Challenges:

Client was in need of a student registration portal. They did not wanted to spend on community considering need was just to provide a registration form to students. Students registration form varies on basis of course they want to enroll for. Client already had fast forms wherein all the required forms were created and were ready to be used. They wanted a good authentication mechanism to ensure security and privacy of student data.

Solution:

Force.com sites was implemented with custom authentication feature along with reCaptcha provision.

Students on login in addition to providing name and password would provide a security code dynamically generated and sent to their email address.

Once successfully authenticated forms were provided on basis of course interest shown by student.

For ease of access students can either complete entire form at one go or can save it and edit the form later before submitting the application.

Results:

Cost effective solution using force.com sites.

Student registration process was made easy, data was well collected within salesforce.

Reports were generated for incomplete forms so that sales team can do further follow up and close maximum registrations.