--- title: "Schoology Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Schoology. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Schoology is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/schoology-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [LMS for Schools Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/education-comparison/) / [Schoology](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/schoology-profile/) / Schoology Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/schoology-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/schoology-profile/alternatives/) # Schoology User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 488 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.2/5 - Customer support: 4.3/5 - Value for money: 4.4/5 - Functionality: 4.2/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 272 reviews (56%) - 4 stars: 159 reviews (33%) - 3 stars: 41 reviews (8%) - 2 stars: 9 reviews (2%) - 1 star: 7 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - Schoology is a great platform for uploading videos and other learning materials. With Schoology I can create folders to quickly access and organize material. - I like Schoology because it can be used from grades K-12 and it has everything you need for keeping parents informed. - Schoology is a great LMS that has the ability to post a variety of advanced coursework yet has an icon heavy easy to read navigations for young learners. ### Most mentioned cons - The only issue I came across while using Schoology is sometimes bugs and issues would happen. - The only downfall is when there would be software issues with uploading assignments. - I can't think of any cons except if you click through different pages too quickly it will give you an error. But this does not affect the overall quality of Schoology. ## Schoology customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 488 (page 1). ### Helpful Online Learning Platform - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Samantha B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall Schoology is efficient and very useful. There are times that it seems that I have to make 15 clicks to do a necessary task within the app. However, I enjoy that I am able to categorize my items within each class and then also collect and view the data from certain assignments. I believe updating the software in order to make the app more user-friendly would be beneficial. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Schoology has a lot of features that are conducive to a high-fuctioning online learning program. Many things can be done within the program, such as connecting outside links, videos, and materials. #### Cons I have not be able to copy assignments from one course to another that include Google Docs. If I copy this type of an assignment, the Google Doc copy does not attach. I have to personally go into every class and reattach the assignment. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology This decision was made by my school district. --- ### Best way to organize a class - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Glenn W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Extremely positive. The program works well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like the way quizzes and test can be created. #### Cons It is difficult to create new quizzes and assign them to multiple classes #### Reasons for switching to Schoology MyGradebook went out of business and the school selected Schoology --- ### Virtual Learning Made Easy - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Tara M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, it's an inexpensive program that our district has adopted to use for virtual learning options. When the pandemic hit, students had to access their work through Schoology, and teachers had to use it to upload assignments. As a program, it is fairly simple to use. It takes a few tries at first, and then you get used to it. It has a wide range of options for uploading content including: documents, videos, YouTube and HTML links, and quizzes/tests. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy to create quizzes using Google Forms and upload them into Schoology as an assignment. You can also directly create an assignment in Schoology itself which is pretty easy to do. I frequently create math tests on here, because it is so easy and has different options like multiple choice, sequencing, etc. #### Cons I had to take an initial training course to understand this software better. There are a few confusing buttons when creating an assignment - but after a few tries, you get used to it. (I would recommend watching some YouTube videos about how to use Schoology if you're interested in buying this software for your school. They have some very helpful ones on there.) #### Reasons for choosing Schoology It was more "official" than Google Classroom (free option). #### Reasons for switching to Schoology Our school purchased Schoology as an official virtual learning and gradebook platform. --- ### Schoology - good functionality, but GUI is dated and needs additional admin functions - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It has worked pretty well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Excellent sync with our self-hosted powerschool server, once all was setup. Uptime is excellent. Communication when there IS downtime is also excellent. Ability to implement additional features via plugins/other services [such as NoRedInk] is good.Teachers are using the product pretty well [ granted, it is a requirement on our campus, but they are going beyond the bare minimum.]Support is excellent. #### Cons Schoology's GUI is dated - it hearkens back to the 90's and MSFT Access.The admin team SORELY misses the ability to "masquerade" as a teacher - we used to be able to login as a teach admin, masquerade as a teacher, and quickly fix implementation and setup errors that the teacher had made. Under Schoology we have to get their login credentials from the teacher - not exactly an easy process.Perhaps one day that feature will be available. #### Reasons for choosing Schoology We can't afford a full-time Moodle person to bring the functionality needed. