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25 reviewers had the following to say about Gradelink's features:
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Pros
Gradebook, Parent communication and portal, transcripts and report cards, attendance, student information management, reports
Cons
Scheduling can be a little clunky and tedious
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Sounds like you're off to a great start, Max! We're here for you with all the training and support you need, at no additional charge.
If you get stuck or don't know how to do something there is a lot of help, from written help to videos that show you step by step, and customer service is amazing.
Pros
Get report cards and progress reports with the push of a button.
Cons
You need to pay extra for things like tuition management and re-enrollment forms to be on the system
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We love hearing that Gradelink is enabling your school to run more efficiently, Victoria! Unfortunately, there are fees for tuition management and EnrollMe, but that's because there are additional costs on our end.
Pros
Gradebook, attendance, enrollment, and parent communication.
Cons
The cost increases that have been added to make small changes to the enrollment paperwork. I get fees for large changes. But to edit or change wording is a bit extreme.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you for your review, Ben! It's good to know you enjoy the benefit of having everything together in one system. Although we work to keep costs down, sometimes seemingly small changes entail a considerable amount of work on our end due to the complexity of each client's account.
Gradelink allows us to communicate grades, attendance, and comments with parents daily and to report through emailed quarter reports.
Pros
The Gradelink communication system allows us to send emails, texts, and voice notices to staff, parents, or classes. Teacher newsletters are easy and complete.
Cons
There really hasn't been anything we couldn't manage.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Wow, it means a lot to us that you prefer Gradelink over the other systems you've used in the past, Mary Kay!
As Admissions Coordinator it has really helped the process for online enrollment and management of less paper.
Pros
What I like most is all that it has to offer, such as report cards, email communication and data management reports into exel or pdf.
Cons
For now, I do wish the prospects portion of the software was a little more refined. It does store information that as a school we do use and resource however I do wish somehow those could be status switched to new enrollment if they chose to enroll. Seems like a lot of duplicating of information.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It sounds like you're really getting a lot out of Gradelink, Cindy! Please contact your service representative to see how we can help you with moving prospects into enrollment. If there's not an easy solution, it may be something we can include in a future update.
We love this software. It is easy for all users to operate.
Pros
Gradelink offers schools a complete school and student management system that can be easily custom designed.
Cons
The only concern is that we are on the East Coast and customer service is on the West Coast.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We that you love it, Wendell! Even when we're not in the office, help is always available by clicking on the question mark icon at the top of the screen when you're logged in. You'll find all kinds of articles, screenshots and videos on everything from training to report cards to admissions and more.
In addition, it helps us provide better communication with our school parents.
Pros
The user interface is very easy to get staff to buy into using.
Cons
etc. seating chart with pictures report different attendance reports (monthly for National School Lunch) more financial report options ability to enter the school calendar and have attendance automatically marked NS for those days.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Feedback from our schools is an important part of our development of new features and updating existing ones, so appreciate your input, Becky!
Communication out and in is fluid.
Pros
Quick access to grades and attendance. Good communication tool with parents and students.
Cons
No problem that are not always solved with support.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's great to know that you're using Gradelink to help your school in so many ways, Rod!
Great product the customer service is exceptional.
Pros
A lot of great features and admin. management.
Cons
Not as user friendly as I would like for the admin features.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you for your feedback, Nathan! We're always looking for ways to make things easier for educators, so please let us know what changes you'd like to see.
The administration loves it because it creates quick, accurate schedules, report cards and transcripts.
Pros
User friendly, does exactly what we need, customer service is responsive and quick.
Cons
Would like some more customizable reports.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We love that you love Gradelink, Rachel! It's rewarding to know that your school is getting so much out of it.
Positive experience with grading, school management, and school communication.
Pros
User friendly. Support team is very available.
Cons
There isn't anything specific that I can think of.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's rewarding to know you've had such a positive experience with Gradelink, Xavria! Thank you for sharing.
It makes tracking attendance and grades easier as well as communication. I would highly recommend this program to anyone in the educational arena.
Pros
Easy to put in school attendance, and keep track of students achievement.
Cons
I would like to have an online assessment tool.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you, Gail! We are honored by your recommendation.
Pros
This program makes it so simple and easy to keep track of class grades, attendances, etc
Cons
The format could be designed a little better.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Monthly
Likelihood to recommend
Good to know that Gradelink is working so well for you, Hannah! An update to the interface is on the drawing board, so stay tuned.
We save paper by not having to print our report cards or progress reports for parents since they are accessible to them online.
Pros
I refer to it often to record student attendance, look up phone numbers, and check on student information.
