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Blackbaud K-12 Solutions are a suite of cloud-based education management platforms best suited for independent schools of all sizes. Enable your school to retain and attract families by offering a superior parent experience, cultivate a sustainable future by advancing your institution and driving a loyal and engaged constituent community, improve learning outcomes for students by equipping teachers with innovative education and communication tools, and much more.
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Pros: Through the longevity of the organization and their focus on the products as well as strategic acquisition of other products and services they have folded into the platform it is capable of being used for so many of the things we need in the operations of a school. If looking to simplify the number of organizations with whom you have to make contact for the variety of operations, aligning on a single platform can be attractive and sometimes cost saving.
Cons: Because of the comprehensiveness of the platform and the longevity of some of its parts, there are many things about the systems that are incongruous or inflexible to the adaptation needed for an organization trying to remain nimble. I've used the analogy of building a wheel from the outside toward the hub before but also feel like it can be akin to the two teams building a bridge from opposite banks only to reach the middle and realize they will not connect because they were not aligned. There are part of the system that require you to build up to the end result in such a way that you cannot see that the end result is not what you desired until you are done with a lot of work that when failing at the end you have to unpack and redo again and again until it is right.
Nicholas C. · IT Manager · Education Management · June 2, 2022
overall this is really good remote learning and presenting a solution and recommending for purchase.
Pros: Blackbaud K12 is one of the best solutions for doing attendance tracking/class schedule. The analysis of the attendance is also very helpful when we doing assessments.
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Cons: As like most of software, the help desk support is very less and had to send reminders for fix my issues
Gihan N. · IT Officer · Banking · June 23, 2021
Blackbaud can be a great solution for a fully integrated solution for independent schools' business and educational needs; training and learning time will be needed.
Pros: Blackbaud was a great move at our high school for combining business needs and the LMS functionality. It was a single tool that served the full community well.
Cons: There is a definite learning curve in the transition to the LMS side. It sounded as if the business end was much smoother.
Zachary C. · Principal · Education Management · December 4, 2019
Overall it has been a decent experience using K-12. No software is perfect, but this software gets the job done and is functional.
Pros: I love that there are so many different options available on this software. I can see my students' information, their parents' contact information, birthdays, grades, and assignments all in the same place. It is a good central location for all the important information of my classroom.
Cons: This software can be hard to predict when it will time out. Unfortunately there were occasions when putting in grades that I would lose entire portions and have to retype the grades because the page would time out without warning, and the grades hadn't been saved. I had to be very diligent about saving the page manually after entering any grades.
Samantha K. · Teacher · Primary/Secondary Education · July 18, 2019
Pros: The home screen pops up your daily schedule which makes it easy to review your classes and take attendance. Attendance function includes student photographs which is helpful when just getting to know a new class.
Cons: Some functions, like running reports, are not intuitive to use at all and seem almost buried in the software. It's colorful and very visually driven which may work well for some but I find it unnecessary and distracting.
Anonymous User · Director of Christian Service; Department Chair, Theology · Education Management · September 17, 2018
Pros: I love the "recently accessed" side bar that comes up every time I sign in. This allows me to go back to a record that I was previously looking at, which makes it much easier when researching donors and alumni. I also like that their constituent ID is right there next to their name for a quick reference!
Cons: Blackbaud does pretty much everything I could want it to do. If there was something to improve on, I think it would be the constituent search screen. When I search for a constituent, Blackbaud brings up all possible matches. Sometimes, I use broad search words and the system will only show me the first 100 matches or so, limiting the number I can see. When I'm searching for someone with a very common name, this can make it difficult to go down the list and try to find the one I'm looking for.
Ashley M. · Program Coordinator · December 6, 2017
Pros: We have used blackbaud for over 15 years. We use this for tuition payments and payables. Extremely easy to use.
Cons: If there are 5 people in the system then you can't get in. Not a problem except for busy times of the month
Anonymous User · Director of Human Resources · Education Management · November 8, 2017
Pros: One of the great pros of using blackbaud has been it's reliability and ease of use. It's the most intuitive program I've found as far as simplicity for new users, as well as customization for those advanced or more experienced. I also like that any time I ever had an issue, a quick google search or email usually cleared up the error. Overall, it was a solid product and I would use it again
Cons: The problem with this product as well as some others by the same company is that they can be cost prohibitive. While I had a positive experience with this particular software, one school I was at dropped it due to cost.
Josh F. · Teacher · June 9, 2017
$73
Pros: Holistic, cloud-based platform which allows data to move seamlessly and in realtime.
Cons: The implementation process needs a lot of work.
Jeremy P. · School Information System Specialist · Education Management · February 1, 2017
If you are looking for one suite to meet your school's full needs, this would definitely be a legitimate candidate. The content management piece has made great improvements and can really fit any specific needs. User data management has improved a lot since WhippleHill was acquired by Blackbaud, and the development piece is really where Blackbaud is the gold standard.
Erik S. · December 7, 2016
The program is fairly "dossy, but they are upgrading to a new interface. We were provided a demo and it looks good, but it comes with a price - like times 10, almost. The old program we have will no longer be supported. We can't afford the new one. We have implemented a system and finally got to the point of our teachers not complaining about issues, and now we'll need to start the process again.
Pros: The program is multi-functional, addressing most needs any school would need.
Cons: There have been separate purchase options, and we purchased just what we felt we needed. Later we discovered that many functions of the program we purchase would not work without purchasing another part of the program. The new software appears to well-integrated, but at a much higher cost to the customer.
Rita G. · Tech Specialist · Education Management · November 18, 2016
Been using it for years. The past few years the product has really gone down hill. We have an issue and have been waiting for 2 years! for a decent resolution. Still pending. Its a mess. Very disappointed. Now an update is changing some of the access of data in queries crossing relations.
bev B. · Dir of Technology · August 14, 2015
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