This is a software solution that can be adapted to institutions of any size. SARS Anywhere can be used to track learner performance.

Website: https://www.sarsgrid.com/

What Users Love About the App

“Once SARS is set up with specific codes, it’s easy to add event attendees, drop-in counseling, or appointments into the grid or schedules. Anyone with access can look up those events or appointments. Though I am not in counseling, which is the area that uses SARS the most, it is useful for when I need to see who has attended a specific event or how many people attended a specific event.”

“I like the creativity I get to use in SARS when I meet with various different locations on campus requiring a very different information set. I can do this by creating different schedules and/or reason codes that will meet their needs.”

“SARS Anywhere is a very straight forward program, which allows a great deal of customization, but does not require it. Because it’s locally hosted the data is in the client’s hands, not the company’s.”

“This software does a good job of accurately portraying when workers are available for scheduling among colleges. This product is very flexible!”

“I found the product and its companion products did a great job of addressing the needs of the college. It also met all modern web and accessibility standards. Most importantly, I found the support and implementation staff excellent.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“The reporting tools are a bit lacking. Because of data siloing at this organization the reporting tools provided were insufficient for our users. But because it’s locally hosted, we are able to write direct queries and export the data to other reporting tools.”

“Sars grid is a bit dated. Inflexible with reporting. You have to experiment with the exporting of data if you want more advanced analytics than the delivered report.”

“Limited report customization – user experience (especially for students is still somewhat dated) – notifications require modular purchases (separate product).”

“Lack of drag/drop feature. It would be so helpful for scheduling purposes to be able to drag/drop appointments, meetings, etc. from one advisor to another.”

“As a system administrator, the various modules have been challenging to configure and manage. User settings had to be fully reconfigured in the move from SARS Grid to SARS Anywhere, as well as the Messages module and messaging features in SARS Anywhere.”