Boardingware Reviews & Product Details

From an administrator's perspective, I am confident that students are safe and accounted for on a regular basis. I can make sure all of my staff knows the status of all of my students in real time.

From a dorm parent's perspective, they can easily conduct check-ins from their phone or laptop.

From a student's and parent's perspective, they can easily request leaves, schedule vacation travel and sign out (and back in). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I dislike is our school information system doesn't sync with Boardingware, which is more of an issue with the other system than with Boardingware.

I also don't like that the language they use for our industry (boarding schools) is thoroughly British so we find ourselves having to translate (e.g., "House" means "Dorm," etc.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We wanted to be able to use this for tracking day student locations in addition to boarders, and for conducting regular COVID symptom checks. It's done all that with ease, and it works for us just as well for day students as it does for boarders. It's also simplified communication and documentation, cutting down on email and putting all the important information about a student in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest challenge in our first year using it has been minor technical glitches. Some staff couldn't create accounts, for example, and some couldn't access features or get notifications like they were supposed to. Most issues got resolved, but it took a little time. We didn't adopt Boardingware until about a month before school. We were able to get it up and running quickly, but these glitches did make some of our start-of-year work challenging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Boardingware is a simple tool to track students in real time. Further from that though, our students have a history of locations, and we have connections with parents and hosts that otherwise wouldn't happen. With our connection to International Families, we have made more connections and communications than ever before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be complicated for a new user. The barrier of learning a new program can make it difficult for anyone to jump straight in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the fact that Boardingware can promt you to have conversations with students and parents over their leave requests giving you the value of insight and monitoring leave. It also provides a highly convenient way for keeping you informed of your student's whereabouts when you have 101 other matters to be concerned about. In short, it help me maintain peace of mind...and not having to continuously trawl through e-mails or permission slips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like the fact that it can be complicated for parents to use and understand initially. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This program immensely helps facilitate the boarding life at school. The program is easy to learn, aided by the offerings of online training sessions. You can keep records of students' health conditions, disciplinary occurrences, general notes, see parental permissions, and keep track of their late or timely departures and arrivals from campus. Taking roll is a quick easy process with student lists created for different situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

On occasion, I have noticed issues of not being able to access shared roll calls or information not being saved due to internet access/connection; however, I would say I have experienced few issues with this program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The communication and accountability boost Boardingware provides us is huge. All our residential faculty and administrators know where all our children are all the time, up to the minute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The information shared between parents and students is not always as transparent as we'd like, especially as a junior boarding school. Specifically, if parents aren't included in the workflow of an event leave, parents they have to use a workaround to see what events students signed up for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love knowing where all my students are at any given time. I appreciate how easy it is to set up new leaves, sign kids in and out. We don't have hundred of students, but even if we did I do think Boardingware would be beneficial to a school of any size or caliber. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I feel like it often glitches or won't load the moments when I need it most, or need it to work faster. I do think that for some age groups of co-workers it took a long time for them to learn it simply because they are not as familiar with technology. However, I have changed some thing, which I appreciate having the ability to do, in order to make it easier for them to navigate the system. I also dislike that it is not really geared towards school who also have day students. While yes, there are ways to use it for day students it takes a lot of extra work on our part. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use for student accountability & maintaining logs for retrieving student leave. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Experienced a few glitches at the outset, but these were all corrected quickly and we've not experienced any for the last couple years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Boardingware has allowed our school to go away from some of the paper usage for a typical week, while increasing communication between our dorm staff and day staff. Any administrator, teacher, or dorm staff can find out where a student is quickly, or know if they are not in the right place. It allows the school to keep a record of every time a student is out due to illness, field trip, sporting event, or off campus function. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only negative I have truly encountered is in the check out system. Any sign outs must be done over 15-20 prior to sign out or the system signs out the student automatically. Example, leaving at 3:00, if you enter the data after 2:40, they will be signed out automatically. before 2:40, the entry awaits the proper procedure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Boardingware is immediate. Once we confirm information in one part - it becomes immediately available to all users so we know what’s going on in real time.

