Cos'è Edsby?
Edsby è una moderna piattaforma digitale per l'apprendimento e i dati basata sul cloud, costruita appositamente per le organizzazioni di istruzione primaria e secondaria. Utilizza le tecnologie web e mobili più recenti per connettere insegnanti, studenti e genitori in modi nuovi ed entusiasmanti. Edsby include funzioni per apprendimento sociale, valutazione e creazione di report, approvazioni, flussi di lavoro, collaborazione di gruppo, pianificazione dei corsi, comunicazione con i genitori, analisi e altro ancora, tutto appositamente progettato per rendere efficace l'istruzione primaria e secondaria nei distretti scolastici, negli Stati, nelle province e in interi Paesi.
Chi utilizza Edsby?
Circoli scolastici di istruzione primaria e secondaria. Edsby NON è adatto per singoli istituti di istruzione primaria e secondaria né per l'istruzione superiore, la formazione aziendale, il non profit, ecc. È stato realizzato proprio per le esigenze speciali dei circoli scolastici di istruzione primaria e secondaria.
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Recensioni su Edsby
Aaron
It is exactly what I've been looking for.
Aspetti positivi:
The ease and familiarity of a social media platform with the security and transparency of educational software. I can respond to my students questions from anywhere in the world at anytime and I know that our interaction is transparent for their security and mine.
Aspetti negativi:
The gradebook takes some getting used to and doesn't have all of the functionality of a dedicated platform.
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K-12 Social Networking Based LMS
Commenti: Overall, the Edsby platform excels at social communication and K-12 school management. I wouldn't necessarily call it a proper LMS just yet because it only recently added the functionality to build asynchronous courses and import SCORM based learning modules.
Aspetti positivi:
The company is based in Ontario, Canada and focuses on K-12 education which is exactly where my school lands. As a result, many of the changes and customization are geared towards my school. Most the major LMS companies are based in the US so their focus is naturally there.
Aspetti negativi:
It seems like the number of customer service staff has not grown at a rate that can accommodate the number of clients that Edsby is accumulating. This has resulted in excruciatingly slow response times, especially around September and October.
Graham
Good in single classes, too labyrinthine for a whole courseload.
Commenti:
I've taught and learned via a host of LMSs, and as currently configured Edsby just isn't up to scratch for complete online learning. It works well enough as an adjunct to in-person learning, especially at the elementary level. Parent contacts works well, although my own classes are missing emails and I'm unsure why that is. I haven't used the gradebook yet so I can't comment.
If I was to ask the dev team for 2 things they would be:
1) Make courses pinnable, and possibly even mutable. Allowing user customization will go long way.
2) Separate tasks and discussion. Student comments should never bury teacher announcements.
Aspetti positivi:
Generally intuitive and clear. Student and parent contact info is easy to find. Posts are easy to make.
Aspetti negativi:
It is remarkably easy to get lost or miss important items as a user of any type (teacher, student or parent). There is no ability to prioritise certain classes or threads, and the only way to post items is in the rolling general chat thread. The pinned item space is a limited area in the left margin, so to find anything you have to (1) go into the correct class/course and (2) scroll down past all other posts (including student chatter) to hopefully find the right thing in the timeline. If students or teachers are registered for multiple classes, there is no way to pin, prioritize or re-organize the order of classes, either for yourself or for your students. This means that 'Homeroom' is buried under a mountain of inactive classes or classes I'm no longer teaching.
Risposta di Edsby
2 anni fa
I'm sorry you're having an unsatisfactory experience with Edsby. Edsby was built in Ontario for the needs of Ontario educators. If you haven't used Edsby's ON Ministry Growing Success-friendly gradebook, you're missing a huge part of the value of Edsby. Re: ordering Edsby classes and groups, click and drag them on your Edsby desktop into any order you like. Your reordering is respected on all devices. And if student discussion in your classes is undesirable for how you want to use your classes, turn off the ability for students to post. Your choice as educator. Avail. in the Setup menu in each class. If you want to encourage student discussions or collaboration outside of your class containers, i.e. if you want to keep them teacher material-only, consider using Edsby Groups. Happy to walk you through specifics of the above or other perceived Edsby shortcomings. Post questions in the Edsby Feedback group in your Edsby system or write us at [email protected].
David
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Best K-12 LMS I've Seen
Commenti: We run a school of nearly 900 boys. We communicate with parents and students. We run online courses and we managed to remain fully active throughout the COVID 19 pandemic without missing a day of class.
Aspetti positivi:
The set up is very easy, the functionality is incredible, and the end user experience is great. Whenever I show new teachers how to use Edsby, they are amazed at how simple it is and just how many features they can use to enhance their classroom experience.
Aspetti negativi:
There are a few customizations that would be helpful - the messaging feature could be improved with the storing of messages in folders for easier access for example.
Darryl
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The Best Educational Management Tool Solution
Commenti: I find Edsby is the ideal all in one classroom management tool. Edsby allows me to present lessons with a variety of image and video formats, evaluate, post results with comments in a way that resonates with students and is accessible to parents.
Aspetti positivi:
1. Intuitive layout 2. Very user-friendly for both teachers and students 3. The ability to incorporate various attachment formats such as .jpeg hyperlinks and .wmv files
Aspetti negativi:
I wish when accessing assignments for marking in the grade book the list on the right-hand side would show I have marked it and not require I click on the assignment on the list on the right in order to affect the number of unmarked assignments. I open the assignment and add comments by clicking on the assignment from the list on the grade book screen.
