Aeries SIS is a California-focused student information system that manages enrollment, demographics, attendance, scheduling, courses, grades, transcripts, discipline, health information, programs, and state reporting. It serves as the operational student record used by district offices, schools, teachers, students, and families.

California districts use Aeries to support daily school operations and CALPADS reporting while exchanging rosters and records with learning, assessment, communication, nutrition, identity, and other systems. Districts should document which Aeries modules, portals, APIs, and third-party integrations are authoritative for each data domain.

Parchment is a digital credential and records-management platform used by K–12 schools to receive, store, send, and track transcripts, diplomas, transfer records, recommendations, verifications, and other academic documents. Students and alumni can request credentials online, while district staff manage fulfillment and confirm delivery through Parchment's exchange network.

The product solves a narrower problem than a full college-and-career planning platform: it replaces paper, fax, email, and disconnected request workflows with secure digital records and tracked delivery to colleges, employers, agencies, and other schools. Parchment became part of Instructure in 2024 and now sits within a broader learning and lifelong-credential ecosystem.