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SmartPass Reviews & Product Details

SmartPass Product Details

SmartPass is a digital hall pass + student accountability solution that replaces traditional hall passes to foster better student outcomes. SmartPass empowers both students and educators, minimizes classroom disruptions, maximizes instructional time, and makes student management easier and less stressful. With the capacity to create virtual queues, room limits, and prevent specific students from meeting up, schools use SmartPass to streamline class-time management while improving school culture and safety. SmartPass does not require the use of student cell phones and does not use any type of GPS or RFID tracking. Students can use 1:1 devices or room kiosks to create a hall pass—for the bathroom, nurse, counselor, or any number of related needs or activities. Schools can customize which destinations require in-app teacher approval (e.g., nurse) and which only need a teacher’s verbal approval (e.g., water fountain).

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Seller

SmartPass

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SmartPass Community

Languages Supported

English

Product Description

SmartPass brings together Hall Passes, IDs, Flex time, and Attendance to create a unified, panoramic view of student movement throughout school buildings and across school campuses. More than 1 million educators and students are using SmartPass to increase instruction time and decrease disruptions, making student movement easier and less stressful for everyone.

Overview by

Jennifer Hoitsma (GTM Advisor | Full-Stack Marketer | Growth Architect)

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

2 months

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SmartPass Media

During room setup, you can tell SmartPass which rooms are closest. We know this is especially helpful for water fountains and bathrooms! These suggestions help control the flow of student traffic and help students spend less time out of class.

On the SmartPass iPhone and iPad app… - Profile Pictures now appear when creating passes - Closest rooms will show up - It’s lightning fast

SmartPass Demo - Calendar Month & Day View

On the Calendar tab for teachers and students, they can see a list of all scheduled passes they have both for that particular day and the month—and click through different days easily.

Tired of students requesting a pass every single period? Put a stop to frequent flyers with Pass Cooldown! Also set a Hallway Max Capacity so SmartPass can help you limit the number of students out of class at any given time.

This is the biggest change to SmartPass since our digital hall pass solution launched six years ago. Before Schedules, you only knew where a student was if they had an active pass. Now, your bell schedule and classes will show up in SmartPass, giving your team a complete picture of what’s happeni...

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William B.

Instructional Coach and MTSS Tier 1 Coach

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/28/2024

"Using data to start meaningful conversations"

5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

I am continually impressed with feature updates and the companies willingness to take feedback and suggestions to continue to improve the product for us. The customer support has been great, answering questions and providing great resources.

As a MTSS Tier 1 coach, we frequently use real time data into the engagement and movement of our students during class. Our teachers have been able to use data from student passes to have constructive conversations about the amount of in class engagement with their students.

Our teachers have shared the ease of use with sharing in and out time in the classroom with parents when communicating about their students progress. Our admin team has been able to use the data to help spot trends on student movement, allowing us to relocate hallway supports as necessary.

We have also used the data to help with interventions for students who were using too many bathroom/drink passes each day. We have seen a reduction as a result of using the data to support our intervention.

Our hall monitors and security, are able to report students who shouldn't be in the halls, allowing meaningful behavioral conversations between students and administrators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

I do not have any dislikes, because they are continually updating and improving their platform to support the needs of schools and students. If I were to have a wish, it would be that if the data would integrate into our SIS or other dashboards that would allow us to provide even more information from the whole child. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Abel Gonzales of SmartPass

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Hi William,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us. We greatly appreciate your positive feedback and are thrilled to hear how SmartPass has been instrumental in supporting your role as an MTSS Tier 1 coach!

It's also fantastic to hear how our real-time data insights have facilitated meaningful conversations among teachers, parents, administrators, and students themselves. We're especially pleased that you've found value in our continuous updates and improvements to support the needs of our customers.

We're honored to be a part of your efforts to create a positive learning environment for your students, and thank you once again for your glowing review.

CS

Chad S.

7-12 Assistant Principal

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/22/2024

"SmartPass from Central Iowa"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

There's lots of flexibility within SmartPass for room settings, pass limits, encounter preventions, individualizing SPass for grade levels or specific students. The data we get from SmartPass helps us to make some decisions monthly. It's easy to use, easy to manage, and we have seen a huge improvement around keeping kids in the classroom and not in the halls during class time. The customer support is excellent! With this year's addition of the Bell Schedules, that has added another level of positives for us with the ease at which students and staff can create a pass - loving the addition! We also appreciate the Emergency feature it has for drills and actual events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

The reports feature is very limited. We have developed our own spreadsheet to pull the data and work it so we get it to look in a way that helps us make decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Lee Barnes` of SmartPass

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Hi Chad,

I agree- Encounter Prevention is a pretty rad feature! I've posted a link at the bottom so our review readers can learn more. Our support team grows stronger every time someone raves about them.

Better reporting is a common feature request. We're committed to delivering easy and useful reports in app. Please stay tuned!

I'm so happy SmartPass is helping increase student class time! Thanks for your review!

See how SmartPass improved

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Kirsten W.

