- provides free browser-based access to ParentsWeb information from any mobile device, including an iPod, iPhone, Android Phone, iPad or Android Tablet.
- ParentsWeb Mobile allows parents and students to access Homework Assignments, Daily Grades, Lesson Plans, Calendar Events, Announcements, School Directory Listings, Report Cards, Attendance, Behavior Events and Class Schedules. Future enhancements include Family Account Balances, Pay Now, Lunch Menus, Lunch Ordering, Newsletters, Resource Documents and Medical information.
- accesses the same information as ParentsWeb Mobile, while providing the additional conveniences of an App for an annual subscription of $4.99 per household.
-
With the RenWeb Home App, parents and students will:
- Always stay logged into ParentsWeb, providing instant access.
- Navigate to their information faster.
- Communicate easier with other school parents and faculty through their Smartphone's integration with the School Directory, allowing parents to Tap & Send emails or make phone calls instantly to directory listings.
- Import school calendar events and student homework assignments into Personal Calendars.
To access ParentsWeb Mobile, parents simply use their mobile device to navigate to their normal ParentsWeb Login Page and they will be redirected to the ParentsWeb Mobile login page.
Access Instructions for the RenWeb Home App
The RenWeb Home App is available now in the Apple App Store for an annual subscription of $4.99 per year. Parents should use their iPod, iPhone or iPad to search the App Store for RenWeb Home.
RenWeb Home is offered by the App Store as an In-App Subscription. That means a parent or student installs the App for free, and then purchases an annual subscription to the App the first time they access it. That single annual subscription then covers every iPod, iPhone or iPad used by every member of the family as recorded in RenWeb.
Android Version of RenWeb Home
An Android version of the RenWeb Home will be released in the Android Market later this Fall. For now, parents on Android devices should use ParentsWeb Mobile.
FAQ / frequently asked questions:
Q: What is the difference between ParentsWeb Mobile and the RenWeb Home App?
A: Both provide access to the same ParentsWeb information. ParentsWeb Mobile uses a free mobile-friendly browser. RenWeb Home accesses the information using an app, which provides additional features only an app can offer, including the ability for parents to:
- Always stay logged into ParentsWeb, providing instant access.
- Navigate to their information faster.
- Communicate easier with other school parents and faculty through their Smartphone’s integration with the School Directory, allowing parents to Tap & Send emails or make phone calls instantly to directory listings.
- Import school calendar events and student homework assignments into your Personal Calendars.
Q: Why are you charging parents a $4.99 subscription fee to access ParentsWeb using the RenWeb Home App? Shouldn’t that be included in the fees we pay RenWeb already?
A: Parents can access ParentsWeb for free using our desktop browser or through ParentsWeb Mobile. If parents want the additional convenience and features available only through an app, they have the option to purchase a subscription to the app. RenWeb uses the fees to help fund all of our mobile-friendly development, including RenWeb Home, ParentsWeb Mobile and RenWeb Staff, our iPhone/iPad app for faculty.
Q: Will ParentsWeb Mobile work on both an iPhone and Android phone? How about iPads and Android Tablets?
A: Yes. RenWeb Mobile works on an iPod, iPhone, Android Phone, iPad and Android Tablet.
Q: Why do you show the app as Free, and then ask parents to pay the subscription fee once they try to log into the app?
A: This is certainly not our choice or preference. To offer RenWeb Home as a subscription, the App Store forces us to manage the subscription “In-App”, meaning the parents must first download the app and access it before they can purchase a subscription to the app.
Q: Why didn’t you just allow parents to purchase the app once and avoid the subscription?
A: We evaluated this option. The problem was that every member of the family that had a separate iTunes account would have to make separate purchases of the app, forcing some families to make as many as four purchases. We felt this was excessive. By managing the app as an In-App Subscription, we were able to let all members of the family share the single subscription.
This is great!
ReplyDelete