From 2018, the NNNC has partnered with ClassLink to provide the most cost-effective pricing for Nebraska schools. Starting in 2020, the NNNC has been a member of the ClassLink Ambassador program. By the NNNC participating in the Ambassador program, districts who become ClassLink customers and mention the NNNC Ambassador program are eligible for a 10% discount from published list pricing. Best yet, a district does not need to be an NNNC member to participate and receive the discount. Educational Service Unit #3 is another ClassLink Ambassador and customers can receive the discount by mentioning either ESU 3 or NNNC.
ClassLink Contacts:
Anu Jokinen
Sr. Director of Instructional Technology
(862) 295-1618
[email protected]
Michelle Massey
Regional Manager
(862) 225-1547
[email protected]
NNNC’s representative is Andy Boell. He may be reached at (402) 721-7710×221 or [email protected]
Current ClassLink Pricing
The LIST PRICE of ClassLink’s services is as follows:
- User Definition: a student or a full-time teacher
- Under 500 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $1,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $1,995
- Roster Server Hosting – $500
- Between 500 and 5,000 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $2,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $3.85 per user
- Roster Server Hosting – $500
- Between 5,000 and 10,000 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $3,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $3.70 per user
- Roster Server Hosting – $750
- Between 10,000 and 15,000 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $4,495
Reoccurring Annual Fee – $3.45 per user - Roster Server Hosting – $1,295
- One-Time Setup Fee – $4,495
- Above 15,000 users:
- Contact ClassLink for pricing details.
Ambassador Pricing
- ESU Pricing
- One-Time Setup Fee – $1,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $1,795.50
- District Pricing
- Under 500 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $1,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $1,795.50
- Roster Server Hosting – $500
- Between 501 and 5,000 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $2,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $3.47 per user
- Roster Server Hosting – $500
- Between 5,001 and 10,000 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $3,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $3.33 per user
- Roster Server Hosting – $750
- Between 10,001 and 15,000 users:
- One-Time Setup Fee – $4,495
- Reoccurring Annual Fee – $3.11 per user
- Roster Server Hosting – $1,295
- Above 15,001 users:
- Contact ClassLink for pricing details
- Under 500 users:
Other Terms
- Roster server, if utilized, can be provided by ClassLink for a fee, or hosted elsewhere. Certain requirements must be met if server is not hosted with ClassLink
History
During Spring NETA 2018, ClassLink was a registered vendor. After seeing a brief demonstration, a formal demonstration was scheduled following the conference. The formal demonstration was performed by their CEO, Berj Akian and we were very impressed.
Shortly after the demonstration, the NNNC entered into a test environment where we went through the initial setup, worked with their implementation team to go through the entire process, and spoke at length to insure that the ClassLink platform would be able to meet the needs of our schools and ESUs. We also wanted to make sure that from a management perspective we could have a distributed environment where we could provide assistance to the schools under a single pane of glass.
A few months later, we were confident that ClassLink would in fact meet the Single Sign On needs of our schools and ESUs and would be able to be managed in the way we desire to manage it. We then began the negotiation process and started planning the NNNC Single Sign On Event to present our findings to interested schools and ESUs.
In December of 2018, we held the first ever NNNC Single Sign On Event at the Lifelong Learning Center at Northeast Community College in Norfolk. The event was attended by over 50 people, both physically and virtually. Attendees were able to hear presentations from Andy Boell, representing the State of Single Sign On for the NNNC; Scott Isaacson, representing the State of Single Sign On for the Nebraska Cloud; and Berj Akian, presenting on ClassLink (via Zoom). Following that day, the NNNC and ClassLink have been in negotiations to find the best solution for the needs of the schools and ESUs in Nebraska. The original negotiations have since been superseded by ClassLink’s Ambassador Program.