Gradelink Erfahrungen

Great SIS

Kommentare: WCA uses Gradelink to connect parents with their child's school experience. Being able to see grades, discipline reports, and upcoming events allow families to gain insight into the school.

Vorteile:

Gradelink is a very simple School information System (SIS). As such, the setup time is very fast. The Gradelink support team is very helpful in getting the support that is necessary.

Nachteile:

Because the SIS is a simple, there are not many additional features. The basic features- gradebook, lesson plans, etc. are accessible. However, the more complex features are not available.

[sensitive content hidden] makes everything easier

Kommentare: From start to finish, it's been really pleasant! But, seriously it's [sensitive content hidden] who makes it work for us, who helps us when we have dumb moments, who never makes us feel dumb when we have dumb moments, and who keeps us loving gradelink

Vorteile:

[sensitive content hidden] is amazing. She is always quick to help, very clearly answers questions, and is thoughtful and funny.

Nachteile:

Our school year hasn't begun, so we haven't gotten our hands but so dirty with gradelink. As of today, there isn't anything we don't like...but if there is, I'm 110% sure [sensitive content hidden] will help us figure it out

Gradelink not good for adult learners

Kommentare: Bad. Salesperson LIED causing us to waste financial resources

Vorteile:

Nothing. Thought we could use for an adult vocational school, this software does not work

Nachteile:

Everything. It took too long to setup. Everything is done through email. A simple phone call coould speed the process.

Love Gradelink for most things

Kommentare: Customer Service with [sensitive content hidden] has been completely top notch. Totally great experience for me! That goes a very long way.

Vorteile:

Ease, Simplicity for teachers, families and registrar

Nachteile:

There are some pretty substantial limitations on the backend that make a lot of extra work for reporting and rostering. I WAS aware of that when I purchased Gradelink for us in 2021 though so that's on me. What is surprising, however, is that no enhancements have been made in that realm. Users should be able to determine what fields are included in exports and to select to which format they are being exported. I can't tell you how much extra work I do for basic reports and for something like creating honor roll certificates based on "GPA" (averages, not GPAs per se but just using that phrase to explain)

Makes generating transcripts a dream! Friendly customer service.

Kommentare: The support we have received has been very helpful in figuring out what we can and cannot expect from Gradelink. In the main, our team has been very happy with the professionalism Gradelink has given our school over the last 3 years. We plan to continue using it.

Vorteile:

The transcript feature, communication features, and standards tracking have been exceptionally useful for our school. The main reason we looked for a SIS was for transcript records management, and Gradelink has been perfect for us. The Report Card has been more difficult to customize for our small school, but teachers have been able to find work-arounds.

Nachteile:

Ease of Use is 4 stars because some teachers have had a difficult time getting the hang of it, and some help tutorials or explanations can be difficult to find until you know what you're looking for. One feature that we have asked for several times is an app for teachers. The software is unusable on a mobile device, and there are times when a student calls with a question and the teacher is not by a computer browser to help answer that question.

Gradelink for schools

Kommentare: Experience has been good. Customer service is excellent - respond usually in the same day, even when I am on the East Coast and they are at West.

Vorteile:

It is very user friendly and covers everything we need. I like that you can easily correct issues in the finance area. Email and text messages are easy to set up and send out. I still have things to learn about some of the finer points - reports etc.

Nachteile:

Some reports under financials can get quit lenthly. Wish it was on fewer pages etc. especially when running statement by category.

Great Program

Vorteile:

Ease of use and customer support. Customer support is always quick to respond and willing to work through the issue with me.

Nachteile:

Wish there were just a few more customizable options in the Application process.

[sensitive content hidden] provides excellent customer support!

Kommentare: Great, amazing customer support. Quick responses to questions.

Vorteile:

Wonderful customer support, quick responses and solutions.

Nachteile:

I have no negative things to say about Gradelink.

Wonderful Support

Kommentare: Everything works really well in Gradelink, but my time is split among many responsibilities so the support I receive from Wendy Ge at Gradelink is extremely valuable to me!

Vorteile:

I love the support I receive from very kind and helpful staff!

Nachteile:

Sometimes I would like a very short video on accomplishing a single task. I would also like a checklist of what to do for those tasks that need to be done at each part of the school year.

great support

Vorteile:

The support I receive is the best! They are so quick to reply and very, very helpful.

Nachteile:

I don't dislike anything but if I had to pick what I like least, it might be that it's not extremely easy to understand and get used to, but only because it's a complex system that covers a lot of things, and that's a good thing.

School Parent Communication Tool

Kommentare: Staying connected with parents. Easy communication tool.

Vorteile:

Ease of use. Low cost. Great customer service.

Nachteile:

It's very basic. Not very fancy with the graphics or reporting features.

Great Customer Service

Vorteile:

Families do not have to enroll themselves. They are easily enrolled because we use Gradelink for our school lesson planning, grading, and communication.

Nachteile:

So far we are very happy with everything.

Gradelink is an intuitive SIS with great support.

Kommentare: Our experience with Gradelink has been stellar! We were briefly forced to migrate to another SIS because of mandates from our district. But there was such a hue and cry from faculty, parents, and students, that at the end of one term we were allowed to return to Gradelink. For our size of school, Gradelink seems a perfect fit!

