Slate has something for everyone. Just about every Slate tool is open-ended and configurable.
We’ve assembled a list of some of the most common use cases for various roles at higher education institutions:
🪪 Admissions offices
Build Slate-hosted applications with the Application Editor
Review applications with the Reader
Find the right records with the query builder
🤝 Advancement offices
Process gift payments securely and natively with Slate Payments
🎓 Advisors
Coordinate appointments with students with Scheduler
Automate communications to students with Deliver
📅 Event coordinators
Schedule virtual and in-person events with the Events tool
Host virtual events with Share
📣 Marketing
Use Deliver as an all-in-one outreach tool encompassing:
Drip marketing, and more
Use the branding editor to make Slate pages brand-standard
🔎 Analysts
Use the query builder to find any data point in your database
Use the report builder to aggregate data and identify trends
Use Ping to track web activity on your sites and tie it to Slate records
💻 IT departments
Quickly get yourself up to speed on Slate specs and security documentation
Access performance dashboards for database-level stats
🏅 Scholarship offices
Learn how to create a workflow to intake and review scholarship applications
🏦 Bursars offices
Use Slate Payments to process payments
Learn how to integrate external payment processors with Slate
🎒 High school counselors
Use Slate.org to track your students’ applications
🛠️ More tools for any role
Collect data with forms
Import data with Upload Dataset
Respond to inbound communications with Inbox
Personalize forms and communications with Liquid markup
Learn how to query your database
Learn how to run a report
Use Slate AI to get insights with natural language prompts