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Edsby is a cloud-based software application that combines social networking with class and student management features. It is a learning management system with data aggregation and analytics features for K-12 students, teachers, and parents.
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Learning management system, analytics, social networking, data aggregation |
| Founded | April 2010 |
| Created by | Steve Asbury, Jon Asbury, Scott Welch, John Myers |
| Key people | Steve Asbury, Jon Asbury, Scott Welch, John Myers |
| Industry | K-12 education |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Required |
| Users | Undisclosed |
| Current status | Active |
History
Based in Toronto[1] and originally named CoreFour, Edsby was founded in April 2010 by Steve Asbury, Jon Asbury, and Scott Welch, the three original founders and architects of the software application FirstClass,[2] and co-worker John Myers.[1] Edsby offers K-12 school districts online social learning tools connected to their existing systems, including gradebooks, attendance-taking, parent-teacher communication features, classroom management, content management and social classroom interaction.[3]
Edsby is partnered with Microsoft and makes its service available on the Microsoft Azure cloud service worldwide.[4] Microsoft enabled its OneNote application to support grade entry into the Edsby gradebook.[5]
Customers
One Edsby site is the school district of Hillsborough County Public Schools. Edsby deployed to all 194,000 students and 15,000 teachers at the district's 260 schools in September, 2013.[6]
Other district-wide deployments include 125,000 students, their parents and staff at York Region District School Board in 2017,[7] 35,000 students and staff at Greater Essex County District School Board in 2016, and the 34,000 students and 3,450 staff at Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board in 2015.[4]
In March, 2019, in furtherance of a student information sharing exchange known as Te Rito, the New Zealand Ministry of Education contracted with Edsby to deliver two early stage roll-outs of the platform during 2019 and 2020, to test what the Ministry calls "critical elements of the functionality" of the exchange.[8][9]
Awards
- 2016 SIIA CODiE Award, Best Classroom Management Solution[10]
- 2017 SIIA CODiE Award, Best Education Data Solution[11]
References
- ^ a b Al-Shibeeb, Dina (2019-06-24). "Richmond Hill's Edsby to cover all New Zealand's schools after landmark deal". YorkRegion.com.
- ^ Sharma, Ashok (4 May 2015). "The History of Distance Learning and the LMS". elearnhub.org.
- ^ "Edsby Gets Funding to Help Districts Deploy Social Learning Tools". EdSurge. 2014-01-21.
- ^ a b Schaffhauser, Dian (2016-02-08). "Edsby LMS Finds Home in Canadian Districts and on Azure". THE Journal.
- ^ LeFebvre, Rob (2017-06-26). "Microsoft wants OneNote to be the go-to classroom app". Engadget.
- ^ Sokol, Marlene (2013-09-02). "Hillsborough school district rolls out Edsby grade book system". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ "K-12 Engagement Platform Resources - Edsby". York Region District School Board.
- ^ "Te Rito - Student Information Sharing (was SISI)" (Press release). New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- ^ "Early stage roll-outs for Te Rito – student information sharing" (Press release). New Zealand Ministry of Education. 2019-03-25.
- ^ "SIIA CODiE Award Winners - 2016". Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). 2016.
- ^ "SIIA CODiE Award Winners - 2017". Software and Information Industry Association. 2017.