Overall Satisfaction with Blackbaud Education Management Solutions
We use BlackBaud Education Management Solutions for grades, class assignments, our central database, email communications platform, school calendar, news items, school directory, tight integration with our public website, and alumni relations--essentially, it is our central information and communications hub. We also use an array of third party services that integrate with BlackBaud Education Management Solutions's service: Ruvna (emergency alerting and accountable system), VisitU (visitor check-in), EZ Lunch (cafeteria management system), Blackboard Connect (emergency alert system), Magnus Health (student health records and COVID survey system), PickATime (parent/teacher scheduling system) and Event Manager (facilities scheduling).
- Stability--very reliable and accessible
- Communications platform--email push pages
- Third-party integrations that expand the functionality of the platform
- Course pages
- Communications are streamlined
- Central repository of data for third-party apps works well
- You have to invest in this type of system in the 21st century