Item: Edsby
Rating: 9
Author: Celia Stone

Overall Satisfaction with Edsby

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Edsby as our parent portal and as our prime communication tool. Management uses it to communicate with staff and to maintain our school calendar. Teachers use it to communicate with each other and with the parents and students in their classes. Homework is posted each day on Edsby along with any interesting news or upcoming events. Students use Edsby to communicate with their teachers or with each other. This has made our entire school much more connected and provides transparency for parents into our organization. Our goal was clarity and no surprises and Esdby has been the perfect vehicle.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Intuitive - Parents find it simple to use.
Email - because Esdby links to our SIS producing class lists and broadcast emails are a snap.

Cons

Edsby shows the last time a user logged on. Unfortunately, if someone doesn't log out you have no way of knowing if someone has seen a recent post or is really using Edsby to its potential.

Return on Investment

Clarity within the organization
Transparency for parents
Improved client satisfaction

Alternatives Considered

Maplewood

Edsby is far more intuitive to use so it provides a better user experience.

Likelihood to Recommend

Some SIS (student information systems) have a communication component built in. In our case, our has since developed one but it is not as simple to use so we choose to stay with Edsby.

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