A+ Teacher's Aide vs TrackCC Attendance +

Grading Both weighted and total points options Drop lowest or drop specific grades Attendance User-defined attendance statuses Track behavior using attendance Automatically compute grades from attendance Reports Individual and class level graphical reports E-mail reports to students or parents View/e-mail reports as HTML or spreadsheet Data Privacy: data stored locally and only accessible by user Import course/student data from CSV files Backup data to e-mail or Dropbox More User-specified grading scales Privacy protection with app passcode Generate random student or groups Contact students through text, email, phone Import student data from Contacts

School types - Single teacher or multi-teacher - Customizable for any type of school - From day care to high school to universities - From public schools to private schools & home schools - Music schools, sports schools, dance schools - Can also be used for summer camps, conferences In-app messaging - Supports text messages, photos and documents - Teachers can message students and guardians - Students and guardians can message teachers - School teachers can message other teachers - School admins can message teachers, students, guardians Attendance - Separate check-in & check-out - Customize up to 5 attendance types for each - Statistics per student and per class - Create your own statistics periods - Record student attendance by scanning student IDs with bluetooth scanner - Take attendance with Apple Watch Behavior - Track points for up to 26 behavior items - Customize behavior items per class - Points range from -99 to +99 per behavior per day - Statistics per student and per class - Create your own statistics periods Grading - Track points & grades for up to 26 grading subjects - Customize grading subjects per class - Points per subject range from 0 to 999 - Define your own grading system - Grades per subject & overall grades - Statistics per student and per class - Create your own statistics periods Student reports - Summary of student’s attendance, behavior & grading data - Teacher’s notes per each daily recorded item - Includes student notes, class notes - History view shows all items in chronological order - Statistics view shows all data in a graphical format - View statistics by period, or data details by date App communication - Daily student-specific notes & photo - Daily class-wide notes & photo - Student reports condense all recorded data - Complete history & full statistics - Students & parents get a consolidated student report - Private school-only student accounts (in lieu of email accounts) Email communication - Web-based email tool - Customize message & include embedded images - Include clickable links & file attachments - Send emails to students, parents & teachers - Email tool keeps track of bounced emails - Both teacher & administrator can send emails Notifications - Students and parents can receive automatic notifications - E.g. when student is marked as absent, parent receives text or email - Three types of notifications: app, email, text - Configure preferred notification method per student and per parent - Customize notification message to be sent via email or text Other features - App works both online & offline (no internet) - Automatic cloud backup when connected - Real-time multi-device sync - All data exportable as XLS or CSV