What is "otus"

Otus may refer to:

• Otus (education), a K-12 educational technology company
• HMS Otus, two ships in the Royal Navy
• Otus (bird), genus of owls
• Otus (mythology), giant in Greek mythology, brother of Ephialtes, one of Aloadae
• Otus of Cyllene, hero in Greek mythology, killed by Hector in Trojan War
• USS Otus (ARG-20) (1940–1946), an internal combustion engine repair ship
• Otus the Head Cat, weekly column in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette by Michael Storey
• Otus (lens), high-performance lens series by Carl Zeiss AG
• Otus (1973–2012), member of a band Lordi
• "Of the United States" as in POTUS ( President of the United States), FLOTUS ( First Lady of the United States), and SCOTUS ( Supreme Court of the United States)

Otus is an educational technology company providing a learning management system, data warehouse and many classroom management tools for K-12 students, teachers, parents, and administrators. Otus was nominated as a finalist of two 2016 CODiE awards in the "Best Classroom Management System" and "Best K-12 Course or Learning Management Solution" categories. Otus was a finalist in EdTech Digest's 2016 "District Data Solution" and " Learning Management System" categories. Otus co-founder Chris Hull was also recently announced as one of the National School Boards Association's "20 to Watch Educators for 2016".