#1 most frequent
United States of America
100.0%5 installations of 5
What is Tyler SIS?
Tyler Technologies offers Tyler SIS, a suite of school and student management applications, including online student registration, school inventory management, Classroom 360 mobile accessible student information management for teachers, Student 360 with portal for grades, announcements, and homework for students and parents, and other features.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
State and National-level Reporting
The system provides prebuilt reports or build-your-own reporting tools for necessary state and national-level reports.
Category average: 8.7
Compliance Support
The effectiveness of resources, tools, and in-platform processes for maintaining and demonstrating regulatory compliance.
Category average: 8.4
Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology
The student management system can send and receive data from other educational systems with little to no manual steps required.
Category average: 7.9
Areas for Improvement
Teacher and Parent Mobile Application
Teachers and parents can use a mobile application to access their students' data and update some information remotely.
Category average: 8.3
District Communications, such as messaging and alerting
The platform supports communications district-wide and/or with between specific individuals. Examples include alerts, announcements, and direct messaging between faculty and parents.
Category average: 8.4
Teacher Self-Service
Teachers can easily navigate and work within the system without requiring IT personnel or specialized skills for recurring activities.
Category average: 8.4
Who Buys & Uses Tyler SIS
Tyler SIS
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Tyler SIS is our student information system. We've used Tyler SIS for over 20 years. Tyler SIS houses all of our student information as well as our staff information. You can look up student grades, attendance, discipline , etc. Additionally, you can use it for your staff. We pull reports of staff data such as addresses and phone numbers.
Pros
- Great for Missouri
- IEPs
- Easy to use
Cons
- Sometimes it feels like things are buried.
- You have to know where items are to use them
- Looks like it's from the early 2000s
Return on Investment
- Tyler has saved us time from paper records
Alternatives Considered
Infinite Campus
Other Software Used
Infinite Campus, Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Excellent central source for all of your educational needs
Pros
- Consolidated source of information
- Easy access to contact information
- Gradebook system has many helpful features
Cons
- So many features, many we don't know how to use.
- We have had regular issues with the website not working.
- Comment system for report cards needs sorting (or a search option).
Return on Investment
- There are so many features that we have not had to buy additional products (so it saves us money).
- Tyler SIS also makes things easier for parents by consolidating all information they need.
- There have been many times where the website has been down, and it essentially shuts us down until the issue is resolved.
Alternatives Considered
4Clicks Project Estimator
Other Software Used
Blackboard Learn, Google Classroom, Pearson aimswebPlus
Great Student Information System
Pros
- Keeps information secure, safe, and encrypted.
- Student information is easy to navigate when needed by authorized users.
- Allows for teachers to have their classes organized to take attendance easily.
Cons
- Need for labels of all of the navigation pictures. It is difficult for me to know what button I am clicking into if I haven't accessed that part of the software in a while.
- It would be nice to have a tutorial to know how to navigate the software better. It can be difficult to navigate at the beginning.
- Remove the "BULLETIN" section.
Return on Investment
- Allowed the organization to transfer records of students when needed.
- Allows the administrators and authorized staff to contact parents or guardians because the information is all in the software.
- Easy way to take attendance during class.
Other Software Used
Google Drive, McGraw-Hill Connect, Doodle, Bluehost