Chalk (Planboard) is a fantastic resource for teachers. Digital planner is amazing, and even links to curriculum expectations.

I was introduced to Chalk a few months ago, and it has really been great using it, the way it's presented makes it easy to understand the data about classes, and lessons in particular.

The ability to do things like place videos and links in lesson plans is wonderful. Also, being able to share lesson plans with teams is so beneficial.

Setting up classes was a bit tricky. Not all features work on IOS devices.

There are many things you can use this platform for, including grading, planning, and attendance. I mainly use it for the gradebook and it is very easy and helpful.

An easy to use app, allows me to plan my classes, the interface is very friendly and entertaining.

It is very confusing to use and difficult to see everything the is needed. I find it difficult to go back when looking at specific grades and specific classes while using the app.

Chalk has been really great for me in a teacher stand point.

Anything that helps me to see what I need to do in an appealing visual way is worthwhile in my book. I like to see things quickly and clearly.

This software is difficult to get started because the initial set-up is time consuming, therefore there is be patient.

I use this platform for my gradebook, after struggling to keep up with paper gradebooks for a semester.

Being brand new to teaching summer camps and kids' classes I am grateful to have found Sawyer. They help me to present my brand professionally and they are affordable.

Amazing team and support great notification and follow through.

Sawyer has been a great step toward automation for administration to allow our classes and teachers to stay fully engaged and focused on teaching students.

User friendly platform, responsive and helpful tech team, great features for youth program management.

I am not a big tech person but I found setting up everything on Sawyer to be very straightforward. I have used other scheduling systems in the past and am so happy that I went with Sawyer.

Its easy it’s friendly, great design. The price for what you get is good and the support team is always there for me.

I appreciate that it looks good embedded in my website, and that each activity has an option of a direct link.

Your aren't just a number to this company, but part of their family. Very user friendly, competitive and inexpensive pricing structure compared to other processing out there.

Fantastic, easy to use platform with a responsive tech team.

I love who Sawyer is constantly improving their product to change with the customers needs in our ever changing landscape.

I like that there is no monthly or minimum fee, which is great for small business owners who might only bring in money now and then.

I thought it was beautiful to use and look at and loved the design. I enjoyed the initial on boarding experience.

This was very impactful in our ability to adapt quickly to our customers' needs during the world-wide pandemic. There are reporting features that we find helpful for strategic planning.

Sawyer is the perfect solution for a small business like mine looking for a simple and user friendly program to help book and reserve classes and birthday parties.

I think this is a great product that is easy to change and work with from the backend. I love the customer service help I get as well, truly an amazing product.

The way they address their clients and the way they are deeply out for information (emails of their clients', clients) - they are even sneaky about it.

It's beautiful and it integrates well into my website. It is easy to use on the user's end.

Integration into website is great. Customer service excellent and continued improvements much valued.

This is a very caring company that really cares about their customers. They even sent flowers when they found out we had a newborn.

I had it off on one class but not the other. You could say that my error.

Customer service is great, they respond well and come to you. Price is decent, good record of income.

I'm looking forward to the expansion of the Zapier add-on to automate communications to clients. Customer service is also very responsive and always helpful.

I love that parents have a username and password that saves their information and helps them easily sign up for future events quickly and efficiently. Easy to collect payment and quick deposit times.

I love HiSawyer fresh and professional design. It's exactly what I was looking for for months until I bumped into HiSawyer.

Overall I am happy to have the service. I wish the pages were easier to navigate and there weren't so many steps to go thru to set things up.

I have to say their customer support is outstanding and that was what convinced me to use it.

The features are intuitive and it integrated seamlessly into my Squarespace website. From the customer point of view, the design is attractive and easy to use.

I loved that the graphics were beautiful, and that I was able to add pictures/logos to a presentable page for my families.

I like the process to integrate the parents to the classes.

The widget slows your website down dramatically and the problem has existed for a long time. Customer Service is the major negative with this platform.

Having to set up activities and then add them to the schedule is a bit weird for me.

The bookings / orders feature is a little limited in not displaying current enrolled activities for families who have made changes to their registrations.

Responsive support team. Truly grateful to the visionaries and creators of Sawyer for supporting my small business.

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Sawyer is a cloud-based camp and activity management solution that offers booking and scheduling services for children's after school class providers, camps and events. The solution also offers an online marketplace, where parents can register their children for semester programs and camps. Key features include online registration, an online payment gateway, a parent portal and student management.


Camp and class providers can take booking orders on their website by embedding the Sawyer widget. Once a booking is initiated by a parent, details of the order can be tracked on an online dashboard. The solution also offers an online payment gateway allowing partners to add classes to a virtual cart and checkout. Besides class booking, scheduling and online payment management, the solution offers an online messaging functionality allowing users to communicate with parents and students.  


Additionally, class providers can join the Sawyer community to showcase their offerings on an online marketplace. This allows parents to book classes directly from the Sawyer website.



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Sawyer offers a pricing plan to fit your business. 

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