused about where to go for information since it will be accurate everywhere.   ## 2. Deep Linking Even if your systems are all connected perfectly, staff will still need to navigate between platforms to complete their day-to-day tasks. One way to make the transition between commonly used systems easier is through deep linking.  Deep linking is a feature within some systems that allows your IT Team to create links within one system that send users directly to specific pages within another connected system. For example, users of the Learning Analytics Suite can create links in systems like Schoolbox, Canvas, or their school intranet that send users directly to specific pages within the Learning Analytics Suite, saving staff time by removing the need to launch and navigate a separate system. Giving staff, students, and parents timely access to information when needed reduces barriers and makes your software ecosystem easier to navigate.   ## 3. School branding Building an identifiable brand is key to making your school immediately recognisable and helps you stand out from other schools in your area. As such, carrying colours, logos and imagery through to your software ecosystem is just as important as anywhere else in your school. Keeping your systems visually familiar to your users across systems will create a more seamless user experience when moving from platform to platform. Wherever possible, try to make your software appear as a natural extension of your school's website.   ## 4. Secure Single Sign-on Implementing secure Single Sign-on (SSO) allows staff to log in once to access multiple systems within the same browsing session, reducing the number of times a user has to log into various systems. A consistent sign-on experience means users know exactly what to expect when signing in and when it is safe to authenticate. Not only does this speed up the authentication process, but it also means users only need to remember one set of login credentials, which provides a better user experience, and fewer calls to your school's IT team for password resets.    Taking the proper steps to create a seamless experience for the daily users of your software ecosystem is going to increase productivity and user acceptance of your chosen systems. Putting in the effort to present a unified experience is about more than just user convenience - keeping a cohesive experience and tone can make users feel like members of your school's community, rather than generic customers, helping you maintain happy families from initial enrolment through to graduation.     Previous Post ###### [How St Patrick’s College is Transforming Student Engagement](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/how-st-patricks-college-is-transforming-student-engagement) Next Post ###### [Using technology to reduce teacher burnout](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/using-technology-to-avoid-teacher-burnout) ### Similar Blog Posts [![](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hs-fs/hubfs/connected-team.png?width=352&name=connected-team.png)](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/questions-to-ask-schools-in-your-network-about-how-they-use-data) #### [5 questions to ask schools in your network about how they use data](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/questions-to-ask-schools-in-your-network-about-how-they-use-data) [![](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Explore%20light.png?width=352&name=Explore%20light.png)](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/ensuring-buy-in-commitment-and-trust-with-a-data-group) #### [Ensuring Buy-in, Commitment and Trust with a Data Group](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/ensuring-buy-in-commitment-and-trust-with-a-data-group) [![](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/lo-res-teacher-student.jpg?width=352&name=lo-res-teacher-student.jpg)](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/how-class-placemats-can-empower-your-teachers) #### [Class Placemats](https://blog.trackonestudio.com/how-class-placemats-can-empower-your-teachers) Discover what **the Learning Analytics Suite** can unlock at your school. 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