When you reach out to brightwheel Support, you will often start with our chatbot powered by AI, which is designed to help you get answers right away, even when our team is offline.
As we continue to introduce AI into our support experience, we want to be transparent about how this tool works and why we use it. Our goal is to help you get faster, more efficient support while always keeping human help within reach.
Why we use the chatbot
The chatbot is designed to save you time and make it easier to get the help you need, whether thatās an instant answer or connecting with our team.
It helps:
Answers common questions
Searches our Help Center for the most relevant information
Collects details so our team can resolve your issue faster
Our goal is to build a chatbot thatās actually helpful; something you can rely on to get quick, accurate answers and move on with your day using brightwheel. It should feel like a tool that supports you, not something that slows you down or gets in the way.
You can get connected to a person anytime
Our chatbot is here to support you as quickly as possible by helping answer common questions and surfacing relevant information from our Help Center in seconds. Itās designed to give you fast, reliable answers with minimal wait time.
For more complex or in-depth questions, or if you simply prefer to speak to a person, human support is always available. If you prefer to speak with someone, just say ātalk to teamā at any time in your conversation.
Quick tips
A few tips to help you get the most out of the chatbot:
Be specific ā more detail = better answers
Try rephrasing your questionā small tweaks can help
Use it for quick wins ā great for common questions
Skip to a human anytime ā just say ātalk to teamā
How weāre improving your experience
Weāre continuously improving the chatbot to make it more helpful and reliable. Our team reviews conversations and feedback to:
Improve answers
Reduce repetitive or unhelpful responses
Better recognize when to connect you with a person
Our goal is to make the chatbot a reliable tool you can trust to find answers quickly and support your day-to-day work in brightwheel.
What to expect
When reaching out to Support, you have the following options available.
During business hours (9 AMā 6PM ET):
Get instant answers through the chatbot
Start a live chat with a teammate (for Premium Admins)
Leave a message if you donāt want to chat live
After hours:
Get instant answers through the chatbot
Leave a message for when our team is back online.
FAQs
What if I donāt want to use AI?
You can always bypass it by typing āTalk to teamā to connect with a human.
Can I use the brightwheel Support chatbot like other AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT or Gemini)?
No, the Support chatbot is designed specifically to answer brightwheel-related questions. However, you could use other AI tools to support your day-to-day workflows that involve brightwheel.

