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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gradelink SIS

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AGradebook aims to help schools fulfill their mission and improve student outcomes with easy-to-use gradebook & SIS software that saves time. Cloud-enabled, standards-ready, with integrated lesson plans. According to the vendor, report card time has never been this easy.N/A

    Ravenna

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ARavenna is an admissions and K-12 Student Management system. It replaces the former inRESONANCE SIS, and BigSIS cloud-based school management and student information system, from VenturEd Solutions.N/A
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    Gradelink SISRavenna
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Gradelink SISRavenna
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Gradelink SISRavenna
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gradelink
    Gradelink is easy to use and keeps students and parents informed of the student's progress in a class. It is an excellent tool to foster communication between the teacher and the parent. Gradelink is very user-friendly and offers a variety of tools to assist the teacher in grading assignments. The teacher may select between points or percentages as well as provide a narrative for the parent to see what a particular assignment encompassed.
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    VenturEd Solutions
    Well suited to having the ability to import information when there are large numbers of scholars to be updated, such as graduations or moving up a grade. On the other hand, the program is geared towards a school and we are not a school so we had to do a lot of tweaking for our purposes.
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    Pros
    Gradelink
    • Ease of use. The interface is very user-friendly, and not intimidating to those who are not IT specialists.
    • Data Management. We use Gradelink to keep all our student records current and available.
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    VenturEd Solutions
    • Customer service in response to problem-solving.
    • Extremely hands-on in making additions to the software on the spot to fulfill a need.
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    Cons
    Gradelink
    • I wish I had a better system for tracking student specific notes (behavioral).
    • I wish the admin platform and the teacher platform weren't so different, so I could learn more from teachers (who use Gradelink even more than I do).
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    VenturEd Solutions
    • There are a lot of terms used for different information in the database. It would be nice if that could be streamlined somehow and more intuitive for the users.
    • There are a lot of details to go through to make custom list or create reports. If you don't do these processes regularly, it seems you are always relearning the process.
    • There was a point when data changes needed to be done in two different places, but I think we may have resolved that issue.
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    Support Rating
    Gradelink
    There can be some added items such as the ability to add and differentiate assignments.
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    VenturEd Solutions
    Brian, our representative, as been tremendous. His response time is outstanding - and if he is able to alter the tool on the spot, he will. We've been able to do more sophisticated maneuvers because of his willingness to problem-solve with us. When the functionality isn't there, it is also a very honest conversation and we know when we have to work outside of the tool.
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    Gradelink
    Gradelink SIS has a lot more helpful and useful features for teachers, admin, and staff. First, it has lesson plans and state standards integration which is a great help for teachers. With this feature, teachers don't have to worry about standards being in place for each lesson plan.
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    VenturEd Solutions
    We were using the CRM database system, however it was too proprietary and when we wanted to make changes or customize we were continually paying an outside consultant to get things done. With inRESONANCE, we are able to make the updates, and customize as we need to internally. It has saved us a significant amount of money in this regard.
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    Return on Investment
    Gradelink
    • Fosters Communication
    • Ease of use
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    VenturEd Solutions
    • Annual fund tracking is very easy and pulling simple things like donors/non-donors is easy. Fine for a straight-forward appeal.
    • If you are going with a comprehensive/combine ask - this is not the tool for you. There's no way to split gifts with % allocation. We're losing money in spending time trying to figure out how to configure pledges in accordance with the software.
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    Screenshot of Gradelink Student RecordsScreenshot of Gradelink Lesson PlansScreenshot of Gradelink GradesheetScreenshot of Gradelink CalendarScreenshot of Gradelink Billing