System and platform for engaging educational institutions and stakeholders

A system for providing access to an interactive digital student platform comprising:

• a. a network of tags assigned to an educational institution, each tag in the network having a distinct tag ID encoded in a machine-readable code (MRC), wherein when any tag in the network of tags is scanned by a user device, the user device is directed to the interactive digital student platform via a universal resource locator (URL) encoded in the MRC;
• b. a server having a computer processor and a computer memory;
• c. a database operatively connected to the server, the database storing each tag ID and data associated therewith including:
• i. the educational institution to which the tag is assigned;
• ii. a point of interest to which the tag is assigned, the point of interest associated with the educational institution;
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• iii. a pointer to a template of an interactive digital student portal to which the user device that has scanned the tag corresponding to the tag ID is to be redirected;
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• d. wherein the computer memory of the server stores executable code, which when executed enables the server to perform a process comprising:
• i. in response to receiving a request from a first user device that has scanned a first tag in the plurality of tags, using the tag ID received with the request to identify the educational institution to which the tag is assigned and to identify the template of the interactive digital student portal to which the first user device is to be redirected;
• ii. populating the identified template with dynamic content items;
• iii. sending the populated version of the interactive digital student portal to the first user device;
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• iv. updating at least one dynamic content item of the interactive digital student portal sent to the first user device in real time and while the interactive digital student portal is active on the first user device.

A method for determining if students at an educational institution are accounted for during an emergency comprising:

• a. receiving a request from a student device that has scanned an encoded tag during a time window for taking attendance, the encoded tag assigned to the educational institution, including a uniform resource locator (URL) to a server that receives the request, and including a tag ID to identify the encoded tag that was scanned to initiate the request from the student device;
• b. identifying the student device that made the request and adding the identified student device to an attendance log of student devices that have also scanned encoded tags assigned to the educational institution during the time window for taking attendance;
• c. in response to identifying an emergency situation, sending a notification to each student device on the attendance log, the notification requesting the student to send a reply to the notification;
• d. tracking and counting student devices that have replied to the notification and student devices counted as being present on the attendance log;
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• e. using the attendance log of student devices, identifying if student devices are in attendance and nonresponsive to the notification.