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Virtual Ed Link School

Virtual Ed Link's Virtual Ed Link for Schools

Public schools, private schools and higher education institutions across the country can depend on the Virtual Ed Link Safety and Security Management Solution (SSMS) for ondemand planning, training, communication, alerting and response services to reach students, parents and faculty, anytime, anywhere.

Virtual Ed Link expedites two-way communication to promote student safety and school security.

Virtual Ed Link Enables:

Instant sending of departmental or geographically targeted alerts
Easy communication with on-staff first responders and local emergency officials
Real-time notification and response from students, faculty, and staff
Informed decision making based on real time relevant information
Reliable message sending to thousands of students, and outreach to people with disabilities
Outreach to people living with disabilities

Supports Compliance with Higher Education Act (HR-4137)

The new Higher Education Act (HR-4137) requires that higher education institutions immediately notify the campus community upon the confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat on campus.

Virtual Ed Link supports HR-4137 compliance by instantly delivering critical messages via voice and text to wired and wireless phones, e-mail, pagers, SMS, MMS, VoIP, BlackBerry® smart phones and Palm® and Treo™ devices.

Key Benefits of the VRED Alert Service include:

Easy to Use: VRED Alert Service uses an intuitive Web-based interface designed for nontechnical users. This ensures that personnel using the system can act quickly, confidently and accurately in high-stress situations.

Reduces Administrative Burden: A user friendly self-registration is available that enables students and faculty to sign up easily. Users can also change or update their own profile without any intervention required by the school.

Targeted, Two-Way Messaging: VRED can be used to target populations both on and off campus or to send messages to specific groups. The VRD system has two-way messaging capabilities; once a message is sent, recipients can respond to a voice or text message and provide vital information about their status.

Interactive Responses: VRED's Alert Service enables interactive response to all alerts. Make Informed Decisions – Viyya Technologies Information Management Solution allows you to make decisions and disseminate up-to-date relevant information to the appropriate audiences

Audit Trail: VRED's Alert Tracer provides the capability to track and document recipients' responses to alert messages. This feature supports deployment of resources for those in need of immediate assistance, as well as a record for auditing, compliance and debriefing purposes.