Class Solver

Benefits:

The ease and practicality of it. You can set the parameters, enter the data you want, in the priority you want, and off it goes. It even keeps it for you!

Drawbacks:

Nothing, it really is amazing. Before we had class solver, making classes for the next year was a massive headache. Now it's much simpler and changes are easier to track.

In sum:

Class solver has saved us as a school a lot of time in making classes, camp groups, etc.

Benefits:

From the beginning this program has been a life saver. The customer service team assisted with the initial input of information, and has been there each step of the way! The color coding system allows the user to easily compare characteristics across classes. The students can easily be moved and locked in to ensure balanced classes.

Drawbacks:

When working with my team of administrators, I have to refresh my screen is someone else moves a students.

In sum:

I entered a free trial for this school year. There is no doubt that we will continue using this program in future years. It has easily saved us 100's of hours.

Benefits:

Very easy to use after the initial setup. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] does an amazing job of helping complete the setup and personalizing it to fit your school. Staff felt it was very easy to use and I would recommend any school organization to contact them as they will certainly be able to fit all school's needs.

Drawbacks:

The initial setup (prior to meeting with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]) was difficult but after meeting with [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] it all made sense. Not really a con as I was able to meet with him and he walked us through so just make sure to take advantage and meet with a representative from Class Solver prior to doing anything in the porgram.

In sum:

Amazing and I am so glad we chose to go in this direction.

Benefits:

Ease of implementation, customization options, time saver, has revolutionized thoughtful, intentional class placement of students

Drawbacks:

Hard to think of anything. If there was to be one thing I would recommend time stamping 'requests' so that, when archived, you can remember what year the requests were submitted

In sum:

Class solver has revolutionized our class placement process and as we become increasingly familiar with its extensive capabilities we are finding a range of additional applications within our school setting.

Benefits:

The best feature of this program is the fast, accurate placement of students for the following school year.

Drawbacks:

I would like to be able to print in color what I see on the screen. For example, the characteristic blue/gold day would print the students as highlighted blue and gold just like the computer screen shows.

In sum:

My overall experience with Class Solver is excellent. When I needed assistance, they gave immediate responses.

Benefits:

Easy to use, creates balanced classes, and helps manage our intake data

Drawbacks:

Some issues around uploading data but these can be cleaned up.

In sum:

Excellent supports and our classes our doing very well in a balanced approach.

Benefits:

The fact that you can add many sub categories to consider when grouping students. Each sub level is colour coded.

Drawbacks:

When you boost you lose record of previous boost.

In sum:

Excellent product that saves time and gives peace of mind.

Benefits:

Can be personalised to the characteristics most appropriate to your own environment Support videos are extremely easy to follow Can be started and revisited at any time Straight forward process Efficient support access The most beneficial aspect is the BOOST facility to ensure that if you have to change a student it recalibrates to ensure friendships and characteristics are not compromised.

Drawbacks:

to this point we have not had any concerns about the program.

In sum:

This is the software program that all schools will benefit from having. The saving of time and stress makes the cost almost negligible.

Benefits:

Managing class placement is challenging at the best of times, but with Covid we often need to adjust quickly. Class Solver has been invaluable. We've been able to create new class lists in minutes while also meeting the new Covid-safe requirements for our district.

Drawbacks:

I truly enjoyed it all and believe they can customize it to your schools needs.

Benefits:

Class Solver is very user friendly. It is intuitive to how I wanted to distribute classes and it was easy to make any changes. The customer service was exemplary, they really want to make sure that the product does exactly what you want it to. I was constantly amazed by their attention to detail and timeliness.

Drawbacks:

Nothing, all aspects of Class Solver are exceptional.