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    ACTIVE Education

    Score4.7 out of 10
    N/AACTIVE Network's ACTIVE Education solution is designed to provide up-to-date, user-friendly registration software which enables administrators and students to enroll and purchase merchandise with ease. The software supports loyalty building activities, increase registrations, and keep a student database up-to-date as well as streamline the participant experience.N/A

    Orah

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ABoardingware, headquartered in Auckland, offers their student management system for boarding schools, built around managing the needs particular to boarding schools, such as student care and student tracking.N/A
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    ACTIVE EducationOrah
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    ACTIVE EducationOrah
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Frontline HCM
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    Schoolmint Hero
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    User Ratings
    ACTIVE EducationOrah
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    ACTIVE EducationOrah
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Active Network, LLC
    Really like the appearance of reporting and the web booking.
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    This is hands down the best application on the market in terms of making sure parents and staff understand where students are at any given time during the day. It also has done a great job of expanding into buy-in areas for students such as having event sign-ups inside the application. Having parent accounts also does a great job of keeping lines of communication open between the parents, school, and students.
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    Pros
    Active Network, LLC
    • Separation of payer and the person attending the activity. For example: children incur charges, but the parent is responsible for paying them.
    • Fast - in our old system there was a delay while customers waited for the system to respond.
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • Keeping all information organized in one place.
    • Having my entire student database at the touch of a screen.
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    Cons
    Active Network, LLC
    • I really like the look and feel of ActiveNet Reporting, but it isn't extremely customizable. Maybe there is something I am missing, but other employees have shared that same feedback.
    • It would be nice to have the system synchronize with other software we use. (EMS, StarRez, etc.) When planning conferences, we currently have hotel guests and registration that we would like to share information for through each system. Currently it is just double data entry.
    • Would like to be able to add more resources and details to a room booking and have the corresponding departments be notified of the order/track inventory.
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • I would like to see all parents having to capture weekend arrangements, whether they are going out or staying in.
    • An automatic reminder SMS sent to parents who have not made arrangements by a certain time.
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    Support Rating
    Active Network, LLC
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    I gave this rating because Boardingware support is unbelievable. They are quick to reply and have a chat feature that they not only are there for most of the day but you can leave a note if they are not available and they get back to you very quickly. I thoroughly enjoyed any conversations I had with support from Boardingware.
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    Active Network, LLC
    ACTIVE Network allowed: grouping of classes, good interface, allowed importing of records, complex payment plans, per class fee structures, user fees, and trial classes.
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    Senior Systems did not work as well and the functionality from the administrative side is not as user-friendly. I often felt like it was down and not working properly, or that I could not find where certain documents are. I believe that for a boarding school community Boardingware was much more user-friendly, and did not take as many steps in order to get the job done quickly.
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    Return on Investment
    Active Network, LLC
    • Not sure yet.
    • It is newer to me and my department.
    • Double data entry which is just extra man hours.
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    Orah (Previously Boardingware)
    • We were tracking student leave by hand or by an in-house program. Both of these became inefficient and/or unusable. Having Boardingware has expedited the process. It's hard to give numbers, but we're several days ahead of where we used to be in terms of tracking students' leave for Thanksgiving break.
    • Parent involvement was always an issue, but with Boardingware parents must approve a leave before we (the school) does. This makes parents take responsibility for their child which happens less than it should.
    • Having access to flagged students with health issues makes it much easier to plan field trips. We can easily know who should have what meds or epi pens based on their Boardingware profile. Safety awareness and prevention has gone up due to this feature.
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