Schoology
Just like eSchool manages our record keeping with grades and attendance, Schoology manages learning activities and interactions in a virtual space. In the past, there have been a handful of tech savvy teachers that have used a Learning Management Systems with students such as Edmodo and Moodle. As the District moves forward with personalizing the learning experiences for students and the implementation of blended learning, the Learning Management System becomes key not only in assisting with the delivery of content, but in the housing of curricular resource materials, submission of assignments, tracking student work, assessment, and providing students with high quality feedback in a timely and efficient manner.
One of the benefits of a Learning Management System like Schoology is the access that parents have to their child’s educational performance and progress. Schoology provides a parent view that shows the activity for one or all of their children, in the same school or multiple schools in one convenient location, eliminating the need to visit multiple teacher sites or eSchool accounts.
Parents will be able to view:
Implementing a consistent Learning Management System across all grade levels from PK-12 and ensuring the features and functions are effectively and efficiently utilized to the benefit of student, staff, parent and program will be a multi-year endeavor, requiring professional development and instruction at all levels as the District continues to move forward in ensuring that all students have access to a 21st Century educational experience that prepares them to meet success in the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.
One of the benefits of a Learning Management System like Schoology is the access that parents have to their child’s educational performance and progress. Schoology provides a parent view that shows the activity for one or all of their children, in the same school or multiple schools in one convenient location, eliminating the need to visit multiple teacher sites or eSchool accounts.
Parents will be able to view:
- Activity breakdown for each child
- Course/class summaries complete with recent assignments and aseessments, grades, attendance, and comments
- A snapshot of upcoming events, activities, and assignments
- A student activity feed that shows updates, classwork and homework submissions, teacher feedback, and grades
- Parents can choose to receive automated email digests of all the activity and important information from classroom teachers or the school without continually logging into a single or multiple systems.
Implementing a consistent Learning Management System across all grade levels from PK-12 and ensuring the features and functions are effectively and efficiently utilized to the benefit of student, staff, parent and program will be a multi-year endeavor, requiring professional development and instruction at all levels as the District continues to move forward in ensuring that all students have access to a 21st Century educational experience that prepares them to meet success in the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.