Likelihood to Recommend I would highly recommend Azure machine learning design for those with less access to high-end computing infrastructure, as using Azure saves a lot of time, money, and effort by providing a hustle-free platform that is easy to use and train your employees on. On the other hand, if you are looking for complete control of the machine learning model you create and would like to add detailed functionalities and try different algorithms, then Azure is less suitable here as it’s very high level.
Read full review This is an ideal program for any school or district looking for a way to monitor room and maintenance requests. The digital routing availability will help ease the burden of paper copies and make it quicker for everyone to use and submit their needs. Schools with a variety of staff members are best suited, especially since when submitting a request you can designate those that need to be involved and what specific needs you have from facility to technology.
Read full review Pros Leverage machine learning as a service. Accelerate machine learning with best-breed algorithms. Support remote working with cloud-based services. Creation of compliant and secure machine learning applications. Read full review You are able to designate whether you are submitting a maintenance request or a schedule request (for rooms). You can set recurring schedules for areas or rooms you may need weekly or monthly to be requested on a set day or time. SchoolDude autoroutes to the personnel you designate, taking out any physical paperwork involved. You can see your history of requests (both maintenance and schedule) in the database. Read full review Cons Limited storage for those using the free version. Limited number of machine learning algorithms. Because of its high-level design, it doesn’t give the developers much control as you don’t write much code in to do what you exactly want. Read full review The filter and ability to sort through your request history is a little difficult to navigate and can be glitchy if you are not sorting in the correct way. There should be a quicker and simpler way to verify whether a room is booked prior to scheduling. A cleaner, more simplistic look and navigation would go a long way. Read full review Alternatives Considered It’s fierce competition, but Azure as a Microsoft product is more stable and performs better than Amazon AWS since all of our machines are built on Microsoft Operating systems. Azure provides a pay-per-minute service, unlike AWS, which provides a pay-per-hour service. Azure allows direct linking to exist cloud storage that we already use at our institution, such as OneDrive. Azure has a friendly and easy-to-use interface that staff and students are already used to working with other Microsoft products.
Read full review This is the only program I have used for the facility, maintenance, technology, and room requests. However, there are programs that include similar features.
Frontline Professional Growth is a platform that includes digital forms and routing similar to SchoolDude. But it is a vastly more in-depth program with features that go beyond what SchoolDude is often used for.
Read full review Return on Investment Reduce energy consumption caused by GPUs. Saves on recycling and transporting costs and maintenance caused by buying high-end equipment. Improve productivity as building products using Azure is easier than building everything up from scratch (e.g., machine learning and AI applications). Read full review Less printing and copying in a district. Quicker submitting and processing time. Able to track requests and see what is being used in the district. Read full review ScreenShots Brightly Event Manager™ Screenshots