The full student lifecycle,
all in one app.

Build mobile guides for new student orientations, open houses, alumni events, campus tours, and more.

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A best-in-class app building platform used by thousands of leading schools

Explore how our guides are being used across a range of education scenarios

College nights

Send push messages to high school counselors and faculty on your route to your campus.

Awareness programmes

Customise your app with your logo and colors to increase brand visibility.

Open houses

Provide campus maps, directories of campus contacts and more.

Staff Resource Directory

Guidebook allows admissions counselors to stay connected to their peers wherever they are.

Financial Resources

Add your financial aid info to spare parents from website searches; apps are preferred for phone browsing.

What can you do with an education app?

Conversation UI
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Get the conversation started

An interactive social feed provides a central place for attendees to discover content and engage in lively discussions.

Notification UI
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Send instant push notifications

Deliver important updates to attendees' home screens, even if the app isn’t active.

Update Notification UI
Update Schedule UI
Update on the go

Update on the fly

Your schedules, interactive maps, and speaker lists can reflect up-to-the-minute changes.

Schedule UI
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Provide an up-­to­-date schedule

Keep students on track by allowing them to create personal schedules and to-do lists based on your full events calendar.

Campus UI
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Showcase your campus story

Use an interactive self-guided tour to help students and visitors navigate campus, even when you’re not around.

Data UI
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Put data to work

Learn about students’ preferences and behaviors by monitoring app usage.

Team UI
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Invite your team

Collaborate with others on a single platform - no extra licenses or costs necessary.

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Top schools around the world use Guidebook

NC State's New Student Orientation App

Students are welcomed to NC State's campus with a wonderfully detailed orientation app. Their orientation app features:

  • Pictures and bios of orientation staff
  • Easy­-to­-follow schedules for freshmen, transfers and parents
  • Social media integration to stoke school spirit

University of Oregon's Mobile Campus Tour

Admissions staff provide prospective students an option to tour Oregon's campus at their own pace, while still getting the true student experience. Their campus tour app features:

  • GPS guidance to the next POI on campus
  • Audio narration in the words of a student ambassador
  • Customizable interest form captures students right when they’re most interested

The University of Illinois at Urbana-­Champaign's Career Fair App

Engineering Career Services dumped a printed program for an easy­-to­-distribute and update app. Their career fair app features:

  • Complete participant company listings with details and sorting
  • Prominent and valuable sponsorship opportunities
  • Students can self-curate a to-do list of desired employers

La Trobe University's Resident Services App

Residential services at La Trobe University in Australia afforded themselves a 24/7 communication channel directly to students. Their resident services app features:

  • Important contact information never more than a few clicks away
  • An up­-to-­date activities calendar informs students of social programming
  • Push messaging increases engagement and attendance at special events

Resources

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New Student Orientation Apps Webinar

In-depth insight for professionals trying to choose the best event app.

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Mobile Campus Tours Webinar

Top-to-bottom Advice for throwing an event in the digital age.

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The 3 Elements of an Admissions App Strategy

Learn how to implement an app and make money with it at the same time.

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Our commitment to mobile apps

Our mission is to make it simple to create and manage mobile apps. Over a hundred thousand organizations have used Guidebook to power their mobile experiences. While we’ve had a lot of success powering conference apps, corporate meeting apps, and university campus apps, our platform has been used for thousands of different use cases. Forward-thinking professionals are using Guidebook’s simple app builder to make interactive mobile guides for their student orientations, college campus tours, venues, corporate campuses, parks, and airports. Start going green with iPhone and Android apps built by the best event app company in the industry.