[1][2] Otus was a finalist in EdTech Digest's 2016 "District Data Solution" and "Learning Management System" categories.

[3] Otus co-founder Chris Hull was also announced as one of the National School Boards Association's "20 to Watch Educators for 2016".

[5] After receiving a grant to bring 1:1 computing iPads to their students, both quickly recognized the limitless potential that classroom management tools offer, but were disappointed with the effectiveness of the current apps on the market.

Otus in particular aims to offer "everything a mobile classroom could possibly need for both teachers and students"[10] and does so by providing attendance tracking, a digital bookshelf for uploading files, in-app annotations, assignments, papers, polls, blogs, quizzes, and more.

Everything a student does through the Otus platform is integrated into a deep learning program called "analytics" on the Otus app, which compiles information from all first- and third-party apps and creates a student profile easily accessible by teachers and parents at the teacher's discretion.