2. Boardingware is user-friendly. Our school staff and students all understand how to use the software, and it is available on multiple platforms for convenience.

3. Boardingware is customizable. Any school can adjust the categories and conditions for management of its students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s hard to say what I dislike because usually when there is a problem with the system, Boardingware’s staff is quick to respond and roll out new solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While there are some aspects I would still like to see improved, I find that Boardingware is very handy for keeping records for student location with our private school. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the aspects I would like to see improved is the ability to apply a filter to a live roll so that when one person creates a live roll for the while school, I can filter to the specific house or group that I am attending to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that I can use my phone to check where students are going at any time of the day. I also love that I can see their leave histories to check who they are going out with and where they frequently go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing I dislike the most is that when we have spotty wi-fi or data, it just stops working. Also there's been some issues with "Live Roll" where it would crash and I would lose the entire roll. In addition, I do not like the fact that there is no feature where students can put in a "Holiday Leave" that has multiple destinations and hosts for those destinations. Currently I have my students put in separate Holiday Leaves for each destination they go to which can be a hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Boardingware program is a great tool for keeping track of where our students are and where they are going. It is intuitive and easy to use. They are always work to improve the software in order to make the experience more user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It took many of our students and faculty to get their heads around how to use Boardingware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The system, although a technical solution, puts student safety first. It allows for easy communication between students, home and school thus promoting a positive school culture. It also allows for efficient check in and headcount. This is particularly important in an emergency situation. The Boardingware team are also great at listening to both support and consider future improvements to the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That we did not think of this before 2017. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As the app has developed they have used our feedback to create additional capabilities that meet our growing needs. The team has been incredibly responsive with troubleshooting issues, even with a 12 hour time different between our locations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shockingly, [read: sarcasm] this web-based platform is dependent on wifi connection. This is sometimes an issue as our connectivity on campus can be less than reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User friendly for all parties and increased accountability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Needs a better interface for large TV screens. The old web app leave board allows up to have around 40 students on the screen at once but could do with some refinements / updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My favorite thing about Boardingware is how it appeals to visual learners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that the data for some groups has to be manually entered, as we rotate required dinner table groups and our Culinary Faculty Supervisor has to manually enter 200 names every 2-3 weeks. I also dislike how VASTLY different it looks for Apple products versus Android, making training documents VERY hard to create. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the accessibility of boardingware. As a weekend administrator on duty who is also a dorm parent it is so convenient to be on my dorm and to be able to see where all of our other students are or to have access to contact information if we need to track them down. It is also great having the phone app for athletic travel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would love to be able to see groups of students signed out together so that we can bettie monitor if they sign back in together or if there are changes in the patters of their travel. This is something we were able to do on our old paper model and it was often influential in monitoring potential disciplinary issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Getting easier. Easy for parents to submit passes. Less wasted paper Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Parents don't call to confirm plans (need to...just in case students know their log-in). Difficult for parents to get started (different skill level with computers). Binder was easier.

The Boardingware Staff App on my personal phone keeps crashing every time I try to access the requests.

Co-workers aren't as good at figuring it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Boardingware is a very professional application that does the job much better than a paper-based system. It is not a difficult programme to learn to use and with the phone app you can even do it on your phone for convenience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing I dislike about Boardingware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the page set up.Makes it easy to see all students at a glance.Information at your fingertips(no more trawling through pages in folders etc). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1.If the site crashes need hard copy back up.2.Changes in face page format as it takes a while to familiarise.3.A shared office computer not ideal as logging in and out important to remember especially if personal information is added under the incorrect user name.4.More time sitting at computer not healthy.5.Less personal interaction with clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software is able to handle all of the ins and outs of boarding school life. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ios app and the iPad app and the web version all look/feel different from one another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our staff loves that we can use it from our computers and our phones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I hope that someday it will integrate with our SIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We love boardingware as it gives great access and insight to our students movements and needs, also links our families well to keep in touch with leave requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It changes wuite often the look and sometimes the functions, but once you get used to the new functions or looks they are better than previous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.