Edsby Activities Overview: Creating and Managing Student Tasks
Activities combine structure and creativity, giving teachers a smarter way to engage students and capture learning.
Activities guide students as they submit evidence of their learning, making expectations clear and easy to follow. Teachers can assign Activities to the whole class or tailor them for individual students to support differentiated instruction. Every Activity can be linked to the curriculum and pre-tagged. Student submissions automatically retain these connections—saving time and keeping everything organized. An Activity can be as simple as a written or recorded instruction, or as dynamic as an interactive worksheet using an Artboard. With Artboards, students can draw, label, and create—unlocking new ways to demonstrate their understanding.
Activities bring structure and creativity together, giving teachers a smarter way to engage students and capture learning.
Teachers create Activities within Evidence through the New Activity button. For the students, the Activities appear in their Learning Story, in the Activities panel.
To create an activity, navigate to All Evidence and click New Activity. Enter the Title of the activity and add media files or create an Artboard by clicking the brush and pen icon. Students will receive a personal copy of the Artboard and will be able to edit their copy. Provide instructions for students and add a tag for organization. Teachers can add Expectations which they will see on all student submissions. If updates are required, click Save as Draft. To post to the students’ Learning Story, click Save and Share.
Note: Tags are never visible to students or families. Expectations are only visible to students and families once the teacher shares the completed activity and confirms the evidence meets them.
To complete an activity, students navigate to the Learning Story and select an activity from the Activities panel and follow the teacher’s instructions. Students can complete and submit the activity or save it as a draft for later submission.
Activity Examples
In this illustration, the teacher has created an activity for every student in the class. The teacher has provided the students with instructions on how to complete the activity. The teacher has also added a tag and linked relevant expectations/outcomes. All submitted Activities will retain the tag and linked expectations.
When a student opens the activity, the student sees the title and instructions but not the tags. The student can submit photos, PDFs, or use an Artboard. The work can be saved as a draft until it is ready for submission.
In this example, the activity is shared with selected students, and the teacher has elected to create an Artboard for the students.
When a student selects the Artboard, the student can edit their copy of the Artboard. The student selects the Draw tool to complete the worksheet.
The submitted Activities appear in the All Evidence feed. When the submission is opened by the teacher, the teacher can add observations and select a performance level. The evidence has a thumbnail of the Artboard. Clicking on the Artboard opens it in full size. Note that the tag and expectations/outcomes are automatically included.
In the All Evidence feed, the teacher can Return for Resubmission with feedback. The student can resubmit the work.
Organize can be used to select multiple items and return them all by clicking Return for Resubmission. All submissions can be viewed by selecting All Students and the name of the Activity.
Edsby Capture and Activities
Edsby Capture supports both Activity and Artboard submissions.
After scanning the QR code, students are able to submit media (photos and videos), or create and submit an Artboard.
Students can only submit media or Artboards in classes where the teacher has enabled the Allow Students and Parents to Capture Evidence option. At least one class must have this option enabled for students to use Capture.
Activities can be created in any class, and teachers do not need to enable Allow Students and Parents to Capture Evidence option in all the classes.
For example, if a teacher enables the Allow Students and Parents to Capture Evidence option in Art Class, students can submit media or an Artboard to the Art class. However, students can complete an Activity from any class.
Note: Teachers enable the Allow Students and Parents to Capture Evidence by navigating to Evidence and clicking QR Code.