School - Oh, gee.... Time to get Schoology.
September 27, 2017
School - Oh, gee.... Time to get Schoology.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Schoology
Schoology is a Learning Management System. Our system is public education and use if they choose. Although it is designed for education with a robust assessment, grading, and connectivity to other modules, it has been quite helpful in training and professional development for adults. The flexibility of this platform makes accessibility a breeze. Learning, sharing, or doing can be available as needed, whether it be at 2 in the afternoon or 2 in the middle of the night.
- Easy - The platform is easy to use for the educator as well as the learner. Everything is in one place. The interface is pleasant to view, to use, to communicate, to track, as well as many other things. So many good things in Schoology! As you can tell, I'm a big fan.
- Assessment - The assessment is the most robust I have ever used. There are many different types of questions that can be used as well as embedding documents, websites, materials, video, etc. into the assessment. Learners can get immediate feedback. Another piece I regularly enjoy are the question banks. You can use ones others have developed as well as creating your own.
- Communication - There are numerous areas for communication. The Update feature allows for one way (educator to learner) or interactive (bi-directional) communication. You can have discussions in real time or as the users have the opportunity. You can also message between users.
- Shared Resources - AMAZING... the use of the Resources section has been a life saver in decreasing the quantity of work required to collaborate with fellow teachers.
- Linking Accounts - At my school, we link our accounts and are able to help each other out whenever someone needs help.
- Professional Groups - There are many groups of professionals with different areas of interest. You can either join a group that meets your needs or an individual or organization can create a group. There are options to make your groups anywhere from private to public.
- Apps - Many educational apps are available that work right inside of Schoology. In particular, Google Drive, Google Assignments, and Quizlet are my go to apps. Playposit is also available and so much more.
- Connecting with other professionals using Schoology - This is great. You can meet others from anywhere... inside of your organization to across the country to anywhere in the world.
- Rubrics - Oh so easy to use. I can create my own or use rubrics other teachers have shared. The rubric also allows a direct connection to state and national standards. You can then follow students achievements within the standards.
- Printing assessments could use improvement. There is little flexibility of the output and uses a great deal more paper than needed.
- The Updates has little formatting available. I usually need to create what I want in a Google document so that the formatting is better and then cut and paste. That is an unnecessary step. Schoology should make it possible to use html code to format an update and add pictures or video.
- Google Drive integration is good, but I can't control the way it sorts documents and folders. It can be awkward to find something in Drive that I'm looking for.
- Schoology has completely transformed my educational experience as an educator. I feel the ROI is impressive.
Schoology is easier and more robust then any other learning management system I have ever used. It is also available for free to teachers that has almost all of the features available. Blackboard was terribly user unfriendly. Canvas was too limited for me. Moodle was only usable if the organization set it up. Edmodo was probably the most visually appealing but not nearly as robust as Schoology. Google Classroom is not really a learning management system, but it has some features and it's easy to use.