Vorteile:

Some of the best endorsements of Gradelink are from our teachers and parents. Teachers who aren't particularly comfortable with technology say this is the most user-friendly SIS they have ever encountered. Those who are comfortable with technology find the system easy to learn and use effectively. I like that Gradelink just seems so intuitive. It behaves like it was designed from the school's needs up, as opposed to systems that seem to be designed from the top down by programmers to do what they think schools need. I was the system administrator for several years and worked with Gradelink customer support extensively. They were excellent! We had to implement new report cards, and they worked closely with us through the transition. I also liked the ability to create a test student to see how something would work before running with it. For functions that are only performed once in a while, e.g. opening a new term, Gradelink has links on that page with quick how-to reminders. You don't have to open and wade through a separate help window. I found that a great time saver. Parents find the system easy to use and so do our middle school students, who check their grades and monitor assignments routinely. We also like the communications portions of the program. The teacher pages, email capability, grade-books, etc. are all available with a single sign-in.

Nachteile:

We've all gotten used to Microsoft and Google email products, and email from the Gradelink platform doesn't have all the features users find in dedicated email systems. For grades, it is live right away--there isn't a way to post grades, but not publish them until a later time. That might be desirable in some isolated cases, so much of a drawback all things considered.

[SENSITIVE CONTENT] is a Life Saver!

Kommentare: I am grateful to [SENSITIVE CONTENT] for her guidance, resourcefulness and troubleshooting. The Great Lakes CCC operates CERT School which has been a Gradelink customer since CERT School began its participation in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program several years ago. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction requested the push-through of Gradelink data that CERT School was unable to expedite. The request extended to prior academic semesters from CERT School, and CERT School received a cautionary warning that its failure to provide the data required by the Wisconsin DPI would jeopardize its continued participation in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program. CERT School receives per-pupil funding from the Wisconsin DPI, and CERT School’s continued inability to provide the required data to the Wisconsin DPI could have resulted in the future loss of millions of dollars in revenue to CERT School and the Great Lakes CCC.As the Administrator and Principal of CERT School, I trusted [SENSITIVE CONTENT] to find the answer and solve the challenges CERT School was facing relative to the data push-through. Thanks to [SENSITIVE CONTENT], I was able to reach her directly and talk through the challenges and frustrations I and the CERT School staff were encountering with the data. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] was my ‘go-to’ person, and I trusted her implicitly. Based on her success troubleshooting the challenges CERT School was encountering with its data, and her demeanor that put the CERT School staff at

Vorteile:

The support I received. Please see my appended responses below...

Nachteile:

The confusion I encountered and the troubleshooting that was required.

Gradelink for Schools is awesome.

Kommentare: Gradelink makes our operation completely automated and allows to admin to access student information efficiently. The less paper in our work environment the better.

Vorteile:

This software allows our admin and teachers to work smarter not harder. The the software is utilized the easier it becomes to start a new school year because so much info carries over. The information that parents and students have is presented differently because each user has a different goal for using the software. Gradelink makes it easy to integrate all aspects of the education environment into one easy to use vehicle.

Nachteile:

The software does not allow users to edit and input their own personal information. There fore keeping up on ever-changing hone numbers and even teacher info is a challenge. The information from previous years is not as easy to access. It is accessible though.

Great Customer Service--Gradelink SIS

Kommentare: I have used this product for over 5 years now, and I recently had my first need arise to speak to someone, again after more than 5 years!! The program is sound and there is very little need for service. However, this past week, I had to contact customer service. I heard from [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] very quickly, and we were able to email back and forth a few times until I had my answer. He was very patient, attentive, and knowledgeable!
Gradelink also has a wonderful online library that is easily accessible via their search engine. It answers most any question you could have!

Vorteile:

Gradelink is user-friendly! I can sit with a new teacher for less than an hour and have him or her fully functioning. Also, the support library of articles is extensive and covers many issues that may come up. I have gone there countless times and find exactly what I need.

Nachteile:

I have not experienced any serious problems with this software. It does exactly what you tell it to do! The only category that I would like to see open up for customization by the user a little more would be the transcripts. There are categories that can be completed for awards and the degree obtained; however, there are other notable items to list on the transcript such as community service hour requirements and things that don't fit in the pre-made categories list. It would be nice to have a place to make additional notations on the transcripts.

Gradelink Review

Kommentare: Overall, our experience with Gradelink has been wonderful! The customer service personnel are very, very helpful, especially to those of us who need technical guidance.

Vorteile:

Gradelink has made it much easier for our staff and parents to keep track of our students' progress academically. I appreciate that I receive a copy of every initial email that goes out so that I am better aware of any potential issues. Grading parameters are easy to set up. We create individual schedules for our students as well.

Nachteile:

What can be a bit time consuming is posting daily assignments. We also have to go into every individual account to click on the indicator for our parents to receive low grade alerts. As it is now, we would have to assume that parents would choose that option. Since we want to make sure our parents are notified whenever a student has a low grade, we must go into every student's account and click on that notifier. It would be great if Admins could do that with one click for the student body. We also use Gradelink for our billing. While paying is relatively simple for our parents, understanding the balance sheet is not. Also, for some reason, even when a parent has paid a balance in full, it will still "look" like they have a balance.

