School Dude Event Scheduling (Now a part of Brightly)
Overview
- Overview
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Brightly Event Manager, formerly SchoolDude Event Scheduling, is a facility reservation and event-management platform for schools and other organizations. It centralizes room and venue availability, internal and community requests, approvals, calendars, charges, invoices, and event details so staff can coordinate facility use without relying on separate spreadsheets and email chains.
Availability, authorization, and charges are separate decisions around one event. School, facilities, and business staff coordinate the details before a reservation becomes a completed and reconciled activity. A reservation does not by itself establish that all required services or approvals are complete. Operational and business teams coordinate those steps around the same event.
Features
- Features
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Scheduling and availability
- Maintains calendars for buildings, rooms, fields, and other reservable spaces.
- Checks requests against existing events to prevent double-booking.
Request and approval workflow
- Collects event details, renter information, documents, and service requirements online.
- Routes requests to facility, school, finance, and operational approvers.
Community facility use
- Provides public calendars and request tools for external organizations.
- Supports contracts, insurance requirements, fees, invoicing, and payment-related processes.
Event services
- Coordinates custodial, security, technology, food service, equipment, and setup needs.
- Keeps event requirements connected to the reservation.
Reporting and administration
- Provides reports on usage, requests, revenue, customers, and scheduling activity.
- Uses permissions and configurable policies to standardize operations across sites.
Student Data Privacy
- Student Data Privacy
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Not applicable: this product does not process student records.
Company News
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Interoperability
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