Find out everything you need to know about the numerous features and functionality available in EdSmart for our Department for Education South Australia schools.
Upgrade Options
What is EMS - Engage?
This upgrade allows schools to streamline and automates administrative processes to reduce non-teaching tasks. Staff can initiate Forms to cover everything from professional development to leave management to incident reports.
What is EMS - Transform?
This complete EdSmart package with end-to-end excursion management using EdSmart’s Process lets you build administrative workflows around common processes in your school, adding automation and triggers to reduce the heads-on work of teaching and administrative staff.
EdSmart Payments
EdSmart Payments is an easy, tailor-made solution for collecting all types of school fees powered by School EasyPay. Schools can request parents make payments through a Parent Slip and check the status of any payments within EdSmart.
EdSmart Payments is only available on EMS - Engage & EMS - Transform.
SMS Text Messages
SMS helps schools improve their response rates for Slips sent to Parents and the view rate for Broadcasts. Combined with Broadcast templates, SMS can be a valuable part of a school’s emergency communications plan for parents, students and staff.
SMS Text Messages can be enabled for all EMS tiers upon request. (This feature is billed directly to schools)
Subscriptions Tiers & Functionality (Click on each functionality to learn more)
Functionality / Tier | EMS-Start | EMS-Engage | EMS-Transform |
✓* | ✓ | ✓ | |
❌ | ✓ | ✓ | |
❌ | ✓* | ✓* | |
❌ | ✓ | ✓ | |
❌ | ❌ | ✓ |
*Disabled by default, available upon request.