eBackpack Success with Technology Roadmap

DALLAS - Sept. 14, 2015 - PRLog -- eBackpack, Inc., the leading learning management system provider, announced that is has recently made a number of significant product enhancements to better equip students and teachers for the school year. eBackpack customers report the additional features are making a powerful impact on the company’s goal of making teaching easier and learning more engaging through increased functionality, deep integrations, and an intuitive interface.

Among the many new features eBackpack has developed, state standards tagging clearly stands out for school administrators. Standards tagging of assignments and assessments enables teachers to create clear learning outcomes for individual students and to evaluate progress towards those goals. eBackpack has over 50 state and other academic standards preloaded, including Common Core, Texas, and Next Generation Science Standards, with the ability to draw in almost any set of established standards.

Other notable new features include: LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) certifications and integrations with third party sources such as Khan Academy, Quizlet, Youtube, and Turnitin, making it easier for teachers to have access to digital content from a variety of learning sources directly inside of eBackpack; visibility controls enabling teachers to pre-stage assignments and assessments as well as limiting visibility within a class roster to facilitate personalized learning; translation tools to improve comprehension in other languages; enhanced notifications regarding assignment due dates and completion; and automated offline access for assignments on iOS.

Additionally, eBackpack has created a new parent site which is directly connected to their student’s account, in order to give parents increased real-time visibility into their student’s learning environment. eBackpack CEO Michael Zilinskas stated, “Throughout our development of the new parent site we focused on keeping it as safe as possible for the students while giving parents more involvement and visibility in the learning process. We are excited for the extremely enthusiastic responses from parents and teachers of the eBackpack for Parents feature”. The parent site is free for all eBackpack schools on the web and offers an optional eBackpack for Parents app with configurable push notifications of their student’s upcoming or missed assignments and grades. Learn more at https://www.ebackpack.com/parent-connection.

“Learning management systems are often difficult to navigate and become a hindrance to teachers, students, and administrators”, expressed Zilinskas. “eBackpack focuses on customer-requested developments and strategic enhancements in order to offer the most functional and effective LMS on the market. Our newest features and enhancements are helping us continually accomplish our goals of being the best.”

About eBackpack

eBackpack is the learning management system (LMS) that’s simplifying teaching and making learning more engaging. eBackpack is the easiest and most efficient way to assign, annotate, collect, review, and grade work and assessments on any internet-connected device. eBackpack allows you to unlock the creative and productive potential of technology in the classroom by facilitating meaningful student- teacher collaboration and preparing students for the digital world while involving parents. eBackpack serves K-12 schools and districts with safe, secure and reliable tools for students, teachers and administrators.  Learn more at http://www.ebackpack.com.