Substance Abuse Educator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/24/2024

"Keeping the Kids Accountable"

5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

SmartPass has helped us transform our hallways. We are better able to track student movement and increase classroom instruction time. We have used it to strengthen student relationships by opening conversations about classroom avoidance and ways to grow and improve. Our entire school community loves this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

I wish the app was better for Admin to be able to use as they're on the move constantly and it would be nice to look things up on the go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Lee Barnes` of SmartPass

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Hi Kirsten,

"Smartpass has helped us transform our hallways." This is music to our ears! We're so happy SmartPass is making your hallways safer. I love that you're seeing increased instruction time because that leads to positive student outcomes!

We hear you on reports. This is something we will be working on so stay tuned!

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Sarah B.

Assistant Principal

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/12/2024

"SmartPass"

5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

SmartPass has made an incredibly positive impact on our campus climate. Our teachers are able to see who is out in the halls, monitor how frequently students are using the restroom or being out of class, and prevent encounters for students attempting to meet up. Admin are able to see records of how many minutes and how frequently students are out of class and limit passes for those taking advantage. It is overall a wonderful subscription that we use daily. It was very easy to integrate into our existing systems because of the Clever integration. Jennifer Porter has been fabulous for customer support and helped us figure out how to easily integrate a kiosk system for our teachers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

I would like to have separate limits for kinds of passes. For example, a limit for restroom and water passes, and another limit for trips to the office or to services such as counseling or speech. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vincent Corrado of SmartPass

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Thank you for sharing your positive experience with SmartPass! We're glad to hear that it has been a valuable tool for monitoring student movement and preventing meetups. Thank you for your suggestion for separate limits for different types of passes, and we'll keep that in mind as we continue to improve our system. In the meantime, consider toggling "counts towards pass limits" off for some of those locations you do not wish to tally. We will pass along your appreciation to Jennifer as well!

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Tracy S.

Assistant Principal

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/22/2024

"Smart Pass helped us clean up our hallways and problem behaviors in the restrooms immediately."

5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

The ability to track where students are supposed to be and to block students from being out of class at the same time is wonderful. The data of how many instructional minutes students are missing has been eye opening for both teachers and parents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

We had some difficulty in getting accounts set up for subs but did get that worked out eventually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SmartPass solving and how is that benefiting you?

Smart Pass has allowed us to limit the amount of times that students who seem to get into trouble together are actually out of class at the same time. It has allowed us to be able to track where students should actually be when they are out of class. Most importantly, the data of how much instructional time they are missing in a class, especially when compared to their grades in that class, has been invaluable in parent conversations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vincent Corrado of SmartPass

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We're glad to hear that SmartPass has been helpful in improving the behavior and tracking of students in your school. We also agree, that missed class time data can really be eye opening! Thank you for your feedback about the substitute accounts, this is something on our radar to improve for our users!

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Tami Jo C.

Assistant Principal

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/19/2024

"Smart Pass Rocks!"

5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

It offers a great view of student time out of class! Accountability for where students are at is clear & easy to see!! The adaptability within the system. It is clear this was built by a practitioner and I LOVE that they listen to what changes and updates would be helpful in the school setting!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

I would love to have a way to put timelines on student restrictions in the system that would automatically remove the restriction at the end of the timeline. (for example, student encounter prevention or 0 passes available for a set period of time) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Torrie M.

Principal

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/20/2024

"Great Product & Data"

5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

I love SmartPass. We can keep kids out of the halls and restrict passes for students who would not be together. We have data about how long students are out in the halls and we can also limit the number of passes students are given each day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

When you restrict a pass, but then you actually want to meet with those kids but they aren't allowed to have a pass at the same time, it can present a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Vincent Corrado of SmartPass

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Thank you for sharing your positive experience with SmartPass. We're pleased to hear that it has helped you streamline data and manage student movement effectively. Thank you for this feedback! In the time since your post we actually released a feature to allow admin, or teachers approved by admin, to override those preventions! You can find this where you setup your encounter preventions.

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Sabrina A.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/23/2024

"Super Helpful!!!"

4/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

Smart Pass has cut down on office traffic so much and helped kids be more responsible for themselves for where they're supposed to be and when. I like the ability to limit number of passes and that you can temporarily close down locations. It was super easy to roll out and has an intuitive UI. We use it every day and the few times we've had a question or issue, the customer support is phenomenal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

The only issue I have currently is I would like to make a note mandatory when requesting to go to certain places. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Lee Barnes` of SmartPass

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Hi Sabrina,

It brings a smile to our faces to hear that SmartPass is helping make students accountable for their behavior. Pass limits and temporarily closing locations are very popular features! We appreciate the nod to the intuitiveness of SmartPass. A lot of thought and hard work goes into user interface and user experience design.

I'll pass your feedback around mandatory notes along. I've also seen school staff deny passes with a message that says “request this pass again with a message”. Students seem to get the hint.

Thanks for your review!

KB

Katie B.

Assistant Principal

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/15/2024

"Intuitive and Almost Perfect"

4.5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

The backside of SmartPass is easy for an administrator, and on the front easy for the user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

I wish SmartPass and a PBIS application would merge--we hate using so many applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AP

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/16/2024

"Great customer service"

5/5

What do you like best about SmartPass?

Support at SmartPass is always available. They are always looking for ways to move forward and make life of teachers and admin easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SmartPass?

They have many ideas and sometimes they take longer than anticipated to get moving. There are a few things they had told us were coming last year that we are still waiting for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.