Residence™ by Symplicity enables higher education institutions to easily manage housing assignments, conference groups, room inventory, and the application process through an easy-to-use web-based system.
Core features
Easy-to-use student housing portal
Residence offers a seamless student portal that allows individuals to see possible roommates, housing locations, and meal plans. Additionally, with features like online e-mail and Facebook integration, students will receive information from your office more quickly to further streamline the process. By using our online portal, you can put an end to the paper trail.
Billing and accounting
Residence allows you to tie rate codes to housing locations and meal plans without hassle. You can also generate invoices within the application or charges can be sent automatically to your student information system’s account receivable module for integrated billing.
Online room draw and lottery
With this functionality you can execute your lottery without complicated lines or unnecessary stress. Each student can be assigned a lottery number or time and perform their room selection with clickable maps of your buildings. Each building shows a real-time status as to whether the desired room is available.
Conference management
Residence does not stop at housing your students; the solution facilitates housing and dining for external conference guests with its comprehensive Conference Management module. Easily create online conference applications, negotiate rates, provide dining with a meal list, and much more.
Student social networking and roommate preference
Residence takes the stress out of roommate matching. With integrated roommate preference forms and online social networking, students can make connections with other students prior to ever stepping foot on campus. Further, our system will match students based on your preference form to minimize roommate changes.
Lobby kiosk and online check-in
Easily track student check-in through an integrated lobby kiosk. This touchscreen option is available to institutions that want to full track check-ins, check-outs, and lost or spare key replacements.
Powerful reporting
The integrated reporting engine can generate reports based on any data contained within the Residence platform. Easily generate reports on available inventory, room conditions, billing, and much more.
Integration options
Student information
Do you use SCT Banner™, PowerCampus™, PeopleSoft™, Jenzabar™, DataTel™, or a home-grown main frame system? No problem. Working with over 1,000 colleges and universities in the past 14 years, Symplicity has your integration needs covered. We continue to innovate by integrating student information, class schedules, pictures, holds, and much more. Additionally, Symplicity offers live integration via web services or batch files to ensure your student information stays up-to-date!
Authentication
Make your software even easier to use by integrating your portal with single sign-on or shared authentication. We support CAS, Shibboleth, uPortal, Luminis, LDAP, Active Directory, and many other options!
Scheduling
There is no need to keep two different calendars. Residence will automatically send appointments and meetings that you schedule to your Outlook or compatible calendar.
Flexible pricing
Whether you are a small institution or a large public university, Residence offers an extremely customizable solution that supports campuses of all sizes. Our pricing is extremely simple with no hidden costs and is based on your institution's full-time enrollment with price points that make Residence a smart decision for campuses of all sizes! Unlimited users? That's included, too!