05-13-2022, 10:36 AM
I think education programs are a mixed bag at best.
I know it’s not exactly the same thing, although maybe similar… but I have worked in two different k-12 programs on the administrative side. One looked like it’s a DOS program. I felt like I was back in the 90’s. The parent/student side is pretty basic. The staff side looks like it’s running on a Tandy 1000. But it is EXTREMELY well made for all the reports that you need to remain compliant with state reporting. I could export sheets for pretty much anything I wanted to know. Now, I am working in a whole different program. It looks really pretty. The parent/student side is beautiful. But building reports is extremely complex and it’s not very intuitive when you want to export out some info. Some days, I wish I was in the old program.
I would imagine a similar experience with some of these college level programs. They might not be super pretty on the student side, but they might be hard to replicate on the administrative side.
I know it’s not exactly the same thing, although maybe similar… but I have worked in two different k-12 programs on the administrative side. One looked like it’s a DOS program. I felt like I was back in the 90’s. The parent/student side is pretty basic. The staff side looks like it’s running on a Tandy 1000. But it is EXTREMELY well made for all the reports that you need to remain compliant with state reporting. I could export sheets for pretty much anything I wanted to know. Now, I am working in a whole different program. It looks really pretty. The parent/student side is beautiful. But building reports is extremely complex and it’s not very intuitive when you want to export out some info. Some days, I wish I was in the old program.
I would imagine a similar experience with some of these college level programs. They might not be super pretty on the student side, but they might be hard to replicate on the administrative side.
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