See why Schoolvoice is the smarter choice for school-wide communication
- Tailored for school communication
- Built for every department
- Supports every grade level
- Integrates seamlessly with your LMS
Compare Schoolvoice to Seesaw
Seesaw is an excellent platform for classroom learning and student portfolios, but unlike Schoolvoice, it wasn't built to manage school-wide communication across departments, grade levels, and administrative teams.
| Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
Actionable messages Send messages that do more than inform parents. They allow parents to take action instantly with a single tap. | Included | Not included |
Announcements Share the latest news, updates, and holiday greetings. | Included | Broadcast messages for general updates with the option to disable replies. |
Approval request Collect digital parent consent and approvals without printing forms or chasing signatures. | Included | Not included |
Acknowledgement request Ask parents to confirm they have read important information with one tap. | Included | Not included |
Reply request Collect replies, documents, or requested information from parents in a structured way. | Included | Not included |
Payment request Send school fee requests and allow parents to pay online while tracking payment status. | Included | Not included |
Absence & tardiness notes Notify parents about absences or lateness and receive reasons or supporting documents digitally. | Included | Not included |
Emergency alerts Deliver urgent notifications immediately, even when parents' phones are on silent. | Included | Not included |
Message merge Personalize messages and attachments for hundreds of parents in one send. | Included | Not included |
Message recall Recall accidentally sent messages before parents can access outdated information. | Included | Not included |
Chat Secure teacher-parent messaging without sharing personal phone numbers. | Included | Limited administrative oversight. |
Voice calls Make secure voice calls between teachers and parents while keeping communication inside the platform. | Included | Not included |
Teacher availability hours Let teachers define working hours to support healthier communication boundaries. | Included | Included |
School stories Share classroom and school highlights through private stories available for 24 hours. | Included | Not included |
Teacher drive Store, organize, and securely share learning materials with parents. | Included | Parents can only view completed student work posted to the journal. Learning materials and activities are assigned to students directly and are not accessible to parents. |
Rewards & challenges Encourage positive behavior and participation with engaging school-wide rewards. | Included | Not included |
Progress tracking Help parents follow their child's achievements and progress over time. | Included | Relies on digital portfolios to track students' academic progress. |
Leaderboards Celebrate achievements through interactive leaderboards that motivate students. | Included | Not included |
Live broadcasting Stream school events live so parents can participate from anywhere. | Included | Not included |
Analytics dashboard A comprehensive, admin-centric dashboard empowering school leadership with full visibility, detailed message tracking, and precise insights to target unengaged parents. | Included | Focused primarily on tracking student activity, teacher interactions, and family profile visits (measuring content visibility rather than administrative metrics). |
Schoolvoice plus A premium space for parents to easily access top-quality products and services handpicked for their children. | Included | Not included |
Complete your school's learning experience with a platform designed for communication
As your school outgrows the limitations of early education learning programs, Schoolvoice becomes the ideal platform for school communication, connecting administrators, teachers, and parents while strengthening parent engagement.
- Built to support every grade level across K-12 education.
- Equips administrators with tools for full operational control.
- Engages parents effectively while saving teachers valuable time.
FAQ
While Seesaw is widely known as an elementary-focused Learning Management System LMS centered on classroom activities and student portfolios, Schoolvoice offers a comprehensive, whole-school solution. Beyond supporting daily classroom operations, Schoolvoice excels as a centralized communication platform. It bridges the gap between school administration, teachers, and parents to guarantee secure, institution-wide communication.
Yes. Many schools use Schoolvoice together with Seesaw. Seesaw handles classroom portfolios and student assignments while Schoolvoice manages all school-to-parent communication, approvals, attendance, and administrative workflows.
Yes. Schoolvoice gives parents one clutter-free app for everything outside the classroom — from signing permission slips to reading school news — without navigating through student homework.
Using different apps for different educational stages often creates a fragmented experience. Parents with children in multiple grades have to switch between several apps, while school administrators end up managing disconnected communication and data.
Schoolvoice solves this by providing a unified K–12 communication platform that adapts to the needs of every educational stage. It combines engaging communication tools for early education with structured, professional workflows for middle and high schools, giving school leaders one centralized dashboard and parents a single app throughout their children's school journey.