Systems originally built for higher education have problems in K-12. Consumer solutions have privacy concerns. And “free” solutions can cost in unexpected ways. Edsby is only sold to K-12, not universities or businesses.
Students see their schedules and assignments. They interact in a familiar, private social media-like system, safe from the public Internet. Parents see their kids’ homework and grades. Teachers get course planning, attendance and assessment tools. Administrators can access district-wide analytics and find students at risk. Everyone gets what they need in real time, in one app.
Edsby is chock full of things that make it great for younger grades, not just senior ones, including learning evidence capture and reporting, subjective performance indicators, portfolios of best work, input from and connections with everyone involved in a student’s education and more.
Parents are critical to a child’s education in K-12. Only Edsby has such well-designed support for them. Parents get realtime insight into what’s happening in all classes from a single app—no navigating separate apps for different teachers or classes. Edsby also handles field trip and other approvals, parent-teacher conference scheduling and more.
Give your teachers the ability to use new methodologies like rubrics & other emerging assessment schemes. Assess to standards. Capture observations and other learning evidence. Edsby is where K-12 is going.
Systems originally built for higher education have problems in K-12. Consumer solutions have privacy concerns. And “free” solutions can cost in unexpected ways. Edsby is only sold to K-12, not universities or businesses.
Student, teacher, class, schedule and other info comes from the district’s SIS/SMS and other systems—not from manual input. So Edsby can deploy quickly and stay up to date as enrollment and other data changes. It even connects to the district’s HR system, info in CSVs or other structured data.
Because it connects to existing systems, classes in Edsby are pre-loaded with the right students and parents automatically. Attendance, grade books, parent communication and other features are automatically set up.
Powerful analytics use the Edsby permissions system already synced with a region’s databases, to ensure users only see information on students they’re entitled to.
Well intentioned teachers often introduce privacy and security issues with free software found on the Internet. Silos of potentially insecure applications can run districts afoul of CIPA, COPPA, FERPA, GDPR and other regulations. Edsby consolidates pockets of ad hoc teaching and learning software in a single, centrally managed enterprise-grade application with outstanding permission & access control.
Edsby is the opposite of a free, downloadable education app. Edsby is adopted by school districts and states/provinces after rigorous evaluation of, among other things, its data practices. Student data is never monetized. It is stored, secured and managed with the same technology and rigor as the banking and online commerce industries.
Districts all have different ways of doing assessments, calculating and sharing grades, choosing what to share with parents and more. So unlike fixed systems that impose their structures, Edsby gives districts freedom to work exactly how they’re used to.
Improve consistency by pre-loading approved curriculum into Edsby and making it available to district schools year-after-year. Configuring Edsby to use only approved assessment schemes, standards, report card templates and workflow removes ambiguity for teachers and helps ensure all students get the same opportunities to learn.
A leading global Microsoft partner, Edsby is hosted in Microsoft Azure datacenters around the world. Customers’ sensitive student data stays in their region.
I like being able to see what day it is for my child's schedule, the recent activity posts from his class, announcements from the office and being able to schedule an absence without calling in to the school.
Naomi VanasseParent, Greater Essex County District School Board, 35,000 students and 4,500 staff on Edsby
It’s very simple and easy to use.
Cheyenne GarateStudent, Hillsborough County Public Schools
Now that I'm familiar with Edsby it has become a great tool for online learning.
Shannon SolinskiParent, Pembina Trails School Division
I LIKE EDSBY. I LOVE YOU!!!
Tadhg McCannStudent, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, 34,000 students and 3,450 staff on Edsby
Edsby’s modern, fresh, intuitive interface is engaging to our students, teachers and parents.
Ron PlaizierCIO, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
In choosing Edsby, we hope that the process for open communication and collaboration for student success becomes even easier for our families and is mutually beneficial to all.
David TamblynDirector of Education, Superior-Greenstone District School Board
Edsby is the most useful grading and school communication platform I have ever seen. And I really like how it is constantly changing as education changes.
Scott AntonidesTeacher, Smithville Christian High School
We’ve done a lot of Edsby training with the district staff to learn how to make Edsby a one-stop-shop for our students.
Lauren ThibaultFourth grade teacher, Northwest Elementary School, Hillsborough County Public Schools
Edsby has become a permanent fixture in my classroom. It is very easy to upload documents so that students can access the documents and complete tasks in class or at home.
Ira GloverTeacher, Franklin Middle Magnet School, Hillsborough County, FL
The Edsby gradebook is a game changer. The fact that it self-populates at report card time is amazing.
Marc SmithTeacher, Durham Catholic District School Board - 22,000 students & their parents on Edsby
I like a lot of the features Edsby has. Hard to pick just one.
Andrew TaylorTeacher, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
I like how easily I'm able to document my students' learning using pictures and connecting them to our district's kindergarten expectations.
Christine JefferyTeacher, Greater Essex County District School Board, 35,000 students and 4,500 staff on Edsby
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