The Jovian Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jupiter
A new series exploring the different facets of learning management that impact the lives of teachers, administrators, students, and families.
David Hundsness, founder of Jupiter, shares his experience as a teacher and what inspired him to create a user-friendly gradebook, and ultimately an all-in-one learning platform and student information system in 2004.
Learn how his educator sensibility and mission to help other teachers inspired better designed software with time-saving shortcuts and improved efficiency to save teachers time!
Understand how the system was specifically designed to serve administrators, teachers, and students, and parents. Don't miss highlights about Jupiter's standout features including attendance, grading, and communication!
In this episode, Sunny Chan, a math teacher at Oakland Unified School District, shares the key features of an effective learning platform that actually makes educators' lives easier.
If you've never heard of a learning platform that works the way you do, not the other way around, this podcast is for you!
Learn about giving teachers agency when selecting solutions and how this sets them up for success! Understand why students benefit from having a system that provides uniformity across classes and the importance of programs that support administrators in monitoring information to effectively streamline processes.
See how Jupiter has positively impacted Sunny’s school, hear about his experience with Jupiter’s reliable support and the features that make a difference to him as an educator.
In this episode, Karl Langer-Crouger, an English teacher at Madison Park Middle School, talks about his experience in the education industry, how his school has been adjusting to a hybrid setting, and how Jupiter’s gradebook simplifies the teaching experience.
Madison Park Academy of California serves over 750 students across grades 6-12 and is composed entirely of students of color.
Karl is involved in several important roles at the school including teaching, managing technology including enterprise-level software. His school is currently in hybrid mode, as with many schools right now. He talks about his strategies to integrate technology within this learning environment.
Learn about his experience using Jupiter’s gradebook and support services. Understand how Jupiter’s seamless navigation, time-saving features, and responsive service improves an educator’s ability to manage a gradebook effectively!
In this episode, Giselle Rodriguez, the Director of Innovative Learning at the City of Pembroke Pines Charter School System and long-time user of Jupiter, discusses how Jupiter’s gradebook has served as an invaluable communication tool that has benefited all stakeholders for nearly 10 years!
Giselle has experience working as an educator and supporting software programs, integrations, and managing teacher evaluations. She knows what to look for when evaluating learning management solutions and has seen the benefits of using Jupiter.
Tap into expert insight to help you evaluate SIS software programs, learn about features that make a difference, and what schools should be looking for when evaluating LMS solutions.
In this episode, Justin Hall, a 6th and 7th Grade Math and Science Teacher and Jupiter Admin at Rancho Cucamonga Middle School, explains Jupiter’s innovative features, benefits, and design, his journey towards implementing the program school-wide, and how it has assisted with distance learning.
Justin discusses Jupiter’s features that simplify teaching:
- Gradebook: well-designed core grading functions
- Juno Pods: flexibility when assigning, submitting, and writing on assignments plus integration with Google Classroom!
- Communication Features: customized communication that adapts to different school needs
He also talks about how Jupiter’s simplistic design has streamlined processes and maintained the organization of important data.
Listen to an educator’s perspective on the benefits of Jupiter that save time and adapt to any learning setting. Educators should be spending less time grading and navigating within an LMS and more time focusing on teaching! Learn how this is possible with Jupiter!
In this episode, Meredith Bovin, the CEO of MB Reporting Services, will share insight on the requirements facing Indiana non-public schools and ways to optimize state reporting.
You will learn:
- Updated requirements including an overview of how state reporting is changing
- How Jupiter streamlines the reporting process
Meredith discusses the impact seen from the expansion of reports and how legislation has shifted the requirements around reporting. Hear about the most common challenges and how to keep up with these changes.
Meredith and the schools she serves have benefitted from utilizing Jupiter to simplify the state reporting process with just 3 quick and easy steps. Learn how you can, too.
Resource:
Jupiter and MB Reporting Services will be attending the upcoming Fall conference, held by the Indiana Non-Public Education Association. Learn more about the conference.
In this episode, Marie Bauermeister, a veteran educator and long-time user of Jupiter discusses her positive experiences with the learning management platform.
You will learn:
- How an experienced educator has successfully navigated through the pandemic using Jupiter
- Unique features that make Jupiter effective by creating an individualized experience that saves time for both students and teachers
- The ways that Jupiter helps optimize tasks including grading assignments, fostering communication, and encouraging engagement
Impactful learning management systems are those that pay close attention to the features that aim to impact the lives of teachers, administrators, students, and families. Learn how Jupiter has been designed to improve communication between all parties, provide personalization that helps kids understand their progress, and make daily tasks easier to navigate and complete for both teachers and students.
Learn how Jupiter has made an educator’s transition to multiple learning environments easier with the platform’s interactive capabilities within grading that allow teachers and students to streamline communication.