Classter vs CatapultEMS: Which is a better fit?

Usama U

Software Engineer

Engagement with the students becomes easy and effective. The best thing about Classter is that it is easily integrated with Microsoft Office 365 which is a big plus point.

User Experience is bad & Application almost useless. We had to do debugging numerous times, as things didn’t work properly.

Overall it was positive, we had a great video call with a memeber of Classter, who was very helpful and informative. We found it fairly easy to work out how to change and adapt this.

It suffers from glitches very so often and sometimes the format can change.

I really appreciate that Classter has been flexible to customize functions so they suit our needs perfectly, it has been so helpful.

James J

Deputy Director

Some features need to be automated since in some cases, there are steps that are forgotten such as the updating of a synoptic mark on the grade book.

Has everything you need in one place and is very cost effective. Management is easy and has a lot of features that integrate well with other platforms like Clever since they have an SMS.

File manegement and reporting seems difficult.

Other than that, everyone that I have come into contact with have been amazing and extremely helpful. We are still learning our way to become extremely proficient, but we will get there.

The struggles with the software are that it is still relatively new so there are a few bugs that they are working out.

I think overall we have had a positive experience. The Catapult staff were great to deal with and they tried to answer all of our questions.

I understand many factors were at play along with a strict time-line but I think it presented a bad taste at first for many of the newcomers.

The service received from CatapultEMS staff before the purchase and since the implementation has been an outstanding experience. Kodus to the entire Catapult team.

Very frustrating trying to get the apps to work to talk to other staff members without having to put in passwords every time - how does one remember those in a panicky situation.

For me, I use it the the "back of the house" and the simple fact that it can be at your finger tips when an emergency or drill happens on a school campus is the best win for us.

The cell phone apps did not work right. We couldn't communicate with eachother during drills or actual incidents because password were difficult.