BP8_Schoology

Schoology Web 2.0 application may just weed out a couple of my other resources that I researched for my AR project.

Schoology is a digital classroom for 21st Century educators that support learning management and social networking. It is FREE for educators, students and administrators as well as user friendly when creating and sharing academic content. It has it’s own customize add-ons for teachers and administrators, such as system customization for logo, banner and color scheme; and storage for on-demand data backups and additional storage. But, the add-ons are for a fee. Once an educator set up and develop a course, the grades automatically row over into the grade page once completed. Educators may use the grade comment option to stay abreast of assignment submissions, and add something like late submit, resubmit, on family vacation, did not submit – just to name a few. The application provides academic feeds to complement an educator’s day-to-day working routine. With each course set up the class can come together for a discussion, start a post thread, students comment on each other post, or whatever the educator request. One of the feeds lets the educator create online quizzes/assessment fast and easy. Schoology also allows the professional managing the account to activate and deactivate any feature based on any group or course design and roles. If an administrator registers for an account they would be able to manage a network. Schoology offer an online report card for quick viewing – parents can view the student’s assignment grades as well to stay updated. There is a 1-800 number for support. This is one of a kind, thus far and would be a perfect addition to my AR Web site project.

www.schoology.com

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