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology It was forced upon us by Powerschool. --- ### Excellent LMS with a variety of features - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Amy J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I love Schoology. The few times I needed support, the individuals I spoke with were amazing. The features and ease of Schoology outshines other Learning Management Systems on the market. Other than the couple of quirks I mentioned above, this is a product good for a wide range of ages and courses. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I have been using Schoology for approximately five years now and I find it to be the easiest LMS with the most features of all the other ones I’ve tried. It is so easy to organize in whatever way is most convenient for you and your course. It supports video uploads from multiple different kinds of sources whether be YouTube or Loom or Edpuzzle. Students love the use of badges where teachers can send “gold star” encouragement to students like “most improved” or other distinctions. Students can easily email their teachers through Schoology. Course updates allow for whole class communication. The pro list goes on and on. #### Cons The biggest con I have experienced occasionally rears its head when I try to sync Schoology to PowerSchool. I find that some assignments will not sync. Even after I go through all of the usual troubleshooting details such as having a due date or the assignment title being too long, nothing will get it to sync. This is not a huge problem maybe one assignment and 50. What is frustrating, is that when you go into the sync page the error listed doesn’t tell you what to look for us just simply says “failed the sync. Another frustration I have is when I want to unpublished material to students In Schoology that unpublished material is then unpublished in PowerSchool. Just because I want to on publish it in Schoology does it mean I want their grades in assignments to be unseen in PowerSchool. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology Schoology had more features and was easier to use. --- ### Better than our previous system - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jana B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We like it! It serves our needs and helps us build a good learning community! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Ease of use. Student portal works cleanly. Ease to move from one class to another. Lots of choices for adding different types of questions to assessments. Easy to organize. #### Cons It would be nice to have more options for displaying content. We have found some work-arounds in adding a few variations to the straightforward listing style, but it isn’t easy. It would be nice to be able to add some flair. #### Reasons for choosing Schoology PowerSchool’s features were brought over to Schoology, so familiarity was a plus. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology Powerschool ended its services and made the switch to Schoology. --- ### Schoology - Powerful, but User Friendly LMS - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Schoology has been a game changer for us. As a district that previously used an open source alternative, we really took a risk by rolling out a new product that was not free. Teachers have really embraced the platform, which is allowing us to move toward a model where learning is individualized and focused on the needs of the learner. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Schoology feels like a social media platform. It's easy to use and makes sense when you're using it. It has a tremendous ability to be extended with integrations with Google, Microsoft, etc. and connects well with other learning platforms that are important in K-12 settings. #### Cons At the enterprise level, sometimes support the can be lackluster when dealing with things such as the synchronization between Schoology and PowerSchool. On the positive side, we anticipate with PowerSchool's purchase of Schoology that this might improve over time. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology We needed more robust features, including a better mobile experience, and the ability to collaborate with other professionals around the country. --- ### Love this LMS! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered This is a great product, and is super easy to use for almost anyone, it is lacking in some features but overall great product. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros This is the best possible LMS that I have found out there-has several features. Organized folders, quiz giving ability and integration with ExamView, discussions, and district wide setup ability. #### Cons It is very spendy if you want to implement it into your school-hard to justify when Google Classroom is free. I wish the integration with google was more seemless, and the lockdown browser option was free for quizzes/tests. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology Organization and ease of use for me and my staff. --- ### Easy but not..... - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered During the early days of our school, we used Schoolology. Although it was very convenient for teachers to use, students had difficulties combining various contents. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros One of the strengths of Schoolology is how easy it is to use. The user interface is intuitive. #### Cons However, it can be tricky to combine various platforms. Google Classroom allows multiple activities with one account, but Schoolology has limits. #### Reasons for choosing Schoology Initially, I used Schoology, but then moved to Google Classroom. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology Recent students preferred Google Classroom because it is convenient for expanding and accessing the area through Google Meet. --- ### Integrated Learning Management System - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andrew G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used other for free trial - Reviewed: June 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall Schoology is going to allow for better implementation of curriculum as an online and hybrid option during this COVID19 pandemic. