Schoology

Schoology
Official Schoology company logo
Type Private
Founded New York, New York (2009)
Headquarters New York City, New York, U.S.
Area served Worldwide
Founder(s)
  • Jeremy Friedman
  • Ryan Hwang
  • Tim Trinidad
  • Bill Kindler
Key people
  • Jeremy Friedman (Co-founder, CEO)
  • Bill Kindler (Co-founder, Executive Vice President)
  • Ryan Hwang (Co-founder, Chief Product Officer)
  • Tim Trinidad (Co-founder, CTO)
Employees 100+
Website www.schoology.com
Type of site
  • Learning Management System
  • Course Management System
  • Virtual Learning Environment
Registration Required
Available in English, Spanish, French, Malay, Japanese, English UK

Schoology is a learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and corporations that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. Also known as a course management system (CMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), the cloud-based platform provides tools needed to manage any classroom or blended learning environment.[1]

Background

The Schoology platform was designed by Jeremy Friedman, Ryan Hwang and Tim Trinidad in [2] 2007 while still undergraduates at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Originally designed for sharing notes, additional features and functionality continue to be added.[3]

Schoology secured its first institutional round of venture capital funding amounting to $1.25M from Meakam Becker Venture Capital in June 2010, following an angel investment in 2009 from an unnamed investor.[4] In 2012, Schoology raised [5]$6M in a round led by Firstmark Capital, and in 2014, a [6]$15M round of funding was led by Intel Capital.

As of November 2014, Schoology has over 7.5 million users across 60,000 schools in 200 countries around the world.[7]

Product

Visually familiar to users of Facebook[1] and other popular social networking websites, the service includes attendance records, online gradebook, tests and quizzes, and homework dropboxes. The social media interface facilitates collaboration among a class, a group, or a school.[3] Schoology can be integrated with existing school reporting and information systems[4] and also provides the added security, filters and support that school districts require.[4]

Schoology is offered to educators free of charge. Revenue is generated with a fee-based Enterprise product that includes premium add-ons such as customized branding, advanced analytics, single sign on (SSO), and data integration with existing student information systems (SIS).[8] Native mobile applications are available for iOS, Android, and Kindle devices.

Product enhancements have included text message notifications, integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, IMS Global learning tools interoperability (LTI), a shared resources library, mastery analytics and a question importer for tests and quizzes.

Users include [9] San Juan USD,[10]Colorado State University-Global Campus,[11]Department of Defense Education Activity,[12] Uruguay's Plan Ceibal,[13] Greenwich Public Schools, [14]Judson Independent School District, Westminster Christian Academy,[15]Palo Alto Unified School District,[16] Cempaka Schools in Malaysia,[17] the Downingtown STEM Academy and Jefferson County School District.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conte, Henry S. (May 2, 2011). "Facebook-like Web Site Helps Students and Teachers Communicate". Facebook Fanpost. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ https://www.schoology.com/history.php
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Moran, Gwen (October 2010). "The Rise of the Virtual Classroom". Entrepreneur Magazine (Irvine, California). Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "New Program Merges Learning Management and Social Media Platforms". District Administration (Norwalk, Connecticut). August 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/16/schoology-series-b/
  6. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2014/06/24/disruptive-classroom-technology-lures-vcs-in-new-round/
  7. ↑ https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-11-19-how-does-an-lms-go-viral-worldwide-schoology-shares-secrets-to-growth
  8. ↑ Wauters, Robin (June 7, 2010). "Schoology Raises $1.25 Million for Learning Management Software". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ https://www.schoology.com/san-juan-usd-learning-management-system.php
  10. ↑ https://www.schoology.com/colorado-state-university-global-campus-learning-management-system.php
  11. ↑ https://www.schoology.com/department-of-defense-agency-lms.php
  12. ↑ http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2014/06/schoology_wins_contract_for_ambitious_ed-tech_project_in_uruguay.html
  13. ↑ http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/schools/greenwich-school-district-adds-schoology-its-teaching-tools
  14. ↑ "Goodbye Gradequick – Hello Schoology". Schoology Blog. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  15. ↑ Segrave, Ashley (24 August 2009). "WCA to Pilot Social Networking in the Classroom". The Wildcat Roar. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  16. ↑ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120222006215/en/Schoology-Announces-1-Million-Investment-For-Profit-Education#.VIeSF2TF_DM
  17. ↑ https://schoology.pausd.org/

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