In this featured piece by Digital Signage Today, the outlet reports that Elkhart Community Schools, an Indiana district serving approximately 12,000 students, has adopted an integrated digital signage system from Carousel Cloud. The system sends targeted content to different departments, integrates securely with Apple devices through JAMF, and notifies the district’s IT staff of technical issues for proactive service. It also supports integration with external systems, including Singlewire’s InformaCast emergency alert system, which the district is currently in the process of integrating. Stephen DeCook, technology deployment administrator for Elkhart Community Schools, said the system has been easy to configure and merge with the district’s existing Google-based tools.
Key Takeaways
- Elkhart Community Schools, an Indiana district serving approximately 12,000 students, adopted an integrated digital signage system from Carousel Cloud.
- The system integrates securely with Apple devices through JAMF and uses RSS feeds to notify IT staff of technical issues for proactive service.
- Elkhart Community Schools is currently integrating Singlewire’s InformaCast emergency alert system with its Carousel digital signage platform.
- Stephen DeCook, technology deployment administrator for Elkhart Community Schools, said the system has been easy to merge with the district’s existing Google-based tools.
- The district’s food services staff uses the system’s multimedia displays to show visuals alongside menu listings, helping English-as-a-Second-Language students and their families understand the content.
Original Story
Elkhart Community Schools, an Indiana school district serving approximately 12,000 students, has adopted an integrated digital signage system from Carousel Cloud, according to a press release.
The system sends targeted content to each department, such as art and athletics, using JAMF to integrate securely with and push content to Apple devices and it uses RSS feeds to notify the IT department of any technical issues for proactive service by a small IT staff. The system also handles conference room reservations along with built-in weather and news information and can handle integration with external systems like Singlewire’s InformaCast emergency alert system, which the district is currently integrating. Of interest to many content managers in the education sector, Carousel offers integration with Google suite, which is popular among many districts thanks to the rise of Chromebooks and GSuite usage among school systems.