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Schoology integrates seemlessly into our district as we already use Powerschool so it will make it an easy transition for teachers into online learning. #### Cons The interface and mobile app could use a interface update to make it a little more friendly and easy to navigate. #### Reasons for choosing Schoology Overall we ended up going with Schoology because of the Powerschool integration. When schools shut down it was a hard transition for many teachers, so we are hoping the familiarity with other products will make the use easier going forward. --- ### Schoology easy peasy - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jessica C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It was easy to get to learn as an educator. I used a few tutorial videos available online and did not have formal training. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I liked how easy it was to set up multiple classes. It was a great platform for students, they could easily figure out how to find and submit assignments. #### Cons I found it hard to communicate with students in that they didn't seem to get alerts. Also, there wasn't much in the way of customizing your site. --- ### Amazing Gradebook Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Meegan W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Schoology has been amazing. My students and I use Schoology every single day. It's part of the curriculum. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Schoology has made my teaching life so much easier. I have used many different grade book apps/websites for over 15 years. Schoology is by far the best I've ever used. It's very easy to learn the ins and outs. I like that I can easily contact my students/parents if a problem arises. I have found it beneficial that students can view their current grades and see if they have any missing assignments. One of Schoology's best features is that you can import assignments through Blackbook. It will then grade students' responses automatically. It gives you the ability to create your assignments, edit previous assignments, and has a section where you can save every assignment over the years. Its made my life much easier since our county integrated Schoology. #### Cons I can't think of any cons except if you click through different pages too quickly it will give you an error. But this does not affect the overall quality of Schoology. --- ### Great for Educators - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Parker W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Schoology has been extremely positive. We used to use another program for recording students' grades. Once we merged everything over to Schoology, my job got a lot easier. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This allows me to keep grades for all of my students easily. Schoology gives educators the ability to create assignments that automatically grade student responses. One great benefit of using Schoology is that it allows students and parents to stay current on overall grades. #### Cons It takes a bit to get used to using Schoology. But after a few days of messing around on the website, you can easily use the program. --- ### Schoology: reliable and still efficient - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Roykevin A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As I stated in the title, I think Schoology is still efficient even with some imperfections. In general terms, it gets the job done: working as a learning management system that brings users an online experience for successful learning. Schoology introduced me to the online learning world and worked as required for the needs I had at those times. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Some features that stand for Schoology are simplicity and easy navigation. The platform design is really user-friendly and doesn't require a high IT knowledge to use. The "recent activity" tab is useful to follow ongoing discussions or catch up. It is the same for the dashboard tool, making it easier to surf among different courses. However, the top bar is just by far the most useful thing all over the platform. I have used different LMSs during my career, and I have always wished other platforms had this feature. Not only it helps me find my way around, but also makes me feel secure and organized about what I am doing. I really love this feature! #### Cons Some features that can be improved are the comment section and the tool for evaluations. Firstly, the comment section doesn't sort out comments following a useful pattern such as relevance. It only shows comments following the time of submission. I think this makes users miss great opportunities for interaction and knowledge sharing. The second feature that can be improved is the tool for evaluations. I think this puts a bar that limits tests to a simple questionnaire. I think having external features such as wall annotation or video response would expand the spectrum for grading and evaluation. --- ### Wonderful Course Management Platform - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: March 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with Schoology has been fantastic, and I would definitely recommend it to other instructors who are willing to give it a try. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What I like most about Schoology is its ability to allow the instructor to compile all necessary course information into one easy-to-use online portal. Via this portal, I am able to create and post assignments, mark down due dates, grade the aforementioned assignments, among a plethora of other essential tasks, such as attendance tracking, progress report generation, and managing regrade requests. I am also able to communicate with students directly through the portal, which is great just in case the students want to keep their personal email addresses private. Lastly, customer service is very friendly, convenient, and helpful any time I need them, (which is infrequent, as the platform lives up to its expectations on a regular basis without any mishaps, which is fantastic, especially for efficiency's sake). #### Cons There is honestly very little that I dislike about Schoology, as it really does help me manage my classroom in an efficient manner, eliminating all of the hassle I was occasionally confronted with prior to my implementation