PPT on Schoology

1. Learning Management
System
Christine Stephenson
Ecomp 6203

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