Check out our featured WebStore from San Juan Hills High School!

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Being a new school, we wanted our ASB to be set-up with technology as current and up-to-date as the rest of our school. Using ActiveEducate's WebStore for all of our students and parents gives us a unique and technically savvy look and attitude.

We wanted to offer an online payment option to parents to minimize long lines during registration. It ends up being a huge convenience for not only students and parents, but for me as well.

We've really stepped up the messaging to parents this year about our WebStore. We listed all of the information on our school Web site homepage. The first thing that parents see when they go to our school Web site is "Don't Wait in Line" and we included a PDF download of the flier I created with our information. (See the images below of our ActiveEducate template compared to Lori's customized flier for her school.)

We sent home registration packets to all students that included the flyer that I created, and our principal sent out a list-serve, which is an automated phone call, to all of our parents prior to registration to remind them to use our WebStore for registration.

We are really looking forward to utilizing the WebStore throughout the year and making this the preferred method for credit card payments for parents and students at our school.

This is a flier template available to all WebStore customers from ActiveEducate:

This is Lori's customized version of the flier template, with her school's information:

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SchoolBooks users: August is typically when schools complete year-end processes and prep for the new school year. We've created a SchoolBooks Year-End how-to video to help get you quickly through your year-end process and focus on the upcoming school year! Check it out here and learn everything you need to know about closing out SchoolBooks for the year.

Tracks users: We've got a brand new Dr. Download help video that you've got to see! It's about time to remove those graduating seniors and pull in those new freshmen, right? Click here for a walk-through of the whole process to get your system all set up for a brand new year. It's all there!

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		Be the Best YOU can be! With the coming rush of Fall Registration and all that Back to School entails, it's easy to get caught up in an overwhelming feeling of frustration and self-blame because you can't always (click here to continue reading...)
		New Update Available - Version 6.05.17.615 A new update is available for SchoolBooks and Tracks Desktop. We recommend you go to Help / Get Updates to download this update especially if you have a WebStore and have started selling your item that can move students to (click here to continue reading...)
		Enhancements to Improve Your Audits: Feedback Needed I'm reviewing Tracks and SchoolBooks enhancement requests that pertain to audits. These are either requests you've made because your auditor asked for them or (click here to continue reading...)

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How easy is it for others to find your WebStore from the link on your school Web site? In order for students and parents to take advantage of paying online, they have to be able to easily access your WebStore. A simple way to assess how easy it is to locate your WebStore is to count the number of clicks it takes to get to it. Ask someone to visit your school Web site and play "visitor." Count the number of mouse-clicks it takes them to get from your school's Web site home page all the way to your WebStore. The fewer clicks the better.

An easy way to decrease the clicks required to get to the WebStore, is to place a clickable "button" graphic that links directly to your WebStore right on your school's home page. We make it easy with our Button Generator, which allows you to create your own button graphic that you can send to your Web site tech for placement on your school's homepage. Click here to use the Button Generator or ask your Web tech to add a link to the WebStore on the home page of the Web site so it shows up right alongside all of the other important links.

Check out these examples:

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Expertise: I work directly with customers on the phone, helping them troubleshoot any problems they have using their BlueBear products, like SchoolBooks, Tracks, and WebStore. I answer any questions they might have. I graduated from Coleman University in December 2008 with a Bachelors degree in Computer Networking and Network Security.

Just for fun: I am a family guy for sure. I love hanging out with my two daughters doing whatever makes them happy! I enjoy swimming, biking and anything outdoors. I am a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan and I also enjoy playing Fantasy Football.

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