Blackbaud Works for Us.
November 09, 2020

Blackbaud Works for Us.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Blackbaud Education Management Solutions

Blackbaud Education Management is used to enroll students, manage their schedules, grades, sports and extracurricular activities, and other information, as well as: communicate with students, parents and the broader constituency. It also tracks alumni and provides data for fundraising.
  • It manages student grades.
  • It manages student schedules.
  • It tracks student behavior.
  • It manages student sports activities.
  • The new Competency Based Grading has really taken off, but we need to track dropped grades better.
  • It can improve its integration with Google Drive.
  • It can improve its billing function.
  • It helps teachers manage their time.
  • It provides valuable information for administrators and counselors.
  • It manages the flow of students in and out of the school.
  • Operational efficiency
  • Advanced automation
  • Improved insights
  • Reduced IT expenditure due to cloud deployment
  • A connected school solution
Blackbaud has helped us communicate essential information within the school among staff members, as well as communicate to students and parents. It has improved our ability to upload data to curriculum and testing companies, but there is some way to go yet in terms of automation. Over all, it has performed well.
Our office uses all of these products and it [is] especially helpful for our development director to have Raiser's Edge NXT. Additionally, student enrollment is in part limited by up-to-date billing information. So, if parents are reasonably behind in tuition, we are able to restrict attendance and communicate this effectively to the relevant section of the school.
The support is generally outstanding, both in terms of the amount of time needed and the resolution fo the problem. There is a consistent competency among the support staff.
Generally, we have had great success in the use of this product. We are pleased that it has offered a competency based grading system and that it continues to upgrade and improve its offerings.
Really our answers are very similar to the previous answer given.
We do not use this function.
Blackbaud Education Management is great for a school which needs a powerful, detailed management solution.