Category: Parent Exploration

Oh man this would have been so helpful to share with parents when we first began and I think is going to be vital in getting some of a parents logged on. A Parent Support Guide

Here parents can find answers to frequently asked questions like:

• Edsby login basics explained
• Choosing a strong password
• Syncing Edsby calendars with Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook
• Forgotten Passwords
• How to get an Edsby parent account
• Adding multiple children to a parent account
• Choosing a new password
• How do I view a class journal?
• How do I see previous classes?
• What does “Login for this username temporarily disabled” mean?
• Edsby and browser compatibility

There is a parent learn about sections:

• Parent Quickstart
  • Calendars for Parents
  • Communicating with Your Child’s Teachers
  • Groups for Parents
  • How your parent account is set up and how to attach multiple children to your account
  • Learning Story for Parents
  • Parent Planned Absences
  • Parent-Teacher Interviews
  • Recent Activity
  • School News and Information
  • Viewing Your Child’s Grades and Assignments through My Work
• Approvals
• Edsby for Kindergarten Families
• Edsby Mobile App for Parents
• Helping Your Child Get the Most out of Edsby
• Helping Your Child with Edsby Capture
• Viewing Report Cards
• Notifications
• Language support in Edsby
• Language settings and translating in Edsby
• Smartphones and tablets
• Supported browsers and operating systems

And even how to videos:

As a teacher it would have been great to have been told about Edsby having this, it would have maybe saved me hours and hours explaining and answering some of parents questions. Now I know…

Prior the most recent update to have the best access your child’s learning features on Edsby you needed a computer. Which was a huge problem for many clientele involved and created a significant problem for families. It became who had access to a computer and could see their child’s Edsby accounts and who had a limited version because they only had access to looking at it on a phone. It created a divide that was highly unfair and unrealistic for the creators to think people had both a computer and a phone at their immediate disposal regardless of economic status and created disinterest with parents engaging with the platform. Since the update I am much happier with the platform both online and on my iPhone. Not only can I access similar things but the ease of use on the computer and on the phone has improved sustainably. Check out my video below for a view from a parents perspective!

https://vimeo.com/692807044

Significant Improvements to the Mobile App

I did not have a lot of positive comments to say about Edsby as a parent when it first was introduced to our division. There were many, many glitches, the overall ease of use was not user friendly and the layout was not ideal. More importantly there was information that I could only access if I had a computer and it was some of the more important information that a parent should have ease of access too. Lucky for me I work at a school where I have access to a computer and I am taking my Masters so I purchased a Surface Pro for my own use; prior to taking my master I did not have a home computer; I didn’t need one, my phone did all I needed. It was a huge disadvantage for parents who did not own a computer and I think completely unfair of Edsby and our division to assume anything differently.

The new and improved app:

Parents can easily book an interview, plan an absence or log an absence, can easily look at their children’s learning stories, bounce between different children’s edsby accounts, view multiple pictures in one post with more ease, comment on children’s posts on the learning story, and stay up to date with children’s marks and overdue assignments! Having access to the overdue and marks at any given time has been a game changer for me as a parent and keeping on top of my daughter who has taken on her dad’s traits of procrastination!