Engrade

Engrade Pretty much your online classroom community.

Resources Links and/or Class Examples
 * Engrade
 * Engrade Demo
 * How to Review Your Grades
 * Engrade for Students
 * [|Engrade Help Section]
 * Using Engrade Example
 * [|Edu in Review]

Strengths
 * It is free for teachers, administration, parents, and students.
 * Online grade-book, attendance sheet, and progress reports.
 * Interactive calendar with classroom assignments listed.
 * They offer secure online messaging to your teachers, parents, administration, or students.
 * You do not have to download anything and everything stores on the web.
 * You can create a welcome profile to introduce parents and students to Egrade.
 * Spam-free.
 * Reduction of paperwork.
 * Adapted to any grade level, elementary through college.
 * Can be managed through any computer with an internet connection.

Weaknesses
 * You may lose your materials if you do not have a backup file since you do not download the software.
 * Parents can only access the site if a teacher gives them an access code.
 * The site might start charging in the future for extra features.

Opportunities
 * Allows parents to see what they children are doing and in turn they are more involved.
 * Keeps parents up to date if their children are going to school.
 * Parents can stay up to date on student grades.
 * Safe communications between teachers and students or teachers and parents.
 * Students cannot say they did not know what was due when.
 * Teachers can create a profile for parents and students to see.
 * Administration can keep up with what their teachers are doing.
 * WIki feature allows teachers to share lesson plans and collaborate on projects.

Threats
 * Potential for angry parents messaging you about attendance, grades, or assignments.

Ideas for the Classroom
 * Keep grades up to date so if students need to do extra work to bring up grades they still have time.
 * Use Engrade to keep parents up to date but make sure to have a back up of your grades and attendance just in case the website crashes.
 * Introduce Engrade at the beginning of the school year to prevent any complications
 * Create mini-lessons that include videos, images, documents and a short quiz at the end. (Bryan L.)
 * Store files (up to 250 mb of storage) (Bryan L.)
 * Quickly and easily create rubrics (Bryan L.)

Beyond the classroom
 * Post flashcards as study aid for assessments. (Bryan L.)
 * Create quizzes for students to take at home or online. (Bryan L.)