brightwheel

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Our daycare provider uses Brightwheel to generate weekly invoices and solicit payment for services. The service is simple and easy to navigate. It has been especially useful for auto-generating reports that can be used for FSA reimbursement and tax purposes when claiming dependent care costs on our taxes.

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The interface is rather austere; the simplicity is beneficial and easy to navigate, but this can come at the cost of limited functionality. However, it serves our purposes as a schedule and invoice tool.

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I like the ease of clocking kids in and out and letting the parents know what their kids are doing. As a parent using the app also it’s nice to get pictures from my child’s school day

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As a teacher I wish the room ratios were available for us to see so we didn’t have to call or message each other in the afternoon

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I like the software’s set-up. I also like how accessible it is to families and teachers. It allows for almost immediate communication between families and teachers using the app.

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The check-in kiosk is not the first thing parents see. Parents have to click on multiple pages to find the check-in.

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Easy to use, parents enjoy seeing their childre, videos, pictures, messaging.

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When one parent sends a message to the teacher, all class teachers will get notifications instead of the messages being private.

When uploading a photo of the children doing activities, if we press on "Custom" in order to select the milestones that we are trying to reach during this activity, it will only let us uplad 1 picture. We would like to upload numerous pictures under the "Custom" tab.

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It gives daily updates of child’s activities with photos. You can also message the daycare and get updates.

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It doesn’t tell who messaged you back at the daycare. It would be good if the message had a name of who responded.

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As a teacher I love how easy it is to communicate with parents using the messaging app.

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I have had parents complain that they can not send a message just to me that contains a picture.

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It was easy to use. easy to communicate with teachers. easy to download images

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no lesson plan category to refer to. Not easily categorized side tabs to refer to certain activities

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Very easy to communicate with parents regarding their childrens activities, meals, nap time and diaper changings. Very convenient and great to relay messages.

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The video quality and length of the videos could be improved.

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Able to update parents fast when it comes to emergencies or good things !

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No where to put a lot of photos for easy access

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The Ability To Create Learning Styles And Document

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The Time It Takes For Videos To Post,Also The Turn Around Response From The Brightwheel Staff.

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I love how I can see everything that goes on with my daughter as a parent and how I can interact with a parent as a teacher.

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We can’t record for longer than 30 seconds.

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The parents love this program and the staff loves how easy it is to use.

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Some features on the admin end could use to be updated