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'm on Edsby all day. It's the main interface for my job.
James CowperPrincipal, Anderdon Public School, Greater Essex County District School Board, 36,000 students and their parents on Edsby
I have everything in one place now. Attendance, day planner, gradebook, curriculum, student notes, student and parent info and communication. Love it!
Samantha ThomasArt Teacher, Western Secondary School
Parents are excited about the platform. They want to be engaged. As a former parent in the district, Edsby is something I wish we would have had a number of years ago for my kids.
Mike PolukTechnology Special Assignment Teacher, Algoma District School Board, 9,400 students on Edsby
I like that I can always see my grades and message my teachers easily.
Amy RentnerStudent, Lakehead Public Schools
Accessing attendance electronically and creating planned absences via Edsby has allowed me to be more efficient in my day to day.
Wendy BermanAdministrator, York Region District School Board, 125,000 students and their parents on Edsby
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 love how easy it is to communicate with students. I also love how you can print class lists as well in various formats.
Alyssa PurselTeacher, Greater Essex County District School Board, 35,000 students and 4,500 staff on Edsby
It makes my job easier. I can get more done with less effort with Edsby. Our entire school district is signed up to use Edsby. I like it very much.
Susan McGuireTeacher, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
I have three children. It's nice to be able to keep an eye on them all in one place. With COVID-19 Edsby has been a blessing. l can't imagine how distance learning would have worked without Edsby.
Elena VitaleParent, Durham Catholic District School Board - 22,000 students & their parents on Edsby
Edsby has been so accommodating and responsive to the needs of our schools and educators.
Carole LerouxStudent Success Lead, Superior-Greenstone District School Board
I've been traveling from school to school training staff and students on Edsby. I like sharing how many cool new things Edsby offers us, especially in communicating with our parents and the groups feature to share information.
Shannon WestoverTELTc, Rainy River District School Board
This is what I've been waiting for all along. I can't wait for our parents to have access.
Minelle Toussaint-GreeneTeacher, M.S. Hetherington Public School, Greater Essex County District School Board
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