2. • As a learning management
system, Schoology offers the traditional
administrative programs for
attendance, grading, academic calendars
and homework posting.
4. However,
• Realizing the enormous potential of the
Internet to positively transform the field of
education,
• developers decided to design
a LMS that does more than administrative
duties.
5. • They have have applied the highly-
popular interactive formats of
social networks like Facebook and
the Ning
–to create a new social networking
version of a LMS
6. • that
provides opportunities to
and on
assignments and projects on the
LMS
• And so facilitates the educational
objective of students to be
12. Collaboration on Profile Pages
Each student has their own profile
page where they can post their updates, or
create a blog.
Students can comment on their friends pages in
threaded conversations, listed chronologically.
15. Visual Appeal: The Home
Page
Students who
view the
FacebookWall,
will also like
this Home Page
16. The Home Page, like the
Facebook Wall shows all
activity:
• online discussions set-up by course,
• all comments and uploaded links,
• all updates
• reminders from their teachers
17. • “Schoology’s user interface mirrors
familiar social networking and
participatory information sharing
platforms. The user‐centered design and
elegant look and feel encourages
students, faculty, and administrators to
engage in a collaborative learning
environment.”
18. Ease of Use: The Home Page
FEATURES OF THE HOME PAGE
-Easy to use with links to student
pages
19. • "An LMS can serve as a useful tool for
teacher-student communication. The
problem? Students don’t like using
them... Schoology aims to replace more
traditional systems with one that is more
appealing to users. It didn’t look far – its
layout is nearly identical to Facebook’s. The
clear advantage of this is that it makes it easy
to use for students and most teachers."
• eLearning News Update
20. Additional Features
• Dropboxes
• Ability to set privileges for student
roles
• Ability to search for students in
discussion threads