Sycamore School Reviews & Product Details - Page 2

Sycamore is pretty intuitive to use, with little training needed to get things done. We house student and staff data, create report cards, send emails to classes, and even allow families to connect with each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish texting was a usable feature. The built in one is ridiculous. Even the reps I spoke with said to purchase School Messenger to text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The capabilities with grades are great, and the ability to pull reports from student lists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

THERE IS NO WAY TO TEXT ONLY ONE KID'S PARENTS. I LITERALLY HAVE TO CHOOSE THE ENTIRE CLASS AND THEN CLICK OFF EVERY PARENT I DON'T WANT TO SEND THE TEXT MESSAGE TO. FOR THE LOVE OF SECRETARIES, CREATE A "SELECT ALL"/"DESELECT ALL" OPTION. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pretty powerful tool, online application and registration, student lists and classes all in one place, scheduling, and so much more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although it's not super intuitive, it does have a ton of videos, webinars and a help section. And if I can't find an answer to my question, the support team has always answered quickly! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The seating chart has images of the students and so this is useful. The attendance system works smoothly and can be modified easily. It is easy to input grades and modify them where necessary. The interface is clean and it is not hard to navigate around the site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The messaging feature does not always work and does not always notify you if you have received a message. I often miss messages and then have angry customers because of this. The login via email also does not always work and I often have to login twice. There are several redundant features which have a purpose that is unclear to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how the company has thought of MANY of the school functions, especially on the financial side, parental communication side, and grade input side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would really like to see Google Grades automatically update, instead of ME wasting thousands of hours pushing buttons. The missing work, excused work, etc. does not transfer over from Google Classroom. There are not even setting for me to transfer the grades automatically from Google Classroom.

Posting things on Sycamore is VERY difficult and time consuming. If Sycamore does not do something to fix these problems, then as soon as Google Classroom can process money, Sycamore will soon be obsolete.

Google Classroom is compatible with nearly every educational app. I have not once seen Sycamore's brand on an educational app.

Get with it soon Sycamore, or your company will be gone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the in-app messaging services. It makes communicating with co-workers easy. Communication is such a huge part of education, using Sycamore makes communication very easy.

Another portion of Sycamore that I like is the great customer support that they have. Through the program, there is a built in feature for direct messaging with the support staff at Sycamore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not compatible for schools with few students. I understand that it doesn't always benefit to service a small school, but it may help the small school grow if they were able to use Sycamore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Once you get the hang of navigating your way through Sycamore, it can be a useful tool. When I'm grading, it tells me if a student was absent on the day of the assignment and that was really helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Navigation throughout the website is not intuitive. It took me a while to learn how to use the system and I consider myself pretty good with technology. Links bring you to pages that you wouldn't expect, and you have to go through multiple buttons just to take attendance (at least that's how our school's Sycamore was set up). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sycamore is a great tool to keep current on my students grades and assignments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can’t think of anything I dislike about Sycamore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did like that it was a pretty inexpensive program. It helped us take attendance and keep grades all together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Navigating through Sycamore is a bit difficult. Buttons bring you to pages you wouldn’t expect them to, and sometimes you have to go through multiple layers of clicking around just to find what you need (an example being finding the page that you can take attendance on). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like theayoutof the app. Makes things easy to find. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not really the apps fault but the school doesn't take advantage of all it has to offer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.