Cons
Some applications take several steps to enter the data. I wish is could be more streamlined..
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's fantastic that your school community is getting so many benefits out of using Gradelink, Kathy! Thank you for sharing.
The product is well-designed and relatively easy to use, providing that the user(s) have some degree of technical facility.
Pros
Everything that I need to do in my position, including attendance, grades, class listings, and report cards, is provided within the realm of this program.
Cons
I wish that Gradelink provided 24/7 support services. As I am located on the East Coast and Gradelink is located on the West Coast, there is a 3 hour time difference between my location and Gradelink's offices.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's rewarding to hear that your experience with Gradelink has been so good, Jay! We understand the time difference can be frustrating. Help is always available on the support website. Just click on the question mark icon at the top of the screen in Gradelink to search a wealth of information on everything from attendance to lesson plans to transcripts.
Gradelink SIS has allowed us to go almost completely paperless which has definitely solved our filing challenges.
Pros
The software is easy to use with a host of tutorials to assist with any challenges I have faced.
Cons
The reports (progress report, report cards) are a little technical as it relates to making small adjustments regarding scale.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
It's wonderful that you're using Gradelink to work more efficiently, Dale! If you ever need additional help, feel free to contact your support rep by phone or email and they'll be happy to assist you.
Parents are able to easily keep up with student grades, disciplines, and classroom/school news.
Pros
Administration can easily keep track of grades, attendance, discipline, and much more.
Cons
There are a few reports that I'd like to have that are not available right now, such as student roster sorted by period or teacher.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's wonderful to know that you're getting so much use out of Gradelink, Rebecca! Please talk with your support rep about the reports you're looking for. If they aren't already available, it helps us to know what our schools need.
Pros
Does Grades, schedules, report cards, progress reports and Alerts!
Cons
It needs a teacher app - but I'm sure it's coming soon!
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you for your review! You're right, a teacher app is something we'll be offering in the future, although we don't have a release date at this point.
We have been able to simplify our procedures and systems with Gradelink. Most data is now held in Gradelink--a huge help.
Pros
Accessible from anywhere. Exports to xcel.
Cons
Gradesheet - wish assignments only required date due (not date assigned), and that date due would auto populate as current date (or allow this to be customizable by each school).
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you, Melody, we truly appreciate input from our schools because it helps us better understand their needs. And we're happy you made the switch, too!
Overall we really like it.
Pros
I like that most everything we need to do for our daily operation with regards to student information and communication can be done through one portal.
Cons
There are some reports that we wish could be a little more customizable.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We love that you really like Gradelink, Lori! Please talk with your support rep to see what we can do to help you with your reports.
There grading, report cards, attendance, student database, transcripts, etc. are fantastic and easy to use.
Pros
I love the customer support and how easy it is for me to get an answer for what I’m looking for.
Cons
They are designed to mirror Planbook, but the features just aren’t there to facilitate it.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you, Stephanie, you made the support team's day! We also appreciate your feedback on lesson plans because it helps us better understand what schools need.
Gradelink has given us a central database for so many daily tasks that were only available on certain computers and allows us to quickly and easily generate reports that, in the past, would have been done by hand.
Pros
I like being able to take attendance online, keep track of immunization records, customize report cards, generate family directories and utilize the financial feature for all of our billing needs.
Cons
The only complaint that we have had with Gradelink is when printing report cards for our students.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's fantastic to hear that your school community is getting so many benefits out of using Gradelink, Debra! Thank you for sharing.
i was using it daily for student info and attendance and communication and it was very handy and useful
Pros
keeping a track of student resources, notes and attendance all in one
Cons
in the begining its hard to understand and takes a while to get used to it , but one u get the hang of it its good
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you for sharing your experience, Zainub! Whenever you need help, training and support are available at no additional charge.
We are able to take attendance, enter grades, create report cards, contact parents, keep track of our staff, and do both enrollment and re-enrollment through Gradelink.
Pros
I like how easy Gradelink is to use by both administrators, teachers, and parents.
Cons
Customization can be tricky, and it is missing a few features that would be helpful.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It's rewarding to know that Gradelink is making such a difference for your school community, Melissa! Please talk with your support rep about the features you'd like to see. If we don't already have what you're looking for (see the list at gradelink.com/features), it's helpful for us to know what additional features schools would find useful.
., report cards, attendance reports, transcripts, etc.) saving us valuable hours of work time.
Pros
Easy to use, continues to improve and upgrade, excellent customer support.
Cons
Some of the training videos could be updated to reflect newer features.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you, Debbie! It's so rewarding for us to hear that Gradelink is doing exactly what it was designed to do: help you work more efficiently and save valuable time.
