PowerSchool
Unified Classroom is a learning management and classroom collaboration solution suite. It aims to empower teachers with real-time student interaction inside and outside the
classroom, bringing in more social and collaborative learning. Teachers can
quickly create and deliver rich engaging lessons, electronically collect,
annotate, and grade work, and easily collaborate and share with other
educators. Unified Classroom includes PowerSchool solutions Assessment, Gradebook, Learning,…
PowerSchool Unified Classroom is far and away better than what Brightspace offers. The grade book is auto-synced with PowerSchool SIS, Brightspace is not. Brightspace is built for colleges and not for K-12 education. It's not very user-friendly, limited in the content you can …
I have used markbook and gradebook. Each system had good features that were slightly different but the fact that this one is web based and accessible makes it the best of the 3 I have used. The learning curve to using the program is similar to the other 2 and overall has …
PowerSchool is similar to Schoology but actually has one less component: assignment uploads. Schoology is very helpful because it also students to upload their assignments on dropbox, which syncs automatically to the grade book, which allows me to view who has submitted things …
In the classroom it is very well suited. For classroom teachers, and for school systems in general. It is appropriate in this capacity because it creates a streamlined sense of communication for all stakeholders: teachers, parents, students, and administration. It makes parent meetings very easy, it makes interventions for students easy, and it helps administration keep tabs on overall progress
They are very responsive to the issues that we have and follow through with their assistance. Having a live assist that is available when our teachers need it is essential too. They also seem to listen to suggestions on making improvements and have been transparent with us when renovations are done.
I have used markbook and gradebook. Each system had good features that were slightly different but the fact that this one is web based and accessible makes it the best of the 3 I have used. The learning curve to using the program is similar to the other 2 and overall has allowed me to save time reporting to students and parents.