Edsby Reviews - Page 3

We like how the software really mimics conventional social media platforms. My kids are loving it because it feels similar to the accounts they are using on others sites. As a parent, the communication capabilities are really slick.

Some teachers have complained about the way that other students are interacting with their instructors. It seems like students may have the tendency to be too casual while using this. My kids haven't had this problem, but I can understand how this issue frustrates some of the teachers.

There is a chance for technological support. They will try to answer your questions and solve your problems. They do not always come up with a solution right away.

I find that I have to scroll down to do anything because the boxes you need to fill out for the journal entries are too big to fit on a screen. When you make an entry in the journal the first time you need to reopen it to add a unit title...a strange waste of time. When you print off marks, seating plans etc they are WAY too small for most people to see. A seating plan with pictures needs to be big enough to see the faces! Seating plans for split courses cannot be blended together...so they are useless.

Quick answer from support Good grade book Easy to make a rubric and link it to your grade book....

My only concernais that the software is so huge that you can get loss easily. It would be nice to have training in person.

It's easy to collaborate. I like that we have staff groups and can easily update each other. I also like the observation feature to keep up to date with behaviour concerns and issues.

No notifications is tough because I often miss messages or notifications for things when I am busy.

Your school district may have disabled notifications to date. But notifications today are email only and admittedly fairly limited. Coming soon: new notification capabilities in Edsby including SMS, Edsby app notifications, emails and more. Stay tuned!

Fantastic gradebook. Good report cards. Compiles contact information for parents, students, and teachers. Allows for direct communication with students and parents

It would be nice if information updated in real time.

What I liked most about Edsby is how easy it was to navigate. Most of the assignments were in one place and was easy to tell the students were to go.

What I liked least was how often the site would crash. It was very hard to use because it loaded when it wanted to. We were having lots of issues with it loading in a certain time frame when it finally decided to work.

Communication capabilities within the program that allow for greater communication of various sizes and groups within the school.

some missing basic necessities like easy printing of student database lists (I do alot of out of class events & having access to printing lists based on grades or gender etc) & grades (switching between percent/levels/out of).

The gradebook is maybe my favorite feature of this powerful educational software. Not only does it meet all government compliance standards, but it's also so easy to use that you will be able to pull student/parent info and view report cards in minutes!

A little clunky when viewing assessments by class (have to open them separately), but nothing remotely serious in this fantastic software.

I like very little about the software. If I was reaching for a reason, it would be that the product is a communication tool and gradebook in one. That is all...oh, and the customer service.

Edsby is unreliable. My students can use it sometimes, and not others. The app is completely useless. I wonder why it exists. If I have to use this, I wonder why it is not working 100%...or even 50%. I hate how I reach customer service and they listen politely then make a great excuse as to why the point in my email to them was chosen not to function that way. The previous software that we used worked. Edsby has made us step backwards and, therefore, creates more work in the long run. I do not want my spare time used in trouble-shooting software. There's fun to be had.

Software allows you to take attendence, keep records od student marks, contact parents, and share files with parents.

You can share information with parents but the parents will need to have their own account. Limited functionality with the mobile app. Better suited to log in through a desktop or laptop. Software is highly complicated to use for me and I feel that it is complicated for parents to use as well.

Gradebook, and the seating plan function. the attendance feature is great as well because you can send in your attendance from anywhere.

This is not a good piece of tech to use as a primary communication tool. Parents do not like to have to Log In to get information from it. They prefer Apps like Remind and the good old student agenda.

Edbsy is user friendly for the teachers, students, and parents. Grades are updated in real time and assignments can be posted for students who need to complete missing work.

I have not run into any issues with Edsby. I do prefer to use it on the computer as opposed to on my phone.

Keeps me touch and keeps my son on his toes.

Smome teachers don't take advantage of all that Edsby has to offer. Some are very slow on inputting assignments and grades.

I can see my child's grades as soon as they're posted. I don't have to constantly ask about grades. Just a great way to stay informed.

Nothing major. Just took a little time to get familiar with how to use.

Easy setup of new courses and connections, easy content upload and management, easy grouping and sharing.

Customization of courses and groups is limited and a bit tricky, yet suitable for most application scenarios.

Mathias, thanks for your review, but where did you use Edsby to form your opinions about it? We don't sell to universities, so you didn't use it at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern. And we don't have any other customers in Germany.

We use this in Elementary and Middle School. Easy way to keep parents and students informed of assignments and how the student is doing. Report card process is easy.

If the district has some weird issue with a charter school account it can affect Edsby and Edsby has to work with the district. For Report Cards, it would be nice to have an extra day to "fix" report cards after reports can be run by the district.

I like that it has pictures of the students. There seems to be lots of uses but can't figure out how to set it up for my program

Lack of tutorials, lacks back buttons to take you to the previous page - which the students pictures could be enlarged for better viewing

I like that I can easily share with parents, and often treat EDSBY like a blog so that parents can see what we are doing day to day. I like that I can share websites and assignments with students, but I can easily do this in a Google Classroom as well. I like the seating plan option for supply teachers. I also like that teachers can create calendars and schedule events through EDSBY.

The markbook does not make sense to me in an elementary classroom. It's not easy for students to add pictures of their work unless they post it for everyone to see. The weights of the assignments don't work for me.

Edsby is awesome and is great for my daily workload. Would highly recommend!

I have no qualms with Edsby that I can think of at present.

I can communicate to students, easy to maneuver grades, print out of blank rosters and I like how it updates frequently the student list

Still trying to figure out how to enter a 90 in the same column for everyone besides doing every single one individually

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Very easy to navigate and very organized.

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