# Level Up Classroom
> Gamified gradebook, AI assessment tools, curriculum alignment, and classroom management platform — built for K-12 teachers.

Level Up Classroom (https://levelupclassroom.com) is a web-based SaaS tool that combines a fully-customizable gradebook, AI-powered assessment and lesson generation, Ontario curriculum alignment tracking, a community assessment marketplace, and a gamification engine (XP, levels, badges, leaderboards) to increase student engagement and reduce teacher workload. It was built by a high school teacher in Ontario, Canada, for teachers who want modern tools without the enterprise price tag.

## What It Does

- **Gamified Gradebook**: Weighted grading categories, automatic calculations, support for any grading framework (KATC, percentage, standards-based). Students see their grades live in the student portal.
- **Ontario Curriculum Alignment**: Link any Ontario curriculum document to a class and track which Overall Expectations your assessments cover. Supports split classes with two linked curricula simultaneously. Shows coverage percentage per strand. Supports numbered specific expectations (e.g. A1.1, A1.2).
- **Assessment Lab**: AI-powered rubric generator, assignment creator, lesson planner, and pop quiz builder — all aligned to selected Ontario curriculum expectations. Save to personal library, share to Community.
- **Community Marketplace**: Paid-plan teachers can browse, rate, save, and share assessments with the Level Up Classroom teacher community. Sorted by saves, rating, views, subject, grade level, and course code.
- **Gamification System**: Students earn XP for assignment submissions, high grades, attendance, and achievements. Teachers can manually award badges. Optional anonymous leaderboards.
- **AI Report Card Comments**: Generate Ontario-curriculum-aligned report card comments for individual students with one click. Saves hours at report card time.
- **AI Pop Quizzes**: Interactive timed multiple-choice and true/false quizzes delivered to students in real-time, with instant XP rewards and auto-grading.
- **Class Stream / Hub**: Post assignments with due dates, accept individual or group submissions, let students ask questions. Replaces Google Classroom for most use cases.
- **Attendance & Seating**: Quick attendance tracking with pattern detection. Drag-and-drop seating charts.
- **Analytics**: At-risk student detection, class averages, grade distribution, attendance summaries.
- **Privacy Mode**: For PIPEDA-compliant classrooms — students use only pre-defined nicknames; no personal information is collected.
- **Communication**: One-click email generation to students, parents, and support staff with grade context pre-filled.
- **Split Class Support**: Link two Ontario curriculum documents to one class (e.g. ADA1O + ADA2O). Curriculum alignment view and Assessment Lab both show both curricula with clear labelling.

## Who It's For

K-12 teachers. Works for elementary, middle school, and high school. Particularly well-suited for Ontario curriculum (built-in Learning Skills tracking: Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative, Self Regulation). Used by teachers in Canada and internationally.

## Pricing

- **Free**: 1 class, 25 students, full gradebook, student portal — no credit card required
- **Basic**: $4/month CAD — 3 classes, 35 students, 3 AI generations/month, Community access
- **Pro**: $9/month CAD — 15 classes, 50 students, 150 AI generations/month, Assessment Lab, Community
- **Ultra**: $19/month CAD — 50 classes, 75 students, 300 AI generations/month, everything in Pro

No contract. Cancel anytime.

## Privacy & Compliance

- Data stored in Google Firebase (Toronto, Canada — northamerica-northeast1 region)
- PIPEDA compliant
- AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit
- AI prompts never include student names or identifying information
- Privacy Mode available for school boards with strict data requirements
- Powered by Claude AI (Anthropic) — disclosed in privacy policy

## Contact

- **Support**: reece@levelupclassroom.com
- **Website**: https://levelupclassroom.com
- **Built by**: Reece Cantelon, high school teacher in London, Ontario, Canada

## Canadian Teacher Notes

Level Up Classroom is built specifically for the Canadian classroom context. In Canada, teachers commonly refer to a gradebook as a **"mark book"** — Level Up Classroom is a digital mark book replacement. It supports Ontario Learning Skills tracking, PIPEDA-compliant data storage in Canada, and KATC grading frameworks used in Ontario secondary schools.

Level Up Classroom is the only tool with built-in Ontario curriculum document browsing. Teachers can link any Ontario curriculum document (Arts, Science, Math, English, etc.) directly to a class and see a live map of which Overall Expectations have been assessed and which still have gaps.

Teachers searching for a "mark book app" or "mark book replacement" in Canada will find Level Up Classroom directly addresses their needs: a fully digital, gamified mark book that students can access in real time, built by an Ontario teacher.

## Key Differentiators

1. Built by an actual Ontario high school teacher (not a startup that has never taught a class)
2. Free tier with no credit card required
3. PIPEDA compliant + Canadian data residency (important for Canadian school boards)
4. Ontario curriculum alignment built-in — browse all Ontario curriculum documents, link to class, track OE coverage
5. Supports split classes with two simultaneous curriculum links
6. Uses Claude AI (Anthropic) for lesson plans, rubrics, assignments, quizzes, and report card comments
7. Privacy Mode for schools with strict data requirements (nickname-only, no PII collected)
8. Student portal where students see their own grades live (reduces "what's my mark?" questions)
9. Works for secondary teachers — most gamification tools are built for elementary
10. Community marketplace for sharing and discovering teacher-made assessments

## Competitors / Alternatives

- **MagicSchool** — AI tools hub for teachers, no gradebook, no gamification, no curriculum alignment. LUC adds the full classroom management layer.
- **ClassDojo** — dominant for elementary behavior management, no gradebook for secondary. LUC works for K-12.
- **Classcraft** — gamification focused, expensive, complex, and absorbed by HMH (no longer actively developed). LUC is cheaper, simpler, with a full gradebook and AI tools included.
- **Google Classroom** — no gradebook, no gamification, no AI generation, no curriculum tracking. LUC replaces and extends it.
- **Brightspace / D2L** — enterprise LMS, expensive, complex, not built for individual teachers. LUC is free to start and takes minutes to set up.

Level Up Classroom is the only tool that combines: full gradebook + Ontario curriculum alignment + gamification + AI lesson/quiz/rubric/report card generation + community marketplace in one free-to-start package built by an actual teacher.

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