Manual attendance management
The school managed attendance manually before the CRM was developed.
Education · custom school software
From manual school records to parent access in the app
Project overview: Saffron previously managed attendance and fees manually and shared updates through WhatsApp. Digittrix developed its school CRM and React Native parent app, where parents can now view attendance, fee information, assignments and holidays.
Before development
Saffron’s starting point was a manual process for attendance and fees, with school updates shared through WhatsApp.
The school managed attendance manually before the CRM was developed.
School fees were also managed manually.
Staff shared updates with parents through WhatsApp.
What Digittrix developed
Digittrix developed Saffron School CRM for administration and a React Native app that gives parents access to school information. The delivered scope includes the following modules and app.
Attendance management for the school’s day-to-day records.
A dedicated module for managing school fees.
A WhatsApp integration module for school communication.
Assignment management as part of the school’s academic workflows.
A notification module for school updates.
A module for managing the school’s holiday schedule.
Digittrix built the parent app with React Native. It includes attendance, fee information, assignments, notifications and school holidays.
After delivery
Parents can now see attendance, fees, assignments and holidays in the Saffron parent app. The change gives families a dedicated place to access these details.
Parents can view attendance and fee information in the app, alongside the school’s CRM modules for managing these records.
Parents can see assignments in the app and refer to the schoolwork shared there.
Parents can check school holidays directly in the app.
Evidence note
Digittrix confirmed the school’s earlier manual processes, the delivered CRM and React Native parent app, and the parent access described here. The visual is an illustrative CRM module map. No time-saving or financial improvement figures are claimed.
Source trail
This case study is based on Digittrix’s first-hand account of the project.
Digittrix confirmed that Saffron previously managed attendance and fees manually and shared updates on WhatsApp. It also confirmed the six CRM modules and React Native parent app, where parents can view attendance, fees, assignments and holidays, with notifications included in the app scope.
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