CommunityUse - Online Facility Use Calendaring System

Brief

CommunityUse is a powerful online facility use calendaring system that manages the facility use requirements of community organizations.

CommunityUse streamlines the process of managing your facility use program from event request and risk assessment, to invoicing and payment.

In addition to greatly simplifying the facility usage request process and improving relations with community groups, CommunityUse allows members of community organizations to register online, accept conditions of use, and upload insurance information – reducing data entry by district personnel.

"The process of scheduling our facilities was very time intensive. SchoolDude's facilities scheduling solution allows me to give requesting community groups an answer within minutes. The district now has a real-time calendar of events, and we have solved our problem of double booking. With SchoolDude, the solution automatically notifies everyone of their responsibilities and the community groups' needs."

Valerie See
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Grapevine, Texas
13,860 students

Value & Benefits

Value to Your Institution

Improves relations with community groups who use educational facilities and greatly simplifies the facility usage request process
Provides ability to improve cost recovery
Reduces time required to manage facility use requests from outside organizations

Benefits:

Improves communication by involving community organizations directly in the facility scheduling process
Improves service levels and relationships with community groups
Maximizes facility utilization
Saves the institution time, money, efficiency and productivity by streamlining the facility request and usage process

Features

Features

Enables guests and registered users from the community to view the public events calendar
Provides public events calendar view by month, day, week and events list
Allows members of community organizations to register online, accept conditions of use, and upload insurance information
Enables your approved community users to submit and review facility requests and schedules online
Provides simple access to view, print and download frequently utilized facility use related documents (e.g. use guidelines, locations, floor plans)
Calculates the cost of rentals and fees online
Provides invoice information online to registered community users
Automatically routes notifications to school and organization contacts

Success

Client Success

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Spokane Public Schools (Spokane, Washington)
"We needed a better way to view what was happening in different school locations, opposed to manually flipping through calendars. FSDirect helped us improve our customer service, while also providing as much community use as possible in a timely manner. Today it takes five minutes because we can simply look at the facility scheduling calendar for the entire district, all available spaces, and view them all online in real-time."
-Devon Rauenzahn
Spokane Public Schools; 30,950 students

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD (Grapevine, Texas)
"The process of scheduling our facilities was very time intensive. SchoolDude's facilities scheduling solution allows me to give requesting community groups an answer within minutes. The district now has a real-time calendar of events, and we have solved our problem of double booking. With SchoolDude, the solution automatically notifies everyone of their responsibilities and the community groups' needs."
-Valerie See
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD; 13,860 students

Shaker Heights City School District (Shaker Heights, Ohio)
"With FSDirect, I’m no longer waiting on approvals to come in the mail, or being lost in the process, or stuck in a pile on someone’s desk. Schools feel more involved and at ease with more information at their fingertips. Finally, I found something I can really use that is conducive to a school."
-April Abbott
Shaker Heights City School District; 5,600 students

Cape Cod Academy (Osterville, Massachusetts)
"FSDirect frees up a lot of our time, keeps scheduling very simple and allows us to get our work done. Now people are able to send requests from a computer, and things run much more smoothly when it comes to reserving rooms. Eliminating the paperwork gets rid of a real burden. It's scheduling simplified."
-Pat Viens
Cape Cod Academy; 400 students

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: Public Events Month View

: Public Events Week View

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