Gradelink

Pros: It's convivence and easy navigation are two things that stick out to me the most. I love the communication tab that allows me to reach out to families.

Cons: I'm not a fan of the section for lesson plans. This feels difficult when I've attempted to lesson plan in the past.

Pros: I appreciate the variety of possiblities for posting and organizing grades through Gradelink. It works perefect for all my classes' grading needs.

Cons: I do not like the organizational layout for posting lesson plans on Gradelink. It is not always user friendly for the way that I present them.

Pros: Easy to use, convenient features, simple for the teachers to use. I especially like the duplicate option when adding in the grades.

Cons: UI UX - it is so outdated and old. If the design and overall user's experiences on the front end looks more nice it would be more enjoyable to use.

Pros: We are familiar with the product and its easy to use. I also like its multi usage ability. Working with Vicent on the website has been great.

Cons: Changed the way Wisedata is reported and did not properly train schools. Hard to get support when it is needed.

Pros: Email and notification about attendance. Shows any missing grade. Also grading assignments is super simple.

Cons: I wish is like a little tutorial button where you can click and watch if you are not sure about using gradelink.

Pros: The student management area is a great feature that allows families to be linked. Customer service is great!

Cons: I wish there were a few more alerts and reports we could customize. Searching by parent name would be a nice feature.

Pros: We love the student management system. It covers some many things; emails, texts, phone calls, report cards, easy for parents to use, immunizations, discipline and more.

Cons: sometimes parents phones don't show everything that is on the computer version. so makes it difficult for them if they are away from there computer.

Pros: Easy to use; many settings for calculating and weighting grades; easy to communicate with parents individually or as a class.

Cons: The ability to see each student's assignment grades while commenting would be helpful, as it would enable more informed comments.

Pros: This product is efficient. It allows me to record grades daily. Everyday I can enter grades and print reports for meetings.

Cons: You cannot sort assignments by types so students can see trends. My students would benefit from seeing trends.

Pros: I love the SmartSend feature! It is so helpful to be able to send messages to specific groups of parents, schedule messages, and such. It is also very straightforward and easy to use. I also love the grading features, again all very straightforward and easy to use. It makes grading and communicating so much less stressful!

Cons: I don't like how Gradelink times out frequently. I would prefer if there was a way to decide how long you wanted to stay signed in until it signs you out. Sometimes I come back to my computer and have to log in again because I have been teaching a lesson and then I lose my spot where I was and have to reload to the correct subject and entering grades or such. I have also noticed it is sometimes not possible or just difficult to create a list of certain combinations of students. For example, the names of all the girls, the names of all the boys, the names of all the students and their parents emails, etc. I don't know if there is a way to make it easy to choose the combination of lists that you want and then just have a copy of that.

Pros: Our school has been using Gradelink for several years. We appreciate that all of our records can now be digitally stored and accessed by administration at any time. We greatly appreciate the online enrollment option and the communication tools to do automated phone calls, texts, and emails. Such a concise timesaver to manage student and staff information. We have always been able to access customer support to help us with any issue. The site is secure and although pricey it is a worthwhile investment as a school management system . Really appreciate the online gradebook option that prepare instantly downloadable transcripts , progress reports, and report cards. It makes viewing and printing student reports so easy. Also our staff uses the counseling notes to like all student behaviors , etc. That has been a great tool to use for parent meetings.

Cons: One thing I would like to see added is a way to upload files for staff members so that we can move to digital files for them also.

Pros: I appreciate how it helps me with communication with parents. The email function is easy to follow and access prior emails. The security of grades and communication is helpful as well. I use this on a weekly basis for inputting grades, lessons, etc.

Cons: I wish I had more individual access for what I can set for my default options rather than having to go through our school representative and have her change it.

Pros: I love the convenience of the report cards and the ease of the grades. Easy for attendance as well. Finding information on addresses is easy as well.

Cons: I have not learned how to put in discipline yet, a few steps, maybe once I use it more, I will remember to find everything.

Pros: helps me in keeping track of student's grade, it also helps in reading the rooster, birthdays and attendance.

Cons: I don't have any complaints about grade link. People said its hard to keep up with it but for me is easy.

Pros: I like that Gradelink is comprehensive in dealing academic records and classroom management. I, also, enjoy the ability to run reports and the fact that it is user friendly. It makes syncing grades from Google Classroom easy as well.

Cons: I wish messaging parents was a little easier and had a better place in the app. The communications go to user emails rather than an app notification.

Pros: Gradelink is an overall very easy-to-use classroom management system. I appreciate how simple it is to create assignments, enter grades, and keep student progress organized. I especially like that I can generate progress reports to help students and families stay on track. The Smart Send option is also very helpful for communication. I also appreciate the flexibility of entering grades as points, letter grades, or percentages, depending on the needs of the class.

Cons: One limitation is that attachments cannot be added directly from Google Drive. I have to download the file first, convert or save it as a PDF, and then upload it separately, which adds extra steps. I also wish emails allowed more than one link, since teachers often need to share multiple resources with students or parents at the same time.

Pros: I liked using the gradebook the most. It kept parents aware of what assignments were due and when along with their grades and absences

Cons: Didn’t really get into lesson planning. I think some training on how to use it would have been helpful.

Pros: It is easy to use and when there is a problem customer service is readliy available. The YouTube videos are helpful. The parents and students can look up grades readily. We are a poor school and it is worth the money.

Cons: When Gradelink is down, it makes life so difficult but customer service is responsive to the challenges. They respond quickly and fix things, even special requests are not a problem.

Pros: Gradelink is an amazing tool. On the administrative side of it, I love how easy it makes communicating with our parents/staff through email and text. We have used systems in the past that charged us per person per text that we sent out; with Gradelink, we pay a flat amount per student for that same service. I also like that parents are able to log in to see where their student is academically also where they stand financially. Teachers are able to keep great records of their students' assignments along with grades. Customer support is great! If you have a question, there are many tips and help videos that are there to support you.

Cons: One thing that I wish was different is how you must conclude each term at the end of a quarter. This makes it a bit of a hassle if anything needs to be changed at a later time. I also would like to see there be an option for dropdown categories in Billing. We have parents that use it to pay tuition along with lunch orders and after school activities. Unless they specifically make a note, it gets confusing when they make a payment for multiple categories. A dropdown option could streamline that.

Pros: The amazing customer service and quick turnaround when we really needed it were the things that stood out. They have a good product and a great team.

Cons: I really didn't have any complaints whatsoever. It did everything we needed it to do and it was very easy to learn to use.

Pros: Our school loves Gradelink! It is a great value for all of the benefits you receive. The management of grades is so easy, and the Administration portal provides great information for reporting and assessment.

Cons: The communication opportunities are good, but I would like to see a few more available characters, as well as the ability to send graphics, in the texting module.

Pros: I like that it's a program where parents and teachers can work together. It's a hub where we can communicate and work towards an educational success.

Cons: The user interface isn't intuitive at all times. The navigation isn't always clear, it's clear the program is written by programmers - not teachers and administrators.

Pros: I started using Gradelink when our administration decided to change our student information system. It was very helpful when transferring all of our information into a new database. Customer Service was top notch when I had to call and ask about any concerns or questions I had. I worked as the Office Manager and was in charge of making sure everything transferred smoothly. I now work as a teacher and use this for student and teacher information. This help keeps track of students behavior, grades, billing as well as the teachers lesson plans and calendars. It helps our administration to look and see what students are interrupting our class management strategies and to better help us flow and make progress.

Cons: That it doesn't remember your payment information or allow you to use Apple Pay. This would make payments faster and even more convenient.