Sunday, February 28, 2010

More storage and unlimited assignments

If you visit Classlet today you'll a see whole bunch of nice new improvements we've added.

Our recent changes let you have a paid account which gives you lots of storage for all of your assignments and student submissions, as well as the ability to create an unlimited number of assignments.

Check out our pricing page for details.

Teachers that have paid accounts also get email support and best of all, summers are free!

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Quiet Improvements

We've been working hard to prepare Classlet for the world. Since our initial launch, we have quietly rolled out dozens of small UI improvements and completely overhauled our technology backend. The result is a more attractive and stable platform on which to build our vision. There are lots of exciting things coming down the pipe, so stay tuned.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Twitter

Follow us on Twitter: @classlet

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Time Zones

The first version of Classlet was woefully ignorant about time zones. If you are located on the eastern coast of the United States, you probably didn't notice. The rest of the world, however, might have been slightly confused about how assignment deadlines work.

Confusion is an enemy of Classlet, so we added time zone support throughout the entire application. You can't miss it: every timestamp is adorned with your preferred time zone.

We will attempt to guess your preferred time zone at signup, but existing users have been set to US/Eastern time for simplicity. You can change your time zone preference by clicking on the time zone abbreviation of any timestamp.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Today: Assignments. Tomorrow: The World.

We're on a mission to simplify the lives of teachers and students.

Classlet is a brand-new website created by us, Brandon and Steve. Education is a huge area and we are brimming with ideas, but you've got to start somewhere.

We noticed teachers and students wanted better from their school software. Current solutions have steep learning curves, low-reliability, and are generally inconvenient to use. Our first application, Classlet Assignments, tackles one of the most common online classroom scenarios: assigning, collecting, and grading homework.

Anyone can try it because there is no software to install. Just visit classlet.com to get started. We're trying really hard to make your life as easy as possible and would love to get your feedback.

We are recent graduates who met while working at Google. We had to suffer years with the best in class of the current systems (i.e. Blackboard). In our experience, software has complicated the lives of teachers and students just as much as it has empowered them. Hopefully, we can prevent future suffering while advancing the state of the art. We think you'll like what we've got.