schoology
{{Short description|Learning management system}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Schoology
| logo = Schoology Logo.svg
| logo_alt = The Schoology logo.
| owner = PowerSchool
| founder = {{hlist
|Jeremy Friedman
|Ryan Hwang
|Tim Trinidad
}}
|founded = May 1, 2009
| url = {{URL|https://www.schoology.com}}
| current_status = Active
}}Schoology is a learning management system for schools and businesses, targeted mainly at schools.
Company History
Schoology was designed by Jeremy Friedman, Ryan Hwang, and Tim Trinidad in 2007 while studying at Washington University in St. Louis.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.schoology.com/history.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324102126/https://www.schoology.com/history.php |archive-date=24 March 2013 |website=Schoology}} Originally designed for sharing notes, features were gradually added and modified.
Schoology secured its first round of equity financing, totaling $1,250,000, with an investment of unknown origin in 2009 and an investment by Meakam Becker Venture Capital in June 2010. In 2012, Schoology raised $6 million in a round led by Firstmark Capital; in 2014, Schoology raised $15 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital;{{Cite web|last=Empson|first=Rip|title=1M Users Strong, Schoology Grabs $6M To Take On Blackboard, Moodle|date=16 April 2012 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/16/schoology-series-b/}}{{Cite web|last=Pofeldt|first=Elaine|title=Disruptive Classroom Technology Lures VCs In New Round|website=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2014/06/24/disruptive-classroom-technology-lures-vcs-in-new-round/}} in November 2015, Schoology raised $32 million in a funding round, led by JMI Equity.{{Cite web|last=Crook|first=Jordan|date=November 10, 2015|title=Schoology Cloud-Based Education Platform Lands $32 Million Series D|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/10/schoology-cloud-based-education-platform-lands-32-million-series-d/|access-date=|website=TechCrunch}}
In November 2013, Schoology had over 7.5 million users across about 60,000 schools.{{Cite web|date=November 19, 2013|title=How Does an LMS Go Viral Worldwide? Schoology Shares Secrets to Growth|url=https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-11-19-how-does-an-lms-go-viral-worldwide-schoology-shares-secrets-to-growth|website=EdSurge}}
Schoology was acquired by PowerSchool in November 2019. {{Cite web |date=2019-11-27 |title=PowerSchool Completes Schoology Purchase in March Toward ‘Unified’ K-12 Data Ecosystem - EdSurge News |url=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-11-27-powerschool-completes-schoology-purchase-in-march-toward-unified-k-12-data-ecosystem |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=EdSurge |language=en}}
Use
Among Schoology's features are attendance records, grades, exams, and homework. The interface consists of a list of task and links to folders and assignments for students. {{Cite news|last=Moran, Gwen|date=October 2010|title=The Rise of the Virtual Classroom|location=Irvine, California|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217320|access-date=June 15, 2011}} Schoology can be integrated with the school's current grading system.{{Cite news|date=August 2010|title=New Program Merges Learning Management and Social Media Platforms|location=Norwalk, Connecticut|url=http://www.districtadministration.com/custompublishing/default.aspx?publisher=damicroportal&articleid=2517|access-date=June 15, 2011}} Visually, Schoology is very similar to the environment of many social networks. It has permanently replaced the uses of other virtual classrooms in classrooms all around the world, it is now used as a way to distribute digital assignments and announcements to students.
References
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