Overview
Project Need
Sentral Education is a specialised learning and management software company servicing over 1800 customers in the Australian education sector. After identifying a need to enhance communication between parents and their children’s schools, Sentral Education approached us with the objective of developing a mobile application to deliver real-time notifications from schools to parents. Fundamentally, Sentral Education wanted the application to be easy to navigate with a fresh aesthetic, compatible with multiple operating systems, and functional across all devices.
Project Goals
- Deliver a fully functional app to the platform stores by the start of February 2017
- Create a user experience that is simpler yet more functional than competitors in the market
- Create a base platform that Sentral can build upon into the future
Technology
iOS, Android
Client
Sentral Education
What We Did
UI/UX Design, iOS Development, Android Development
The Sentral Education App
To meet this challenge set by Sentral Education, we designed and built native applications on both IOS and Android to create a consistent user experience across these competing operating systems. We created a base platform that Sentral Education can build upon in the future with the ability to integrate with schools’ web portals.
Key Features of the Mobile Application are:
- Push Notifications: Send instant push notifications to parents to notify them of a new message from the school.
- Payment Gateway: Receive payments and record them. Eliminate manual handling of payments and increase payment convenience for parents.
- Instant Messaging: Communicate swiftly and easily. All communication with parents is recorded for monitoring.
- Homework Management: Let parents know what needs to be done, when.
- Track Information: Easy access and reporting – all data is stored automatically and readily available.
The Results
The native applications we designed and built for Sentral Education have not only given the company a communicative edge over its competitors in the education market, but have also empowered parents with the ability to manage and control their child’s education in real-time.
Going forward, Sentral Education is in a good position to effectively respond to the ever-evolving needs of students, parents and schools.
