This summer, we released a new feature we’re really excited about — the student profile. Our goal...
How We Built the Ultimate Student Profile
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Student and Teacher Flags are Now Called Groups
Otus has always included a feature allowing teachers to group students by creating “Flags.” This is an important part of what makes Otus a powerful personalization and differentiation tool for educators, but we’re making some exciting improvements. Eliminating confusion We’ve learned the name Flag is a bit unclear. Each time we met with our users, […]
Otus and GradeCam Partner to Increase Teacher Efficiencies for Formative and Summative Assessments
Otus and GradeCam Partner to Increase Teacher Efficiencies for Formative and Summative Assessments Otus is a fast-growing edtech company that combines learning, assessment, data, and classroom management tools into a single platform. Today they announced a partnership with GradeCam, an innovative education solutions company. GradeCam allows teachers to create, scan, and score assignments using any […]
A single data point can’t define your school district, so be able to tell your story.
In today’s schools, there is no shortage of student data. High-stakes test scores, classroom assignment scores, student behaviors, attendance, performance on learning standards, engagement- the list goes on and on. The real challenge for educators, students, and families is how all of those pieces of data can be assembled into a holistic story of student […]
Otus Partners With CESA Purchasing to Expand Reach in Wisconsin
Partnership offers preferred pricing for K-12 School Districts Across State Otus is a Chicago-based educational technology provider for K-12 school communities. Today they announced a partnership with CESA Purchasing to offer all-in-one technology platform to K-12 schools in Wisconsin. CESA Purchasing works with over 100 vendors to provide discounts and promotional benefits for Wisconsin schools. […]
What is the difference between Google Classroom and Otus?
Author’s Note: We love Google! To see all of the ways in which Otus leverages Google and allows users to expand their use of Google Apps for Education, click here. Keep in mind, your teachers can continue using Google Classroom with Otus! Teachers who use Google Classroom enjoy its ease-of-use and requires very little setup in […]
Where is Otus going next? A look into our plans for 2019.
We took some time to assemble some of the many exciting things that we are working on. We expect them to be available to our users in the weeks, months, and year ahead. While we do have plans for 2019, please be comfortable if we include a few unannounced surprises that show some real innovation […]
Otus for eLearning/Snow Days in IL
A guide to using Otus as an eLearning platform to comply with Public Act 099-0194/HB 2781 In order to be approved to offer eLearning Days by the State of Illinois Board of Education as stated in Public Act 099-0194, a school district must submit an eLearning Plan. Part of the plan relates to how a […]
Chicago Tech Leader Ed Earley Joins Otus
Former SpotHero, Scientific Games Exec Enlisted to Scale K-12 EdTech Platform Otus is a Chicago-based educational technology provider for K-12 school communities. Today they announced the appointment of Ed Earley as Chief Software Architect. Earley most recently served as Head of Engineering and Chief Architect at SpotHero. He focused on a large-scale transformation of the company’s […]
Our teachers don’t like standards-based grading. Now, what?
Listen to Lisa Westman discuss ways schools can overcome teacher objections to the standards-based grading initiative. Also read, “What is standards-based grading?“
