Synergy Education Platform Reviews & Product Details

Taking attendence is easy, and it can be done quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anything related to grading is difficult, unreliable, and a constant source of stress and frustration. I've been using the program for 5.5 years now, and there is always something that isn't working correctly. They will do a system update (sometimes poorly timed) and some problems seem to improve, and others appear. I have no say about which program our school uses, but if I did, I would drop it in a heartbeat! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Synergy Education Platform is a great way to complete the necessary recordkeeping for my classes. I track attendance, grades, parent and student contact, and communication with other teachers regarding shared students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have a Google Classroom/Synergy integration at my school. Meaning, once I've created an assignment in google classroom, it automatically syncs into Synergy. My only dislike is that if I change a grade in synergy but not google classroom, it will switch back to the grade in google classroom once it resyncs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing. it is very bad.

nothing is good.

too slow

too inconvenient

too many mistakes

too ugly

too much time wasted

the worse product I have ever used in 20 years of teaching Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

full of errors,

unstable

user hostile

only show 4 lines of grades

too many functions that are totally useless but takes too much space on the screen

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I like that Synergy performs multiple functions, without the need for multiple additional platforms, such as attendance and a parental notification system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the complexity of the functions and dashboard. It is in no way intuitive, like Poweschools. I am new to using it, and still trying to figure things out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like using Synergy for Standards-based grading on a 4 point scale. I like how different grading categories can be weighed differently. I also appreciate being able to record behavioral information in the moment that can be visible to other teachers for that day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find the interface to be cumbersome in general. For example, to record an assignment by a Standard, I can't apply a score for all students with ease; I need to type in a score for each student. It's very time-consuming. You can do this (apply a score for all students) only if there is no Standard attached to it. Beyond this, my major grumble is that the IEP/504 info. cannot be easily printed for all students in a class, grade, etc. I have spent HOURS copying and pasting this info into a separate document to print out and provide (by law) for substitute teachers. Why Synergy hasn't allowed for an easy way to print this info for all to review is baffling and a disservice to students with IEP/504 plans. Lastly, Synergy is a terrible experience for students and parents and interpreting scores in a Standards-based grading. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The grading system is simple and has built in categories like homework and tests. I often used it 1 to 1 with assignments from Google Classroom, though it does not yet have an import feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not compatible with a lot of other school software and has downtime more often than once a week, especially at the start of the school day. It also has a lackluster discipline system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I guess the reason admins like it is that it has a lot of modules for SIS records, attendance etc. The seating chart configurability is nice for me as a user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Awful LMS and gradebook UX, universally hated by students, families and teachers. Especially for our standards-based grading and Teams integration, it sucks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Synergy allows teachers to have comprehensive student info at their figertips and to carry out administrative duties such as attendance and seating charts as well as communicate with families. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have seen several synchronization issues with Edgenuity (Imagine) . Also, I have no idea why our district can't get it to communicate with Canvas for the grade book. Not sure whether this is an additional expense or just not streamlined or what. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of grading, transfer of scores across Google Classroom to Synergy has gotten quite seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bandwidth issues during grading time, can't input grades when due.

Can't change names of assignments, can either add my own, but can't adjust easily their assignment defaults.

Function I would like:

"assignments "could overlap with "classwork" and both be a part of a grading group. OR I could change all "assignment" to my preferred type. And/or I would like to adjust the default assignment type. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.