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 use Edsby every day and find it suits my needs as teacher. It has everything in one: class lists, grades, parent communication, groups for student communication and more.
Claudia DavidsonTeacher, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
A good teacher learns their students well and responds to their needs in a timely manner. Edsby Perspective Analyze helps me do just that. And I know I can effectively communicate with parents using Edsby during reporting times.
Angela O’NeillTeacher, Durham Catholic District School Board, 22,000 students on Edsby since 2017
I love being able to send group messages and personalized messages to parents. It's easy to share pictures, videos and assessments.
Laura BlytheTeacher, Lloydminster Public School Division
Edsby is so rich. Parents have the portal as well and see which assignments their children have done, which ones they haven’t done, and directly interact with staff, administration and guidance counsellors as well.
Mark PhaneufPrincipal, Prince Albert Catholic School Division
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
Children love to have a say in what they share on Edsby and it really positively affects our growth mindset.
Jami AntleTeacher, Fort McMurray Catholic Schools
I like how I can talk with teachers and keep updated on everything at both my daughters' schools, especially during this pandemic. Edsby is a great tool to stay connected.
Nicole BusherParent, Greater Essex County District School Board, 35,000 students and 4,500 staff on Edsby
Fantastic gradebook & report cards. Compiles contact information for parents, students and teachers. Allows for direct communication with students and parents.
Melissa SmallResource Director, St. Laurence High School
As a parent and a vice-principal, I see how hard you're working in really difficult circumstances to create a product that allows our students and children to continue learning. We value you and your work.
Jennifer KeenanVice Principal, Algoma District School Board, 2020, at the height of COVID-19
Edsby is amazing.
Deborah McLeanTeacher, Algoma 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
I like that Edsby is simple enough that the students could learn to navigate the platform when we were all thrown into distance learning.
Marc SmithTeacher, Durham Catholic District School Board
District worked with teachers to assess Edsby’s impact in and out of the classroom and published a series of videos sharing what it learned.
Read moreParents and students love Edsby at the 10,000-student Algoma District School Board, trustees were told.
Read moreNorthern Ontario newspaper writes about its local school district, the Algoma District School Board, now taking attendance and managing planned absences with Edsby.
Read moreA radio station profiles an Edsby customer for its adoption of Edsby for its 35,000 students and 4,500 staff… and now, all parents in the district.
Read moreNippissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board (NPSCDSB) first adopted Edsby in 2016. The district has come a long way.
Read moreHow much could your K-12 organization save with an all-in-one digital learning platform? This simple, free online calculator can show you in 30 seconds.
Read morePrince Albert Catholic School Division predicts Edsby to be “key” for student and family communication per guidelines from the local Ministry of Education.
Read morePrince Albert Catholic School Division and Light of Christ Catholic Schools in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan have announced plans to adopt the Edsby K-12 LMS for all students, parents and teachers in the new school year.
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.
Read moreSchool district spanning the north shore of Lake Superior in Canada rolls out Edsby to all its students, teachers and parents.
Read moreClearly define your needs, get creative and speak up to your vendor says Greater Essex County District School Board, which deployed the Edsby platform for K-12 to its 35,000 students and their parents.
Read moreIn a webinar with Microsoft, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board shared how it has moved to Edsby for better student & parent communication.
Read more