Regarding Web Attendance/Grading.......
Installation was very easy and the
payback will be amazing.
Because we implemented CIMS Web Attendance/Grading we have 16 scanners that
we eventually will be able quit paying a huge annual maintenance contract on.
Plus all the Tech time that will go to other things that was used addressing
scanner issues.
We have a huge annual expense for bubble sheets that will no longer be
ordered.
The training takes about 90 seconds. That may be a reach but people would
fall asleep after 5 minutes as the interface is so easy and institutive.
We also will use the Web Grading instead of bubble sheets for final end of
term grades.
After the building secretaries were trained on the program they were so happy
to see a way to maintain attendance using a web interface. We set up an
administrative account and tied all the teachers to this account for each
building secretary and they can edit attendance using the web module. This too
will save hours on a weekly basis as the editing is so much easier.
A shortcut for entering the user accounts made the data entry painless.
What more can I say? Our whole district is looking forward to using the new
module and the feedback has been frequent and so positive.