Product Review of Gradelink SIS

Gradelink is a cloud-enabled, standards-ready grade book and SIS software system with integrated lesson plans. You can switch between English, Spanish, and Chinese at any time.
Website: https://www.gradelink.com/
What Users Love About the App
“Gradelink is a very simple School information System (SIS). As such, the setup time is very fast. The Gradelink support team is very helpful in getting the support that is necessary.”
“Any time you get stuck, help is very near at hand. They have an incredible number of short videos that get right to the point and handle almost any question you have about how to do something. Their tech support is usually very prompt and has been able to help us work through some of the unique situations we’ve encountered.”
“I like that it is easy to use. i like that families do not have to complete new paperwork every year. i like that we can reach the whole school community through emails at one time. I love that we can post report cards and grades online and that report cards are generated by just adding grades.”
“It is very user friendly and covers everything we need. I like that you can easily correct issues in the finance area. Email and text messages are easy to set up and send out. I still have things to learn about some of the finer points – reports etc.”
“I chose Gradelink for our school because the basic system had so many components. Other SIS’s I researched charged per component. Smartsend Pro makes communication easy. We added the online payment integration for incidentals. Gradelink allows for the flexibility to fit the needs of my school.”
What Users Dislike About the App
“The overall aspect is outdated, the colors are bleak, the whole system looks old school. Also, it behaves weirdly when averaging periods and grades (sometimes), you don’t know exactly how it’s done.”
“The software does not allow users to edit and input their own personal information. There fore keeping up on ever-changing hone numbers and even teacher info is a challenge. The information from previous years is not as easy to access.”
“One thing does bother me. We want to send information to parents such as pictures, newsletters and so on. We can not send 2 at the time or more than one. We have to wait a certain time in order to send another info.”
“They are still developing some aspects so sometimes a feature is not yet available. Such as last year we were looking at the sign in/out feature but it was not ready. This year we are using it!”
“That the “Not Re-enrolled” button doesn’t work. It just gives all students, instead of the ones not re-enrolled. Teachers not having the ability to send a text for their classes. – So, they have to use “Remind””