Blackbaud, our SIS stopped supporting the Gradequick to Blackbaud
interface once they developed FAWeb. We switched to FAWeb, and it is
unanimously hated by all teachers. It has limited features. You can't
see a full class on your screen (you have to scroll). It is browser
based, and only works about 90% of the time when using Firefox. (When
you call Blackbaud, that charges us over $20,000 a year for support,
they say they only support using FAWeb with Microsoft Internet Explorer,
so all my teachers at home with Macs are out of luck if there is a
Firefox issue.) When you update (and there seems to be a new "patch"
out almost daily), there can be disastrous results. For example, on
this last update, the final grade was not showing. I finally called
Blackbaud about three weeks later, and they said it was a known problem
with the current update. You just have to clear the cache in EE, then
go back to EVERY GRADE that was already entered and just type it in
again! Needless to say, I got to take two days, retyping every grade
the teachers had put in. Luckily, it had only been about three weeks of
grades.=20
Unless the ONLY choice you have is FAWeb, I would never recommend it to
anyone. There are so many better, less expensive options available
including GradeQuick and Easy Grade Pro.
Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School
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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Brenda Rilling
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 4:25 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Gradebook software
We are using Blackbaud's Education Edge and FAWeb. Would anyone have any
comparison information between FAWeb and other gradebook software?
Thanks,
Brenda
Brenda Rilling
IT Director
Selwyn House School
95 Cote St. Antoine
Montreal, QC H3Y 2H8
(p) 514-931-9481 x 2281
(f) 514-931-6118
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
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>We tried three different Grade Books that interfaced with our Student
>Information System. The teachers using them reported to the rest of
the
>faculty, who voted for GradeQuick. We have used it for 4 years now,
and
>are currently using GradeQuick Web with Edline. We are very pleased.
>=20
>Judith Claire Robison
>Director of Technology
>Saint John's Catholic Prep
>=20
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>________________________________
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>From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Bernadette
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>Subject: Gradebook software
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>At this time, we don't utilize any specific gradebook software, but
>there has been an inquiry from a small group of teachers. My only
>experience is with Integrade Pro and it wasn't a good one. Someone
>mentioned Easy Grade Pro as a possibility. What other gradebook
>programs have your teachers found particularly useful?
>
>
>
>Bernadette Roche
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>
>
>Director of Technology
>
>Oakhill Day School
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>www.oakhilldayschool.org
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>bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org
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