Blackbaud Tuition Management vs. ISI: Illuminate Student Information

Smart Tuition is a good platform for schools that want to incorporate the financial aid application process and billing together. Parent use is easy to navigate, and it reduces the time spent by school staff to manage accounts. In a school where the financial aid application process is not done by a third party, Smart Tuition may not be the option they are looking to implement.

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One scenario where Illuminate is well suited is when we are creating mailouts for students and parents to send report cards and or progress updates, Illuminate allows us to quickly find a student's address. This feature allows us to cut down on the time it would normally take to lookup a student's address on another platform.

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• Website is easy to navigate
• Customer service is very professional and helpful
• Multiple options for making payments and setting up accounts

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• Stores student information in one place
• Allows parents and students to access student grades from home
• Serves as a gradebook

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• I have been happy with Smart Tuition and have not had any issues.

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• I think just by making regular updates would be awesome.
• Making it easier to find students with last names that are longer.

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I use FACTS in my role at work, and my children's school uses Smart Tuition. I am more familiar with Smart Tuition as a parent, but it seems to be a good solution for the high school. Since we do the financial aid in-house at my school of employment, FACTS works better for us.

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I haven't used any other software like Illuminate.

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• Excellent tracking of accounts for the school
• Customer service interacts with the parents' questions
• One system for the school staff to manage

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• One stop data warehouse
• Easy access to all state test scores
• Easy grading for teachers.

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