Gradelink Website Development

Kommentare: We have worked with the staff at Gradelink for almost 5 years. The customer support is responsive and always willing to help when a challenge presents itself. Choosing them to be our SIS was one of the best business decisions we made, and entrusting their website team to streamline our site was the icing on the cake. Highly recommend!

Vorteile:

Professional and Intuitive - Our website is easy for our families to navigate and the final design reflects the personal and intimate feel that defines us as a small private school located in Washington State. When we were in the planning process with Gradelink's Education Consultant and Website Specialist, did an amazing job configuring the online tools that would save us time and money and then seamlessly integrated them into our website. All of our school tour scheduling is now online. He designed a custom form that handles our complex afterschool care program registration procedures. Yearly or monthly tuition payments are easily made through our online store. All of these improvements have saved our staff hours of paperwork and time and have allowed them to focus on what really matters to us..... the kids.

Nachteile:

I would love to be able to sort the Family Directory by Teacher! ;)

Easy to use & Excellent support

Kommentare: Overall Gradelink has been extremely reliable and stable for us over the years with outstanding customer support. I highly recommend it for small to medium sized schools.

Vorteile:

Gradelink made the transition from a paper & spreadsheet system to an online multi-user student information system extremely easy. Everyone we worked with made implementation and training super smooth. In the years since, we have continued to receive excellent customer care and support when needed. Also, as a Wisconsin Choice school, I love the WISEdata implementation.

Nachteile:

My least favorite feature is the way it handles student contacts: you must enter all contacts for each student. There is no way to build a file of contacts and link them to appropriate students. So a family of three students with four emergency contacts means I am keying in the same four e.c. people three times. It is not a deal breaker, but the bigger our school gets, the more annoying it becomes.

Great service

Kommentare: Awesome

Vorteile:

Easy to use was important for us. Also we want to access this info from home.

Nachteile:

Free text services are important and will add value.

Grace Lutheran Lancaster Gradelink

Kommentare: Wonderful. I'm so glad we're back.

Vorteile:

We used Gradelink as our first online grading program 12 years ago as our first online grade program. The parents LOVED it, but I thought maybe it was because it was a new way for parents to see feedback about their kid's grades. Then we switched to Renweb and then to Sycamore because we got new principals. I hated them. Too complicated and most parents did not ever use it. I assumed it was because it was no longer a new thing. But when we switched back this year, parents INSTANTLY started checking grades more. Parents really like the emails. I like how simple it is as a teacher. Very few clicks. Easy class set up. I like how easy it is to conclude classes. I like that I can click on a student's name and see their current grades.

Nachteile:

There are a few things I wish: print off ALL my students' missing assignments in a report--not just missing from the classes they have with me I wish there was a teacher app--especially for attendance

Gradelink Review

Kommentare: Overall, it is positive I wish there were a few more options available.

Vorteile:

Tracking grades, creating transcripts, enrolling students.

Nachteile:

Can't customize schedule and difficult to use for after school tutoring. Doesn't automatically enroll students once we accept them. Everything needs to be copy pasts from prospects to active enrolled.

LOVE Gradelink

Kommentare: When I first started with this program 3 years ago from the first consultation until now every treats you with such kindness. I have had to ask questions and no one acts like I should know. They are always trying to make things better. Improving their program constantly, but never overwhelming. This is so easy to setup. Even if you struggle they are there immediately to help. I never have to wait. Thankful for Gradrlink. They have made our SIS program a breeze.

Vorteile:

The ease of getting anywhere. It always makes sense. The tabs are very user friendly. Love the news page! Tons of help videos if needed. I feel the cost is more than reasonable. I had researched a while before I found them. The cost anywhere else was too much for a small private school. Gradelink was so helpful even in the financial as I was trying to convince my superiors that this what we needed to do. Now they have an app for our families and students!!!! LOVE. Excited to share.

Nachteile:

I can't say I have any. I love the app. Hoping the calendar can go on there as well. :-)

Customer Support

Kommentare: I wanted to do a shout out to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]. We have called on numerous occasions for support help and every time these gentlemen have walked us through each step and totally gave us the time and attention we needed. Their enthusiasm for their job came through and thoroughly enjoyed working with them. They each represent Gradelink well! We are integrating gradelink to do more and more for our school and we are going to switch and cancel our other admissions software company.

Vorteile:

We are continuing to learn this software. I like that we are growing and the software is adding the features we need to continue to grow.

Nachteile:

I don't have any negatives so far :) As we continue to use the software to its fullest something may come up but for now, I do not know of any.

Gradelink SIS Makes Life Easier

Kommentare: We are able to communicate with all of our parents, whether by email or text, which is great. The software is pretty easy to use and there is always someone available to help when issues arise.

Vorteile:

I love that I always have access to the software and can use it whenever and wherever. I can schedule messages and really have no issues.

Nachteile:

I would like there to be a mobile app portion for use.