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UE

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/10/2017

"Great for Helpdesk staff"

4/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

I really like the ability to search for student names knowing only a portion of any part of their name. Knowing their grade during the search helps me greatly as well as the info panel giving me demographics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

I should have the ability to turn different panels off. Such as grades. I don't need to see that and would like the ability to turn panels off. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Edsby solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm using Edsby to look up student information quickly. I have other means to find the same information, but Edsby presents it in the same place for me. It saves me time, and most of the information is on one page. I'm not opening multiple applications or browsing via multiple pages to find what I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UP

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/10/2017

"Edsby is not as user friendly as one would hope."

1.5/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

I like that I can easily post homework assignments and documents for my students to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

I dislike that when I create a unit under the planner section, and I decided that the assignment is going to be Formative and not contribute the a student's average, Edsby lists this assignment as "ungraded" when that is not the case. Many times I assignment homework that is "read chapter 3" or "print this worksheet"." These assignments do not receive a letter grade and, therefore, should not be listed as "ungraded."

I also have issues with creating and assigning a test for my students to take on Edsby:

1. I have to keep opening and reopening the test for students who happen to be absent on the day of the test. This creates extra, unnecessarily columns in my gradebook and confuses my students.

2. When students are asked to answer a short answer, the is essentially impossible and I have to go back and recheck each response because if they miss a punctuation mark, spell something wrong, or even don't capitalize something, or write it word for word exactly, it marks the answer as wrong. It is my understanding that this was designed to make grading easier and faster when it does not do this.

Finally, I dislike the way there is not an option to undo something when entering grades in the gradebook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Dallas Kachan of Edsby

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Thanks for taking the time to review Edsby. Your two points about online testing in Edsby are valid: having to administer separate copies of a test for students who happen to be absent for the original is a known shortcoming... and short answers needing to be character-accurate is another source of frustration for some teachers who use that question type (luckily, there's a workaround for the latter by simply using a different question type.) Watch for both of these to get attention in the future.

Undo on gradebook entries is an often-requested feature. You're not alone! I shared with our engineering team just this week how a number of other teachers have started asking for it, so expect it to be addressed soon.

To your point about formative assessments in the Edsby gradebook, good news: there are actually much easier and simpler ways in Edsby today to assign formative tasks not intended to contribute to a student's grade. If this is one of your biggest points of frustration with Edsby, write me directly at dallas@edsby.com and I'll guide you to how to achieve this much more easily.

UH

Verified User in Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/10/2017

"Edsby is on its way to becoming a comprehensive LMS hub"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

Capability to share classroom info and communicate with parents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

Interface is not as user-friendly as some other LMS being used by colleagues, and there is no integration of superior features offered by G Classroom (I.e. Doctapus, Goobric, commenting / correction features of G Docs, etc) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Edsby:

I would tell them to try it, because I believe that it holds a lot of potential to help school communities communicate important information better, and I hope that with more feedback from real classroom teachers, the LMS and assessment features can be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Edsby solving and how is that benefiting you?

None as of yet. Still waiting for complete roll-out of all features at all schools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SH

Sarah H.

Teacher

Primary/Secondary Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/14/2017

"Friendly interface, many tools"

4/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

There are so many tools and functionalities in Edsby. I am still discovering many of them, but everything has purpose and use for an educator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

On the mobile app there are no notifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AE

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/13/2018

"Efficient two-way communication"

4/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

Ability to post messages to groups of students or supporters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

Inability to add people to a conversation.

Inability to create a read-only group that can be viewed by people outside of our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AS

Aaron S.

Lecturer

Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/10/2017

"Edsby is what I've been looking for for 10years"

5/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

The wall is fantastic. It allows me to push information, links and attachments. The format is familiar to teachers parents and students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

Some of the aspects of the weighting system in the gradebook are not as transparent as I would like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IE

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/10/2017

"Essential Communications System for Schools"

4/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

This all in one learning management system is an excellent way to connect all aspects of school life. It is K-12 friendly and allows for the schiil community to be involved in the success of all involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

The system lacks some flexibility in the view options for the calender/planner, so it's challenging to use as it isn't very flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Edsby:

Jump in from the beginning and get everyone onboard by selling them the time they will save and the benefits of whole school platforms that work with you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Edsby solving and how is that benefiting you?

Edsby allows us to communicate easily and consistently across all avenues of the school. We all benefit from using the same system and exploring it together. The learning curve is excellent and the support is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AE

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/10/2017

"Learning platform with great potential"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

The interface is quite easy to navigate and has a Facebook-like feel to it. It integrates relatively well with our SIS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

Edsby needs more time to mature into a full fledged LMS. Certain functionalities like discussion boards and other online learning tools are absent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Edsby:

Be diligent and do a needs analysis with all related departments and evaluate all other LMSes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Edsby solving and how is that benefiting you?

Edsby has helped us to amalgamate and integrate certain systems that were previously disparate. This has streamlined certain processed and made things simpler to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Dallas Kachan of Edsby

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Thanks for your review. You suggested discussion boards are absent from Edsby. Does your district not use Edsby's groups? Edsby groups are Edsby's more powerful version of discussion boards, and have their own file libraries, staff moderators, knowledge base (Wiki-style FAQs), planners for curriculum development and more.

Edsby groups can be set up for ad hoc groups of students, or students/parents/teachers. They're great for teams or clubs. Or for school-level professional development (e.g. all English teachers in a school) or district-level PD and collaboration (e.g. all grade 7 math teachers in the district). Students, teacher and parents can even be automatically added and removed as they come and go from your district, without any human involvement. Edsby's group features are described here on our website: http://www.edsby.com/technical-details/group-collaboration/

If you had a moment to share other capabilities that you believe are absent, perhaps we could address those, too?

UP

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/28/2017

"Excellent grade management "

5/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

Grade management and “Facebook” like environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

Loading issues at times. I also feel the quiz features in OneNote are more useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AP

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/10/2017

"An Excellent Mutipurpose Tool"

4/5

What do you like best about Edsby?

I love the portfolio feature. It is a great way to share a snapshot of what the student is doing with other teachers, administrators, and parents.

I also love that it gives the students a safe social media introduction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Edsby?

I can't seem to create rubrics.

Some documentation is missing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Dallas Kachan of Edsby

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Thanks for the review. Did you know rubrics are created in your personal folder in Edsby? Here's a how-to on the subject: http://www.edsby.com/?help=gradebook-2-3/rubrics-2-2