Item: Edsby
Rating: 9
Author: Matthew David

Overall Satisfaction with Edsby

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Edsby to allow our teachers to effectively run their classes. It enables our office staff to know which students are late and quickly contact their families to ensure safe arrival. And for our admin team, they have full visibility across all of the classes. This means that they can see class gradebooks and how students are performing.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Report Cards
Gradebooks
Groups

Cons

Better Q&A
More flexible calendering features
Better PTI scheduler

Return on Investment

Usability

The user interface is widely modelled on a web 2.0 design (e.g. Facebook). This is not a criticism per se, as it makes moving around the site very easy and familiar. The mobile site is also very well designed, it makes good use of space and is also easy to navigate.

Key Insights

Do you think Edsby delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Edsby's feature set?

Yes

Did Edsby live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Edsby go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Edsby again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Google Workspace for Education

Likelihood to Recommend

I really like the way that Edsby's gradebooks integrate with the report card module. Also, the automated SIS sync makes keeping your data up to date. The PTI scheduler could be better. It has a failing when dealing with parents where the time zone on their computer is set to something other than the time zone of the school. This leads to cases where they end up missing their meeting or arriving at wrong time.

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Edsby A great solution for K-12 Schools