Making the most_of_sms_in_education-1
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The document discusses various ways that educational institutions are using text messaging tools (txttools) to communicate with and support students. Some examples mentioned include: 1. Sending course information, alerts, and reminders to students via text. 2. Using text messaging for feedback, interactive lectures, disability assistance, and reporting issues like bullying. 3. Integrating text tools with other media like websites, blogs, and podcasts.
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Making the most_of_sms_in_education-1
- 1. Integrating txttools for better communication in education Steve Sidaway Cy-nap Ltd [email_address] www.txttools.co.uk
- 4. Set up auto-responders in inbox rules:
- 5. Use SMS as a gateway to link to other media including: The Money Doctors Project. You Tube Animated Forms Blogs Podcasts Download Brian Hipkin’s presentation from the Leeds edutxt conference
- 7. Interactive messaging - using keywords Bus Campaign Bus Marketing mark English eng Science sci Train Campaign Train Student Services ss Administration admin Maths maths Dedicated number 0793 908 1424 88020
- 8. TEXTING TO A SHORTCODE Text the keyword STEVE followed by your first name or a question to 88020
- 9. Using SMS for social inclusion and delivery of of advice
- 10. Text: Admissions To 07624803356 ( texts cost your normal text rate )
- 11. Creating your own inbox rules with keywords
- 12. inbox options: filter, forward, add to group and auto response
- 13. Message archive - full audit trail
- 14. Phase two - delivering links to podcast content via RSS2SMS
- 16. txteditor - deliver text courses, capture RSS feeds and deliver as text + text questions to web 2.0 services
- 17. Try it out - Send the following text message: YCCPodcast to 88020
- 21. Poster from Chichester College
- 23. Best practice
- 29. Using Keywords with a Shortcode
- 31. Sign up in school By supplying your data, and signing this form, you are consenting to the college holding and using this information about you. Further information from College Data Protection Officer 01252 407062.’ Join our FREE text messaging service designed with you in mind! First name……………………………………………………… Family name……………………………………………………. Mobile No……………………………………………………… Current school.……………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… Course/s applied for……………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- 34. UWIC shortcode adverts - Millenniumn Stadium (Six Nations Rugby campaign)
- 36. London Metro newspaper advert
- 37. Part time Open Evening
- 51. Not just in education: http://www.fife.gov.uk/doitonline/
- 56. Link to: Using sms to support teaching and learning in HE from University of Bath Reference resources
- 57. Hear user case studies and Best Practice examples at the next txttools conference in Glasgow Presentations for E-learning Student Support Marketing 23 September 2008
Editor's Notes
- The txteditor can provide 3 services: A course of text messages to be sent hourly, daily, weekly - just set up the content and let it run Capture RSS (news feeds) from any website and deliver them as text to any individual or group who has registered from their mobile phone Enable text questions to be answered from any Web 2.0 service - e.g. library book availability
- AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL SET UP FROM NORTON COLLEGE. 2 INBOUND NUMBERS SERVING 4 DEPARTMENTS - USING STAFF INITIALS AS KEYWORDS. ONE OVERALL ADMIN AND TWO SUB USERS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN INBOUND NUMBERS AND EACH SUB USER HAS TWO DEPARTMENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS FOR INDIVIDUAL USERS.
- INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO TEXT IN ARE ON THE SALISBURY COLLEGE WEBSITE
- THE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDE DETAILS ABOUT HOW TO UPDATE NEW MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS - BY TEXTING INTO A NEW NUMBER INBOX. SALISBURY ARE ROLLING OUT THE APPLICATION GRADUALLY AS MORE DEPARTMENTS ARE LEARNING FROM BEST PRACTICE FROM EXISTING USERS.
- 2 RESPONSE MECHANISMS USED ON THIS POSTCARD - CALL OR TEXT - TEXTS CAN BE QUANTIFIED AS THEY ALL COME INTO THE PROMOTION INBOX.
- LINCOLN COLLEGE HAVE BEEN USING THE APPLICATIONS FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND IS USED BY BOTH MARKETING AND STUDENT SERVICES FARNBOROUGH HAVE PIONEERED A FREE TEXT MESSAGE SERVICE BY SUBJECT FOR YEAR 11 STUDENTS IN THEIR FEEDER SCHOOLS - CONTACTS ARE ASSIGNED TO KEEP WARM GROUPS BY SUBJECT
- The Don’t Stop Now Magazine is full of real insight into college life at Stoke including articles about staff, top tips and day in the life of a music student are all really useful to get a flavour of college life here. Throughout they prompt the student to respond and interact either by phone or text.
- UWIC’S CURRENT CAMPAIGN
- MOODLETXT ENABLES YOU TO ACCESS ALL OF THE FUNCTIONALITY FROM WITHIN MOODLE - SO YOU LOG IN ONCE TO MOODLE AND IF YOU ARE AN AUTHORISED USER YOU CAN TEXT FROM MOODLE.
- Moodletxt within Moodle
- MOODLETXT ENABLES YOU TO ACCESS ALL OF THE FUNCTIONALITY FROM WITHIN MOODLE - SO YOU LOG IN ONCE TO MOODLE AND IF YOU ARE AN AUTHORISED USER YOU CAN TEXT FROM MOODLE.