Montessori Compass

The update times are inaccurate. Should show real dates MM/DD/YYY. The versions have read “2 minutes ago” for months now. So there is no real way to know when the last up date actually occurred. The mobile app is not really that friendly. I use it mostly now for getting notifications that guides added something (ex messages or reports) I can read messages on the go). Composing messages is painful for new parents when you don’t know who to send messages to and when you do there is a lot of scrolling involved to find the person you want to contact. There is no way to sort or search. Events are listed, no traditional calendar view or method to search for “School closed” or sort events or see only events by classroom. Most MC features are best only available on a desktop computer. Our school would like to use it exclusively but, its just not there yet. Anxiously waiting for an update to both desktop and mobile version in the beginning of 2018. So I’ve heard from Customer support who is responsive, very polite and takes suggestions to the programmers. So figures crossed for a Happy New Year update.

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I frequently get notices of messages from my kids’ teachers then go to the app to find no new messages. If I go online the messages are there. What is the point of having an app if it doesn’t update in real time? I don’t want to have to wait a day to get (or to respond to) emails from teachers. Nor do I want to have to double check the app with the online site every time I get a notification. The point of an app is to make it so I do not have to log in to the site - on that point alone this app is a complete waste of my time.

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This app is absolutely horrible. First of all, you can’t even use the app as a teacher! You have to use the web version to update “trackers” for the student’s day. It is a confusing site to navigate, doesn’t share information with the parents in real time, and has so many glitches and faults. It has an option to add captions to pictures, but the app doesn’t even send the caption or description to the parents! It takes me over an hour to update the information for my classroom, and I don’t have the time to do that everyday. You are unable to upload videos, the site continuously crashes, it’s very difficult to delete messages or get rid of notifications and there are so many unnecessary extra features that no one needs to use. I cannot stand this app, and would rather do paper reports than use this

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The app has misspellings- like when you go to send a message to a teacher it asks who the “recepient” is instead of recipient. The app does not allow badges even if you turn on all notifications you’ll just get the banner, no badge. Other than that it’s pretty useful to message teachers and administrators. The “upcoming events” are super helpful for busy parents.

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I don’t see the need for this app. It doesn’t have real time updates for messages or pictures. I can do all those things through my regular email where I can sort and forward email, quickly add events to my calendar, and get quicker responses and photos from the faculty. General files shared on there are PDF files that still require you to open them before being able to read them.