October 2001 — Applications

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North Ogden Junior High Adopts Gradebook Solution

GradeQuick's dynamic link between the teachers' gradebooks and a school's student information system provides many advantages.

It eliminates the job of manually entering class rosters. It also automatically updates teacher class files so teachers know immediately when new students have been added or dropped to or from their class.

“Edline operates similarly to My Yahoo!,
but is easier because it integrates
[with our software]...”

Before Jackson brought Edline to Weber, District Associate Technology Director David Brooks says his use of Internet-related products was hit-and-miss. "Prior to our roll out we had a tremendous amount of pressure from parents for something like Edline," says Brooks.

We needed a platform independent solution and were already extremely pleased with GradeQuick; adopting Edline naturally followed."

Edline provides each member of the school community access to a personalized view of all relevant school information, such as their private grade reports, a calendar integrating their personal events and assignments, and Web pages for school classes and activities.

Exactly what information schools wish to post on Edline is up to the individual school or district, and permissions can be set at many different levels.

"It can be as simple or as sophisticated as a teacher wants it to be. Teachers can just post grades with one click from GradeQuick, or have a full-fledged Web site with photos and everything," says Brooks.

Edline operates similarly to My Yahoo!, but is easier because it integrates with the school's existing software.


“Parents with several children in different grades, or even different schools, use one [Edline] login...”

Parents with several children in different grades, or even different schools, use one login to access information about all of their children.

Weber County parents are now using Edline as a means to check up on teacher assignments, due dates, missing work, materials needed for projects and more.

Parents view of Edline school home page. Shortcuts to each child appear in the upper left corner.

“Edline provides us with a simple but powerful tool to communicate with parents and staff.”

"It isn't so much that the parents are watching students and asking if they did their work as it is a different way to help students," says Don Tanner, Fremont High School assistant principal and parent. "It's more to look and see where students are falling down and address that."

"Anytime you can provide parents with information about their student, it is a positive," adds Brooks. "Edline provides us with a simple, but powerful tool to communicate with parents and staff."

Contact Information

Jackson Software
www.jacksoncorp.com
Glenc'e, IL
(800) 850-1777

Edline, Inc
www.edline.com
Chicago, IL 60606
800-491-0010
312-346-9900