--- title: Visitor Management vs School Check In description: Learn how making the switch to Visitor Management can elevate campus security and optimize the efficiency of your security procedures. --- [![Navigate360 - The Leader in Holistic Safety](https://info.navigate360.com/hubfs/Logos/Color/Nav360-Global-LogoTaglineLockup.svg)](https://navigate360.com/) # Elevate Your School's Visitor Management with Navigate360 School safety is about prevention. The challenges schools face today cannot be addressed with outdated safety management tools and methods that leave them vulnerable and unprepared. Navigate360 is committed to meeting your evolving needs and elevating the effectiveness of your visitor management processes. We encourage all School Check In (SCI) users to consider the benefits of upgrading to a more robust, modern, and most importantly, secure system with Navigate360 Visitor Management (VM). Visitor Management contains many of the features and functionality you know and love from School Check In but includes additional enhancements to elevate your school's security and optimize efficiency. ![Visitor Management vs School Check In-410x475 (1)](https://info.navigate360.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Supplemental%20Images/Other%20Sizes/Visitor%20Management%20vs%20School%20Check%20In-410x475%20(1).png?width=410&height=475&name=Visitor%20Management%20vs%20School%20Check%20In-410x475%20(1).png) ## Navigate360 Visitor Management & School Check In | Feature | VM | SCI | | --- | --- | --- | | Functionality Per Building (Unlimited Stations per Building) | | | | Sex Offender Check with Every Visitor & Volunteer Visit | | | | Self-Service Check-In/Out | | | | Bulk Visitor Check-In/Out | | | | Bulk & Individual Scheduled Visits | | | | Mobile App for Staff, Substitutes, & Visitors | | | | In-App Visitor Management Notifications for Mobile App Scheduled Events | | | | Edit or Deleted Staff & Substitute Visits | | | | Activate/Deactivate Staff Profiles | | | | Google Translate Integration at Self-Service Kiosk for Multi-Language Support | | | | Ability to Send SMS Messages to Visitors from Visitor Profile | | | | Integration with SIS via Clever/Classlink Integration | | | | Guardian Notifications for Early Check-Out/Late Check-In | | | | Staff Traveler Functionality | | | | Integration with [Navigate360 Emergency Management](https://navigate360.com/solutions/emergency-management/) | | | | Guardian Scheduling of Student Late Check-Ins/Early Check-Outs on the Mobile App, Including QR Code Scanning | | | | Student Late Check-In/Early Check-Out on Self-Serve Kiosk by Guardians with ID Scan | | | | Bulk Upload After-Hours or Offsite Volunteer Event Hours | | | | Ability to Edit Volunteer Visits | | | | Customizable Event Creation Workflow | | | | PowerSchool SIS Writeback | | | | Barcode/RFID Access for Students, Staff, & Substitutes | | | | Configurable Self-Serve Workflows | | | | Auto Check-Out for Staff, Substitutes, Visitors, & Volunteers | | | | Staff Driver's License Scan for Check-In/Out | | | | Visitor Badge Check-Out Barcode | | | | Robust Reporting for Visitors, Students, Staff, Substitutes, & Volunteers | | | | Set PowerSchool Attendance Mode at the District/Building Level | | | | Instant Security Team Alerts | | | | Districtwide Visibility | | | | Volunteer Management-Specific User Roles | | | | Ability to Delete a Volunteer | | | | Volunteer Driver's License Scan for Check-In/Check Out | | | | Volunteer Application Customization | | | | Application Expiration Workflow | | | | Application Expiration Email Template | | | | Renewal Applications | | | | Approved Volunteer Bulk Email Send | | | | Approval & Expiration Date | | | | Bulk Delete of Volunteers | | | | Google Translate Integration for Volunteer Applications | | | | Volunteer Pending Tab | | | | Enhanced Bulk Event Upload Template | | | ## Recent Enhancements **Enhanced Volunteer Management** Stronger schools are built on community engagement, but managing volunteers shouldn’t come at the cost of safety, efficiency, or time. With our newest enhancements, schools gain powerful new tools designed to simplify oversight, strengthen communication, and ensure every volunteer is current and accounted for. - **Simplified Applications & Renewals:** Keep your volunteer base current and reliable with automated expirations, easy renewals, and customizable reminders, reducing administrative burden and ensuring only approved volunteers have access. - **Clear Communication & Visibility:** Eliminate guesswork with real-time approval and expiration tracking across profiles and portals. Quickly reach approved volunteers through bulk email communication to keep them connected and engaged. - **Smarter Oversight & Inclusivity:** Give district and building coordinators the tools they need to manage volunteers efficiently, remove inactive profiles in bulk, and expand access with built-in Google Translate support on applications. - **Efficient Event & Activity Tracking:** Easily account for volunteer hours and participation, even off-site or after-hours, with streamlined bulk upload tools that keep records accurate and compliant. ![Volunteer Management-October Release-100725-616x320](https://info.navigate360.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Supplemental%20Images/600x350/Volunteer%20Management-October%20Release-100725-616x320.png?width=600&height=349&name=Volunteer%20Management-October%20Release-100725-616x320.png) ![school-visitor-management-screening-tracking](https://info.navigate360.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Landing%20Page%20-%20Bundles/school-visitor-management-screening-tracking.png?width=616&height=320&name=school-visitor-management-screening-tracking.png) ## Enable Your Staff with a More Modern, Secure Solution to Safety & Efficiency Security and convenience can be one in the same and a modern visitor management solution needs to have both without compromising one for the other. **Here are five reasons you need to switch from the convenience of School Check In to the convenience AND security of Navigate360 Visitor Management**: - **Modern user interface** - Visitor Management provides an easy-to-use and intuitive experience, seamlessly fitting into the users' day. - **Mobile app** – Visitors and substitutes can check in with a QR code when they schedule a visit in advance using the mobile app. Staff can scan the QR code directly from the app. - **Continued investment & enhancements** - Visitor Management is continuously updated to ensure customers have a modern and secure visitor management system. School Check In will continue to receive normal maintenance throughout 2024-2025 school year. There are no new features scheduled to be added to the platform. - **Sex offender check included** - Continue to check every guest that walks through the door against the national sex offender registry. - **Fan favorite features** - Many of the features you know and love from School Check In are available in Visitor Management, including barcode/RFID scanning, SIS integration, auto check-out, and more. ## A School Safety Partner You Can Trust Navigate360 is the leading provider of layered, holistic safety and well-being solutions tailored to the unique needs of schools and educators. By focusing on the challenges school administrators face in keeping students and staff safe, we provide the right mix of products, training, and guidance to help schools implement effective safety programs towards the achievement of zero incidents. ![Navigate360 pyramid](https://info.navigate360.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Supplemental%20Images/Other%20Sizes/Pyramid-616x320.png?width=616&height=320&name=Pyramid-616x320.png) ![Nav360-Global-Image-042320-Navigate360Horizontal-Tagline-262x70](https://info.navigate360.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Color/Nav360-Global-Image-042320-Navigate360Horizontal-Tagline-262x70.png?width=262&height=70&name=Nav360-Global-Image-042320-Navigate360Horizontal-Tagline-262x70.png) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=2870217&fmt=gif)