Alma SIS Reviews & Product Details

Alma is very user friendly, which allows our parents as well as our students, faculty and administration to access imortant information at our fingertips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes parents have difficulty finding the appn on their phones and need a little help getting started with Alma, but once they have the app started, it is very simple to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The data is there. It's web-based, and it has most features you could ask for at a lower cost. Every year it gets more and more powerful and easier to use.

Customer support is quick and responsive.

Integration was easy, but I would suggest running a parallel system for several months.

Switching from site to site and year to year is easy, in the same tab which makes using often a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a lot of fields that are under "reporting" tabs instead of integrated to the bio tab. Some state-specific reporting fields are duplicated (sex vs. gender, race vs. race 1, etc.).

Transportation planning and meal counts are difficult to use and implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Choosing a SIS is not an easy decision, but Alma does attendance, scheduling, reporting, and report cards better than the other big name student information systems we have done business with or tried. Migrating to Alma was certainly the best decision for the district compared to other options. The Alma team is always interested in receiving feedback to contribute towards a better overall product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integrations can be slow to roll out, but that's the cost of doing business with a smaller company where you know everyone by name. In the end, the Alma team always pulls through and works tirelessly to make the best out of any complex situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Connection with Google Classroom. Attendance is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The mobile view of my classes navigates backwards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think it looks friendly and is easy to reset passwords Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Many times there are little buttons that need to be checked to make sonething work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to run comprehensive yet customizable reports for almost every single need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

State reporting can sometimes be wonky, but that is not specific to Alma. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Alma has so many reports that I can generate to look at different aspects of the school such as progress reports, attendance, missing assignments, and so on. I also love how easy it is to create your own report card templates and create your own grading systems and monitor everything from one platform. Parent communication is also very easy! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it kept the history of group messages I send. Also, it would be very useful to be able to view messages that teachers send to track school-home communication. I would love to see a better lesson planning feature offered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alma start functioning isn’t as client friendly, in terms of matching our needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tracking student inf Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is easy to find grades and class rosters. The menu is user friendly, which is especially good for teachers that struggle technologically. I like being able to find information on each student, including home phone numbers and siblings in the school. I love that everything we need for school on a day to day basis is easily accesible, including the school calendar. I love how easy it is to upload comments for report cards and progress reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like that I am not able to print grades for individual students. Or not being able to print out class grades per subject. Sometimes I need to print out an individual students' grades but I cannot. I feel that sometimes I want to print out an individual students' grades so that I can show them which assignments are missing, or below grade level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alma is great for attendance and organizing information for each student. Their support team is also very responsive and excellent for answering questions and troubleshooting issues that arise, and I like that you don't have to call them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alma's progress report system is extremely clunky and frustrating, and there are features that could be implemented to make things easier but they aren't open to beta testing. The formatting for progress reports is a system where you enter information into a pivot table excel sheet (which is extremely time consuming), then upload, and then check it against the template once done. My biggest issue is that we have 5 different categories, and there is no easy way to create a "page break" within these, so that all the sub categories are listed on the same page (or even a way to say, "title, continued" at the top so it is less confusing). Again, this may be due to our usage as we have each class with their own template and these templates change for every progress report, but it's extremely time consuming and frustrating for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.