It's the quickest, simplest route to expanding your classroom onto the internet. Teachers, students and parents have a central point to access grading, assignments, discussions and messaging. Chalksite is a total web package designed just for teachers, giving you class-level Web sites and tools you actually need without requiring an IT degree to use them.
What can Chalksite do for me?
Chalksite was designed for teachers and tested by teachers at every stage of its development. It's specifically created to be the easiest path to connect real teachers and students — people who don't have the time to decode complicated software packages or hard-to-follow instruction manuals. Take a look at Chalksite's key features.
Chalksite makes it easy to manage your classes and students. Because each subscribed student has his/her own Chalksite account, you don't have to worry about entering in all your students' info. Create classes, assign students to classes, view your students' profiles and more.
Need to remind a student to get a permission form signed? Want to send homework to a student with the flu? Chalksite's messaging system can handle it. You can send a message to an individual student, parent or your entire class with a few speedy clicks.
Whether it's homework, a test, quiz or a field-trip reminder — Chalksite makes certain that every student sees your assignments. You can add notes, research links and images to any assignment you create in a process as easy as sending an email.
Chalksite comes ready to handle grading tasks for any class environment. Simply login, click an inputted assignment and get started. You'll be able enter grades, post them for private student viewing and calculate GPAs immediately. Chalksite is designed to make routine tasks simpler than any old-fashioned grade book and calculator ever could.
Every teacher deserves a space just for them. With Chalksite's built-in class-level Web site feature, you can create, edit and launch your own website in less than ten minutes. Post a list of your favorite books, your dog's picture — whatever you want. Pick your preferred colors, decide what you want to say and get started. It's that simple.
Discussions are an easy way to enhance collaboration and communication between teachers and students. When you create a message, assignment, or weblog entry, you will have the option of enabling discussions. In doing so, your subscribed students will be able to post comments on any message, assignment, or weblog entry you choose.
Questions & Answers
Who can use Chalksite?
Teachers, professors, coaches, students, parents and even conference speakers and lecturers can use Chalksite. Any time you need to communicate with a specific group of people in an educational setting, Chalksite is perfect.
Is it free for students?
Yes! Students can sign up and use Chalksite for absolutely FREE and have complete access to their teacher's information.
Does Chalksite have to be installed on my computer?
No. Chalksite is a web-based, hosted application. That means there is never any installing, upgrading, or worrying about anything technical. All you have to do is sign up and use it with one of the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox, or Apple Safari.
Is my information safe and secure?
Yes! Our redundant, state-of-the-art servers are professionally managed, giving industry standard SSL encryption and the best bandwidth and hardware available. All data is locally backed up at our data center, as well as nightly offsite backups.
What kind of technology does Chalksite use?
Chalksite is built on the Ruby on Rails framework and uses modern web technologies such as AJAX to create an interface that is both snappy and fun to use. Each Chalksite account is password-protected with SSL certificates available on all pay plans.
