Most edtech systems show system usage, i.e. system analytics. Edsby goes beyond. Optional learning analytics provide insight into student achievement.
Breakthrough learning analytics capabilities enable educators to find trends in achievement data and identify at-risk students in near real time across an individual school, group of schools or a whole school district or region.
In conventional data warehouses, academic data must be imported periodically. Edsby provides near real time insight using data up-to-date to the day before.
Standalone systems often only offer insight to a select few data specialists in a district, through whom data requests must be funnelled. Edsby analytics use the Edsby permissions system synchronized with district or region databases. Teachers see information only on students they currently teach. Principals and office staff only see info relevant to their school. Regional officials can access information across the region.
When a parent calls, the Edsby Panorama can show a school principal everything at a glance: a student’s current classes, grades, performance against standards, attendance, schedule, teachers’ observations, student workload, whether they’re getting assignments in on time, discipline records and more.
Educators can use Perspective Analyze to understand learning trends in their classes, even against standards/expectations.
Edsby’s analytics use Microsoft’s Power BI visualization system to provide dynamic, living dashboards with filtering and drill-down. Edsby provides a set of ready-made dashboards, and with additional professional services can generate custom dashboards and enable sites to generate their own.
Analyze data from any source... and even save it to your database, if preferred.
Edsby can serve as the primary store of academic information across a district or region—where everything having to do with student success can be collected and normalized. Data comes from Edsby, and with additional professional services, from other LMSes, gradebooks or any other historical sources.
Customers can import any normalized assessment data from any source, e.g. EQAO, PM Benchmarks, standardized tests, CASI, etc.
Even if external data lives in SQL tables or CSV files or other formats, it can be leveraged for the most complete picture possible.
An optional service pushes Edsby analytics data to customers’ own data storage systems every night.
By writing data into a customer’s Microsoft Azure SQL database, regions and districts can craft their own analyses leveraging existing staff and tools.
Students at risk, or that might benefit from extra care, can be grouped together in Edsby for special educator attention. Edsby Monitor Groups, a long-established and appreciated feature of Edsby, can be set up as desired by educators.
Edsby enables teachers to communicate privately with students and/or parents, and/or fellow teachers or guidance counsellors. Observations allow educators to make confidential notes that only other educators with permissions can see.
Edsby Groups enable teachers to collaborate online when their schedules allow and serve a place to assemble resources. Connections to popular videoconferencing systems enable realtime meetings.
For large states and provinces or national governments, Edsby’s Unison education data platform allows policymakers to assemble and query education data across their jurisdictions, regardless of what systems it was previously siloed in.
I love forming groups, messaging students, and getting notified when there’s something new in Edsby.
Dawn AckroydTeacher, Foundations for the Future Charter Academy
You really have to see Edsby to understand how effective it is. It's definitely best of breed.
Jon ButcherPast Information Technology Integration Committee Chair, St. Andrew's College, using Edsby for every student, teacher and parent since 2011
Edsby is the best educational product I have seen.
Fred RotgausFounder, TeachersConnectTeachers.com
Edsby has made assessment, communication and reporting easier.
Stephen WilsonVice-Principal, B.A. Parker Public School
Edsby brings everything together in one place. It's an excellent platform for communication with parents and students.
Gord AzzopardeTeacher, Great Lakes Christian High School
Edsby is the best way for me to keep in touch with my students.
Russell JohnstonGuidance Counsellor, Lakehead Public Schools, 12,400 students on Edsby since 2018
I don't need multiple programs for assessments, messages, and grades. It's all in Edsby.
Mike SchenkTeacher, King's Christian College
Edsby keeps me connected with my daughters’ schools and teachers, especially during the pandemic.
Nicole BusherParent, Greater Essex County District School Board, 38,000 students and their parents on Edsby since 2015
Edsby is incredibly useful for staying organized and successful. Highly recommend.
Aiden BritnellStudent & IT intern, King's Christian College
Edsby brought focus and solved our classroom engagement platform challenges.
Ron PlaizierCIO, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, 38,000 students and their parents on Edsby since 2014
Everything I need, like attendance, grades, and communication, is in one place with Edsby. Love it!
Samantha ThomasArt Teacher, Western Secondary School
I feel more connected to my children's school.
Jeff UpshawParent, York Region District School Board, 131,000 students, on Edsby since 2016
Edsby wins a 2025 “Cool Tool” award and is named a finalist in two others.
Read moreEdsby is now in wide use at the Near North District School Board, a school district of 10,000 students in the picturesque Great Lakes region.
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