Cloud Communications for Higher Education

It’s no secret that universities and colleges are working to make higher education more affordable. With a modern, cloud-based solution from 8x8, you can lower bills while improving service, reliability and quality.

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Transition your communications to the cloud for lower, predictable savings on your phone bill supported by guaranteed call quality and reliability.

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Increase accessibility using video conferencing to deliver engaging, interactive classes that extend beyond the classroom.

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Multi-channel contact centers enable students to engage using their preferred methods of communications across voice, video, chat and social.

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Teachers can connect and collaborate with students anywhere, on any device, while keeping their personal and professional numbers separate.

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SMS, Voice, Video and Chat Apps APIs provide a convenient way for institutions to reimagine the learning and teaching experience.

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Power international student recruiting with multilingual support for chatlink to this section

Universities can improve their international student recruiting experience with the ability to support live chat experiences in 22 different languages. Prospective international students can engage with your university contact centre agents using live chat in their preferred language, say Simplified Mandarin, while they conduct a live chat with a university’s contact centre agent who experiences the exchange in their preferred language.

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Power international student recruiting with multilingual support for chat

Universities can improve their international student recruiting experience with the ability to support live chat experiences in 22 different languages. Prospective international students can engage with your university contact centre agents using live chat in their preferred language, say Simplified Mandarin, while they conduct a live chat with a university’s contact centre agent who experiences the exchange in their preferred language.

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Extend the classroom to the world

With an easy to access, affordable technology like video communications, professors can expand beyond the physical limitations of the traditional classroom and offer their insights and instructional expertise to a much broader audience.

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Empower your teachers and administratorslink to this section

Connect, collaborate and create exceptional student outcomes with 8x8 X Series. Each plan is designed to meet the requirements of specific users. Mix and match the plans to create a communications solution tailored for your campus.

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The help desk team has seen a huge positive shift in the way it works thanks to the 8x8 Virtual Contact Center.

Ben SaxonApplication Support Manager