How google maps can help you in the classroom

Utilizing Google Maps in the classroom

Google Maps may not initially come to mind when you’re thinking about classroom resources. But did you know that Google Maps can be of great help in the classroom? Google Maps can be useful for teaching subjects such as Geography, History, and Politics. Technology continues to play a growing role in education, providing helpful and effective tools for students and teachers. By utilizing them, there are various innovative ways to incorporate digital tools and visualization into your teaching process.

We’re familiar with all the emerging digital tools being incorporated into the classroom in this day and age, but who would have thought something as simple as Google Maps could also alleviate your lessons? Let’s take a look at the ways Google Maps can help teachers in the classroom.

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April 2023 Webinar Announcement: Introducing Engage for Student Admissions

For our April webinar, we’ll take a close look at Engage by QuickSchools.

Engage is a stand-alone, cloud-based CRM software for educational and training institutions. Engage enables you to streamline your entire admissions process – from connecting to students and parents, all the way to enrolment. Reduce clutter, increase data accuracy, and improve information sharing with your applicants.

Attract and convert students in the most cost-effective way possible.

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What does the best online gradebook for your school have to offer?

best online gradebook

Almost everything is digitalized nowadays. Totally understandable, especially when applying digital technology to everyday tasks makes lives easier. Who wouldn’t want that? The benefits of digital transformation in the education sector are extensive. In this article, we will be discussing the features and benefits of an ideal online gradebook system that could also make your lives easier. 

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New Release – Mar 27, 2023

Today’s release contains improvements to the Orchestra Master Scheduler, Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart as well as other areas of our Student Information System:

Send the Schedule PDF via email to students directly from the Student record

Here is a list of the latest QuickSchools improvements:

Master Scheduler

  • Restrict duplicate courses (with same Course Code)
  • Show Course Code when displaying Course Constraints in Step 3
  • Improve UI for Advanced Search in Step 5
  • Customize generated Section Name in Step 6
  • Ability to email Schedule PDF from Student record (see above)

Lunch Ordering / Shopping Cart

  • Improve Checkout Flow for Shopping Carts that have already been checked out
  • Bug Fix Undo Cancellation from Order Fulfillment
  • Bug Fix Lunch Order Listing in Parent Portal

General Bug Fixes / Improvements

  • New Audit Trail for Simplified Scheduler (see below)
  • New Audit Trail for School Profile (see below)
  • Report Creator support for Student Documents
  • Support for Fee Category in printed Invoice PDF
  • Support for Course Code and Course Name in Transcripts PDF
  • Improve support for In-Screen Help

Beta Improvements

  • Support for multiple School IDs in SFTP Importer
  • Support Student ID Card in PDF Templates App

New Audit Trail

We’ve added Audit Trail support in 2 areas:

  • School Profile
  • Simplified Scheduling

On the “School Profile” page, you’ll see a new “History” link next to the “Save” button:

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