iGradePlus

One Stop Shop of Functionality

Kommentare: Overall, The use of iGradePlus has made my management of over 250 students in over ten classes, with multiple assignment a breeze. I no longer have to use multiple spreadsheets to track attendance, scores, grades, and communications.

Vorteile:

I love the versatility of the platform. There are so many functions that work well together. The software is well integrated and very thought out. The pathway from page to page is logical and intuitive. Anytime I had an issue with the iGradePlus, I received a response swiftly. And they are eager to take suggestions as well.

Nachteile:

There are some functionalities of the newest upgrade that are still in beta or not as functional, but I am confident that they are working out the bugs, such as bulletins and memos. I would like to see a search function for the email content. I've used it for so long, my emails have grown.

Customized Reports

Kommentare: It has taken me a good bit of time to learn it and adapt it to our needs. The hours invested has paid off.

Vorteile:

As an alternative school we are not connected to the district SIS. We still give grades and needed a platform that would allow for professional looking reports. This software allows for reports to be streamlined and customized to each teacher's preference, too.

Nachteile:

The mapping is a little difficult to navigate. I find myself hunting for the link to complete a task and it isn't where I would expect it to be.

iGrade Review

Kommentare: I have worked with other administrative programs and find iGrade to be somewhat "clunky" to use. I really do not like the feature that moves all assignments from one year to the next. I change assignments every year and now have to delete them as we move from one marking period to the next.

Vorteile:

The software is relatively easy to input grades and assignments. Attendance is also very easy to take care of at the beginning of each class.

Nachteile:

There is little information on students and families for communicating with them through iGrade. It can be cumbersome to adjust grade scales, although I do not know if this is an iGrade issue or administrative issue at the school I am currently serving.

What the Heck

Kommentare: I started using this 3+ years ago. My school uses blackboard which I think is a quagmire of complicated maneuvers to get even the least bit of information.
I found my students (I do ask them) much prefer IGradePlus.com over anything
these educational enties put forward. I have convinced 3 colleagues to use it.
Easy sell.

Vorteile:

Look this gradebook is easy to use, easy to figure out (even for me) and extremely reliable. It always is up and running 24/7. My students love it.

Nachteile:

The selecting of grade categories and % of each category is a little daunting (for me). Just not quite as easy as everything else.

iGrade is awesome!

Vorteile:

As an individual instructor, working with a collective of vendors this platform seamlessly marries to meet the record-keeping our parents and students need. Our student's personal information is kept secure and our educators have a record book that makes communication a breeze. It was simple to set up for each teacher and class. Parents can join easily . Additional parents, tutors and educators can be added to monitor multiple students. Marvin's rapid response to development ideas makes me feel like my organization is his sole focus rather than treating my industry like a red-headed step child. iGradePlus.com has helped our collective in this rapidly changing world of distance education.

Nachteile:

Intergration into Google Classroom would be a lovely next step.