PowerSchool Unified Classroom Reviews & Insights

Score6.2 out of 10

15 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for PowerSchool Unified Classroom are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

User-Friendly GUI: Users have consistently praised the tool for its user-friendly and easy-to-navigate graphical user interface. Many reviewers have mentioned that they found the GUI to be uncluttered and appreciated how it made it easy to find what they needed. The simplicity and ease of customization according to individual needs were also highlighted by users.

Simplicity and Ease of Use: The simplicity and ease of use of both PowerSchool Gradebook and Unified Classroom have been highly regarded by users. They have mentioned that these tools simplify their tasks, making them easy to use anywhere. Some users even specifically mentioned that this simplicity makes it easy for both parents and students to understand once logged in, as it consolidates necessary features such as grades, attendance, student information, seating charts, and inputting grades all in one system.

Integration with PowerSchool Gradebook: The integration of Unified Classroom with PowerSchool Gradebook has been particularly appreciated by users. This integration provides a unified platform for classroom management, which streamlines processes for teachers. Teachers have expressed satisfaction with having all pertinent information on their students in one place, including contact details and important personal information. They also like how the software organizes students alphabetically in the grade book for easy accessibility.

Reviews

4 Reviews

PowerSchool Unified Classroom: Your Problem's Solved!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 23, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

To help our educators deliver high-quality content for their classroom. PowerSchool Unified Classroom gives the teachers the ability to create content, manage their grade book, hand out assignments, post videos, have discussion boards, and get high-quality reports that reflect the standards you have taught and are assessing. Giving the teachers a tool that would allow them to use technology effectively is a district goal, and this works.

Pros

Hand in/Hand Out Assignments
Standards Based Assessments

Cons

Can be clicky
Not able to integrate digital textbooks and work from some providers.

Likelihood to Recommend

We use PowerSchool Unified Classroom with our Teacher/Student work. Teachers can hand out assignments and have them edited and returned to the teacher in an organized folder, in which the teacher can review, grade, and send back to the student. Papers are never lost this way. Another way that PowerSchool Unified Classroom is used is to deliver assessments for district tests.

Mike Thomas

Digital Learning Analyst in Information Technology at Springfield Public Schools (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Developing a cohesive student database

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

November 28, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use PowerSchool as our SIS database and grading system. We use it for the whole school from Pre-k to 12th grade to coordinate student ids and family accounts.

Pros

The server system is very secure and reliable.
We can create student accounts quickly and easily while transferring information to other schools when needed.
We use it for our grading systems and family information.

Cons

The user interface is a little blocky and not entirely user-friendly.
It does take more training than we'd like with new staff.

Likelihood to Recommend

This is well suited for keeping track of student data growth and family information. It is also very helpful when new arriving students come and we can quickly and easily make new student accounts.

Amy Westby

High School Counselor in Professional Services at International Schools Consortium (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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PowerSchool is Powerful!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

March 16, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

PowerSchool is a system we use for attendance, grade reporting, and recently for booking substitute teachers. The program is being used by all 700+ teachers in our division. PowerSchool is a web-based program that allows students to track their grades in real time. The moment I enter an assignment the students can use the app on their end to see what mark they received or which assignments are outstanding.

Pros

It easily makes calculations for you to come up with a mark easily.
It allows me to put my comments on assignments into the grade so that students get feedback quickly and easily.
It is easy to use.

Cons

The substitute system does not allow you to see what the background areas are of substitute teachers
The substitute system does not provide direct contact info for substitutes
The Student view that we have access to is not true student view. What they see is different which negates the purpose

Likelihood to Recommend

It is suited perfectly for most high school applications. It is less appropriate when using standards based marking. It can be done but it is a lot more time consuming. PowerSchool makes it very easy for students to see the assignments they have and the marks they received on the assignments as well as any feedback you have for them.

Mark Perry

Teacher in Professional Services at Prairie Spirit School Division (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

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PowerSchool for Schools in Power!

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

March 9, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it at school to enter school grades, attendance, and discipline issues. It holds a record of demographics for each student and for the students' parents or guardians. It is being used by our entire school- all teachers, administrators, staff members, parents, students all use the platform. It is helpful for teachers as it pulls together all necessary information for each class and for each student and houses it in one full source.

Pros

the interface is very easy to see, view, and use
It houses many different types of information, like attendance, grades, discipline issues, requests for administration support
it is helpful to maintain all grades for each class
it allows parents to view comments from teachers for each grade so they understand the full picture

Cons

I teach 15 different sections of classes and it is hard to view sections all at once to enter grades in
Navigating through all of the tabs to know how to view grades is hard- whether it is Assignments view, or by students, etc.

Likelihood to Recommend

In the classroom it is very well suited. For classroom teachers, and for school systems in general. It is appropriate in this capacity because it creates a streamlined sense of communication for all stakeholders: teachers, parents, students, and administration. It makes parent meetings very easy, it makes interventions for students easy, and it helps administration keep tabs on overall progress.

Saloni Hemani

Curriculum Development at DePaul Cristo Rey High School (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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