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Keystone Systems

Education

Schools and training organizations deal with large, seasonal waves of people and devices. We automate the onboarding, IT and reporting that come with them.

Interactive exampleEducation
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Start-of-term accounts and devices · Trigger: Enrollment closes

Current state

  1. 01Manual

    Registrar exports the roster

    Registrar · SIS

  2. 02Manual

    IT creates accounts one by one

    IT · Directory

  3. 03Manual

    IT images devices in batches

    IT · Imaging tool

  4. 04Manual

    Teachers request class access

    Teachers · Email

  5. 05Manual

    Help desk handles login problems

    Help desk · Phone

Steps
5before, then after:4
Manual touches
5before, then after:0
Hand-offs
3before, then after:1
Systems touched
5before, then after:4

Showing the current state. Counts come from this illustrative workflow, not measured client results. Legend: dashed = manual, orange = automated, solid dark = human review.

Use cases

Where we'd look first.

11 automation use cases that commonly apply to education.

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  • Ticket triage & routing

    Classify tickets by type, urgency and affected system, route them to the right queue, draft a first response and flag duplicates and outages.

    Service deskServiceNowAI agents
  • Employee onboarding & offboarding

    One HR event provisions accounts, groups, licenses and devices, and reverses all of it on exit so access is removed on day one.

    Directory & SSOService desk
  • Device imaging & zero-touch provisioning

    Scripted, standardized images and enrollment, so a new device goes from box to ready without an afternoon of clicking.

    Directory & SSO
  • Grant deadlines & reporting

    Deadline tracking and grant reports assembled from program data.

    SpreadsheetsCustom app
  • AI agent for email & support

    An agent that reads the inbox, answers routine questions from your own data, drafts the rest and escalates anything unusual.

    AI agentsEmail & inboxService desk
  • Intake, scheduling & reminders

    Online intake that fills the system of record, plus confirmations, reminders and waitlist fills.

    Custom appEmail & inbox
  • Maintenance requests & vendor dispatch

    Requests captured, prioritized and dispatched to vendors with status updates to the requester.

    Custom appEmail & inbox
  • Volunteer & shift scheduling

    Sign-ups, scheduling, reminders and hour tracking for volunteers or seasonal staff.

    Custom appSpreadsheets
  • Enrollment & roster sync

    Applications, documents and roster changes handled as one tracked process that keeps accounts and classes in sync.

    Directory & SSOCustom app
  • Training & end-user education platform

    A custom portal that onboards staff or end users and tracks completion.

    Custom app
  • Reporting dashboards

    Dashboards fed directly from your systems for throughput, margin, pipeline or program metrics, with no spreadsheet assembly.

    SpreadsheetsERPCRM

Relevant experience

We've worked inside this industry.

  • ConnorBuilt an end-user education platform as IT Support Specialist at Triad Financial Services.
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