2. SCHOOLOGY
Schoology is a Learning Management System (LMS). The ultimate way to
manage lessons, engage students, share content, and connect with
other educators.
Collaboration is a key part of Schoology
Offering education without walls
Creates and manages tests & quizzes for you
Helps make creating, organizing, and finding content simple
Connects students and parents to educators and learning resources
anytime, anywhere in a safe, secure online environment
https://www.schoology.com/home.php
3. MANAGE LESSONS, HOMEWORK, AND
ACTIVITIES
Choose from a variety of content types
Embed rich text and media
Import existing content
Structure, organize, and release content automatically
4. ENGAGE STUDENTS – WITH TECHNOLOGY
Embed media and post quick updates
Engage students and encourage conversation
Provide real-time access to academic materials
iPhone app
Blogs
5. FIND RESOURCES
Schoology makes it easy to create, organize, and find content.
Create and organize material
Manage grade books and attendance
Link your Google Docs
Share material with other educators
Search, browse, and integrate public content
Group workspaces for departments, PTA, etc.
6. TEST/QUIZ
Create tests and quizzes
Randomize/customize for extra security
Score questions and enter grades automatically
Provide direct student feedback
Analyze results by student, question, or class
Digital Dropboxes
7. EVALUATE
Schoology allows educators to evaluate how
students use your class.
Generate graphs of user activity
Drill down into specific content and users
Understand where students spend the most time
8. ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Academic Features:
Class profiles/webpages
Create Assignments and events
Social Features:
Cross-school networking and private messaging
Personal file storage/bookmarking
Management Features:
School, course, group, and personal calendars
Email and SMS text notifications
Administrative Features:
Email address and username support
Import/export courses, users, and grades
Parent/guardian access
9. TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
Online support
Question and answer blog:
http://community.schoology.com/schoology
Help Center for instructors, students, administrators, and parents:
http://help.schoology.com/index.php/Help_Center
Schoology status monitor- (website issues):
http://status.schoology.com/
10. HISTORY/COMMENTS
Schoology is a social networking service and virtual learning environment for K-
12 school and higher education institutions that allows users to create,
manage, and share academic content. Also known as a learning
management system (LMS) or course management system (CMS), the cloud-
based platform provides tools needed to manage an online classroom.
Schoology was founded in New York, New York in 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoology
Comments:
“It’s familiar interface (it resembles other popular social networking sites) makes
it easy for teachers and students to feel comfortable navigating the site. “
http://mulloverthings.com/2012/01/41-schoology-review-part-1-dashboard-
profile-blog/
More comments:
“Schoology has the lowest barrier to professional development I have ever seen
in my 17 year career of teaching educational technology.”
https://www.schoology.com/stories.php
