Transforming the Education Industry’s Communications
Our UC solutions can be powerful agents of change for educational institutions.
Educational institutions must continually find innovative ways to improve processes and enhance systems to benefit the needs of students and the working conditions of faculty and administrators.
Our Unified Communications solution merges voice, data, video, chat, presence, and mobility applications onto a single easy-to-use platform. This gives school staff access to effective tools that will enable them to achieve goals for improving communications responsiveness, productivity, and dissemination of information, while enhancing safety and security, and reducing costs.
A More Connected, Mobile, and Safe Education Solution
Enhanced Management
Dissemination of knowledge is no longer tied to a physical campus or traditional classrooms. Cloud-based computing, mobile connectivity, and streaming video enable collaboration and learning to take place anytime and anywhere. Our robust suite of management communication tools enables institution staff to monitor and track all streams of communication for improved productivity and efficiency.
- When deployed as a district-wide implementation, IT staff can maintain and program all campuses with one single administration tool.
- Web-based management allows IT to quickly change calling privileges for teachers, administrators, and other staff from an easy-to-use, single pane of glass interface.
- With Mobile ZAC, school staff can communicate instantly with each other by voice, chat, or video to enhance collaboration and increase productivity.
- In a school environment, Zultys IP desktop phones can be moved from room to room without IT assistance.
- Automated user provisioning syncs user data with Microsoft Entra ID or any SCIM 2.0 provider to save time on onboarding and offboarding while keeping directories current across systems.
Improved Responsiveness
For school districts and higher education institutions, communication isn’t simply about a communications system. It’s about fostering collaboration inside and outside the classroom between educators and parents. Our UC delivers the necessary tools to foster an environment of faster communication between these groups.
- Voicemail / fax to email — Manage calls from parents and other teachers from the office, from home, or on the go from smartphones.
- Allows for operators to answer from home during snow days, or during an emergency when reaching school isn’t possible.
- Presence notification via PC, tablet, or mobile device screen shows teacher and administrator availability to take calls or chat.
- Faculty like janitorial staff, security, or any other mobile personnel can use their phone extension on the go.
- Built-in conferencing allows staff to schedule audio and video meetings and share screens and files with stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
Safety and Security
Ensuring that students, faculty, and staff are kept safe is a paramount concern for every educational institution today. A Unified Communications solution provides tools for enhancing safety to everyone in a school setting.
- Enhanced ability to react to situations and communicate immediately. For example, administrators can press a button on a desktop IP phone or a mobile device and connect to built-in speakers on a classroom phone.
- Mobile ZAC support safeguards employees and students in and around a building by allowing faculty to communicate quickly and discreetly with each other in times of emergency.
- In the event of a 911 call, our location-based E911 feature alerts designated staff with details tied to the calling device rather than the user. Notifications can be configured as SMS messages and/or ZAC alerts, and include the building, room number, and phone extension — providing critical location information that may help responders act more quickly.
Workforce Mobility
Mobile ZAC provides staff access to shared information at any time, from wherever they are, fostering a cohesive and connected work environment. Using tools like voice, chat, presence alerts, SMS/MMS messaging, and more, employees are reachable in a multitude of ways, keeping connectivity and communication constant. Additionally, school employees have access to their email, voicemail, and more, regardless of their location.
- Mobile ZAC allows faculty to make calls and SMS/MMS text messages to parents with the built-in softphone. They can also see their call log, change their status, and even send secure IMs to other teachers and administrative staff while on the go, in the halls, in the lunchroom, or off campus.
- Enable effective communications during campus events by connecting mobile staff who are outside of school buildings, like security, maintenance, and drivers, with on-premise school administration and teachers, for improved coordination and emergency response if needed.
- Phone hot desking makes it easy for faculty to log in and out of any Zultys IP phone across their school, supporting mobility and shared workspaces even when a prior user was already signed in.
ClassLink Certified Partner
As a ClassLink Certified Partner, we make it simple for schools and government agencies to connect to Zultys securely and efficiently. Our integration delivers Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) through ClassLink, allowing users to log in once and access all their Zultys tools — ZAC, Web ZAC, and Mobile ZAC — without extra passwords or complexity. This streamlined access not only improves the user experience but also makes administration easier for IT teams.
ClassLink supports over 20 million students and staff across 3,000+ school systems and continues to grow in government sectors. Partnering with ClassLink means we can help deliver secure, reliable communications where they matter most.
PEPPM Cooperative Purchasing Vendor
Zultys’ hardware and software solutions are available through the PEPPM cooperative purchasing program, giving schools, government agencies, and educational institutions a streamlined way to procure new communications technology. By being a participating vendor of PEPPM, Zultys offers a way to avoid the arduous requirements of a formalized RFP process.
