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Thankfully, I am long past the point where I have to worry about my GPA. But there was absolutely a time in my life when I would have used something like this,

Thankfully, I am long past the point where I have to worry about my GPA. But there was absolutely a time in my life when I would have used something like this, had it been available. I can tell you that my wife's a schoolteacher, and that her school system has a web-based system where parents can log in and check on their kids' grades. She has a lot of parents who check that site religiously. All that is to say that while it may not be a "sexy" site, you've definitely hit on a useful idea here. Good luck!

dmazin 16y ago
Is it Moodle? There are already plenty of ways to check one's grades, actually. Colleges often use Blackboard - although I think students and professors alike would agree that using Blackboard is only a little bit better than having cancer. I want to fill in the gap where there is no system offered or it's incomplete, leaving students on their own. Of course, there are already two players - Schoolhouse, a quite sexy (if over-featured) Mac app, and some outdated online grade tracker.
- lylejohnson 16y ago
  It's called iNow (or maybe STI iNow). Am having trouble finding a link for the company because most of the Google search results are for various school systems that have implemented iNow.
  - dmazin 16y ago
    Here it is: http://www.sti-k12.com/publicsis1.asp http://www.sti-k12.com/publicsis1.asp Interestingly, I've had a family friend starting out as a teacher say that she can't find a good, intuitive gradebook. Maybe there's a market for that as well. I think it's fair to guess that this kind of software is made for buyers, not teachers, and may not address their needs very well. I could be totally wrong.
    - lylejohnson 16y ago
      > I think it's fair to guess that this kind of software is made for buyers, not teachers, and may not address their needs very well. I could be totally wrong. No, you're spot on. She hates working with iNow, and we have yet to talk to a teacher who likes working with it. Seems safe to assume that the buyer was someone who will never have to use it.
      - dmazin 16y ago
        Seems to me like there's a pretty big, unserved market of teachers who want good and intuitive course management tools. Maybe they're so ignored and frustrated that they'd be willing to pay for such a tool that doesn't completely suck.

dmazin 16y ago

Is it Moodle? There are already plenty of ways to check one's grades, actually. Colleges often use Blackboard - although I think students and professors alike would agree that using Blackboard is only a little bit better than having cancer. I want to fill in the gap where there is no system offered or it's incomplete, leaving students on their own. Of course, there are already two players - Schoolhouse, a quite sexy (if over-featured) Mac app, and some outdated online grade tracker.

lylejohnson 16y ago
It's called iNow (or maybe STI iNow). Am having trouble finding a link for the company because most of the Google search results are for various school systems that have implemented iNow.
- dmazin 16y ago
  Here it is: http://www.sti-k12.com/publicsis1.asp http://www.sti-k12.com/publicsis1.asp Interestingly, I've had a family friend starting out as a teacher say that she can't find a good, intuitive gradebook. Maybe there's a market for that as well. I think it's fair to guess that this kind of software is made for buyers, not teachers, and may not address their needs very well. I could be totally wrong.
  - lylejohnson 16y ago
    > I think it's fair to guess that this kind of software is made for buyers, not teachers, and may not address their needs very well. I could be totally wrong. No, you're spot on. She hates working with iNow, and we have yet to talk to a teacher who likes working with it. Seems safe to assume that the buyer was someone who will never have to use it.
    - dmazin 16y ago
      Seems to me like there's a pretty big, unserved market of teachers who want good and intuitive course management tools. Maybe they're so ignored and frustrated that they'd be willing to pay for such a tool that doesn't completely suck.