<s>
Edsby	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
combines	O
social	O
networking	O
with	O
class	O
and	O
student	O
management	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
learning	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
with	O
data	O
aggregation	O
and	O
analytics	O
features	O
for	O
K-12	O
students	O
,	O
teachers	O
,	O
and	O
parents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
in	O
Toronto	O
and	O
originally	O
named	O
CoreFour	O
,	O
Edsby	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
by	O
Steve	O
Asbury	O
,	O
Jon	O
Asbury	O
,	O
and	O
Scott	O
Welch	O
,	O
the	O
three	O
original	O
founders	O
and	O
architects	O
of	O
the	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
FirstClass	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
co-worker	O
John	O
Myers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edsby	B-Protocol
offers	O
K-12	O
school	O
districts	O
online	O
social	O
learning	O
tools	O
connected	O
to	O
their	O
existing	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
gradebooks	B-Application
,	O
attendance-taking	O
,	O
parent-teacher	O
communication	O
features	O
,	O
classroom	O
management	O
,	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
and	O
social	O
classroom	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edsby	B-Protocol
is	O
partnered	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
makes	O
its	O
service	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
cloud	O
service	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
enabled	O
its	O
OneNote	B-Application
application	O
to	O
support	O
grade	O
entry	O
into	O
the	O
Edsby	B-Protocol
gradebook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
Edsby	B-Protocol
site	O
is	O
the	O
school	O
district	O
of	O
Hillsborough	O
County	O
Public	O
Schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edsby	B-Protocol
deployed	O
to	O
all	O
194,000	O
students	O
and	O
15,000	O
teachers	O
at	O
the	O
district	O
's	O
260	O
schools	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
in	O
furtherance	O
of	O
a	O
student	O
information	O
sharing	O
exchange	O
known	O
as	O
Te	O
Rito	O
,	O
the	O
New	O
Zealand	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Education	O
contracted	O
with	O
Edsby	B-Protocol
to	O
deliver	O
two	O
early	O
stage	O
roll-outs	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
during	O
2019	O
and	O
2020	O
,	O
to	O
test	O
what	O
the	O
Ministry	O
calls	O
"	O
critical	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
exchange	O
.	O
</s>
