Author: Dallas Kachan

  • March 17, 2023
  • 6 min read

If so much edtech is bad, how do K-12 learning platforms rate?

With new reports calling edtech applications ineffective, unsafe and non-interoperable, how do mainstream K-12 LMSes measure up?

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  • February 8, 2023
  • 3 min read

Updates to Services and Website Privacy Policies

Edsby updated its service and website privacy policies February 3rd, 2023. Read what changes we made and why.

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  • February 2, 2023
  • 5 min read

Edsby at the American School in Japan

In 2016, the independent school ASIJ began migrating from legacy systems to the Veracross SIS and the Edsby learning platform, saving $60k+ USD per year.

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  • January 19, 2023
  • 2 min read

Edsby and Unison receive highest interoperability certification

Edsby’s social learning platform for K-12 and its Unison education data middleware system have both earned the highest level of interoperability certification from InnovateEDU’s Project Unicorn.

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  • January 17, 2023
  • 2 min read

Classroom practices and safe digital spaces

More than a third of youth under 13 are using social media, most often through apps created for much older users, note researchers in a new article.

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  • November 30, 2022
  • 1 min read

Edsby tip: Reordering classes & groups

Reorder your Edsby classes and groups by logging in with a web browser, and then click and drag things into your preferred order. Easy!

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  • November 2, 2022
  • 2 min read

Public social media is a huge risk in K‑12

Sharing school and student accomplishments on social media is inviting trouble. Systems like the Edsby platform exist to protect against the risks of having K-12 student pictures and names available publicly.

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  • September 19, 2022
  • 1 min read

Edsby wins 2022 Tech Edvocate award

Edsby platform named best LMS of 2022 and finalist for Best Parent-Teacher/School Communication Tool and Best Learning Analytics/Data Mining Tool.

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  • September 12, 2022
  • 3 min read

Edsby tip: Students in different Edsby orgs

If you’re a parent and your kids belong to different education organizations with separate Edsby systems, how do you configure the Edsby app to monitor them all?

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  • August 5, 2022
  • 2 min read

How to talk about SEL with families

Get beyond the term itself, write Carl Hooker, Matt Joseph, Suzy Brooks and Leo Brehm of K12Leaders in an article on SmartBrief.

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  • August 5, 2022
  • 1 min read

Edsby tip: Managing notifications

To update or change Notifications, access your Edsby Settings. You have the option to opt in or out of notifications for many types of updates in Edsby.

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  • August 5, 2022
  • 1 min read

Tech Breakthrough calls Edsby LMS Platform of the Year

Edsby has been named LMS Platform of the Year in the 2022 EdTech Breakthrough Awards, a new awards program in education technology.

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