of the platform, (the same applies to the students' perspectives on the matter, according to a mini-survey I provided them with). With all that being said, however, if I were to choose one aspect which could be further improved upon, it would be the performance of the app on both Apple and Android devices. I occasionally receive complaints from students pertaining to random crashes of the app, assignments not being able to be submitted, and various other technical issues. I must add that these issues are rare, but it would be nice if they could be eliminated in their entirety. Other than that, there is really not much else I can report as being a negative. #### Reasons for choosing Schoology I decided to choose Schoology over Gradescope due to having received positive reviews from other fellow instructors. I am happy I made the choice that I made. --- ### Number 1 LMS on the Market - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nick A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I can't imagine my experience both teaching using Schoology and leading professional development for teachers without Schoology. It has afforded me an opportunity to totally revamp my district's PD to something more teacher centered, self paced, and differentiated, by putting together an online database of modules tailored to our specific district needs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This is hands-down my go-to LMS for education. Having used a variety of LMS programs out there, and having come from some such as Google Classroom, and 3DGameLab, Schoology is top notch. Constantly being updated, Schoology helps transition the focus from the teacher to the student. The best features are Schoology's ability to integrate with other tools, as teachers can embed edtech tools such as Padlet, Polleverywhere, Thinglink, etc into a Schoology assignment using their LTI integration. As they continue to partner with other edtech companies, some of these then become options within their platform. I have used their integrated Conferences, Lock Down Browser, and more. The ability to transition ownership to the students, monitor their work while letting them work at their own pace is truly remarkable and a game-changer in education. #### Cons There are some things I wish were available such as the ability to share an entire folder of contents with an individual student, or to set separate completion rules/dates for assignments within a folder. Not sure why these aren't options. I also think a way to automatically award badges upon completion would really help teachers cut down on time awarding them. --- ### Transforming the Digital Space - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Deanna S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Schoology has enabled me to create a digital platform for my students to access whenever and however they need. Being a traveling teacher has its own unique set of obstacles, but Schoology has empowered me to bring my in-person style and flare to the digital space. I no longer feel as I am scatted around multiple classrooms. Each of my digital classrooms are organized in the same manner so there is a sense of structure to my instruction, just like a physical space would allow. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love that I can use Schoology as a vehicle to personalization--personalization for student learning and personalization for my instruction. I am able to add/delete assignments for students. I can create assignments for specific groups of students. It is easier to use the same rubric for similar assignments because the rubric is already built and saved. I can deliver lessons in various methods. My instruction and assessment have become more transparent (and more fair!) for students due to these features. #### Cons The features that I most dislike about Schoology revolve around the integrations with Google Drive and TurnItIn. While I have long applauded the Google integration, I detest that the Google assignments (when submitted through this integration) are not time stamped. Also, my colleagues and I have found TurnItIn to be a bit more complicated than necessary to use. It is not intuitive, and rather difficult to explain to students. I often end up not using it. --- ### Best LMS hands down! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I've built many project-based and blended learning courses within the Schoology LMS that have allowed me to revolutionize the traditional classroom. We saw huge increases in student accountability and achievement, and tracking student progress has never been so easy. We also use Schoology to take asynchronous remote attendance with just a few clicks of a button. I am extremely proud of what my school has been able to accomplish with this platform. The feedback and ideas I get from both students and teachers continues to inspire me to take learning to the next level using Schoology. Our new virtual classroom is more fun, interactive, and engaging than ever before! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Schoology is packed with features that let educators customize their courses and content to meet the specific learning needs of various populations of students. The user interface is fresh, simple, and easy to navigate. Many popular external applications are already integrated and available to use within the Schoology platform and sync effortlessly with the gradebook. For me personally, I really appreciate the way I can build customized, authentic, and engaging assessments from their wide assortment of question types. Schoology also has a badge rewards system where teachers can reward students for accomplishing certain tasks. Schoology simply is super customizable with a ton of features that other LMS don't offer. #### Cons As a user of many learning management systems over the past decade, there is no area where I feel Schoology is lacking in. It is the best for what it does. --- ### Schoology - like a Swiss army knife for educators! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Gilda G. - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have used Schoology as a teacher with students and as a professional development platform with other teachers. I love all the options I have for sharing content of all types and engaging students in many ways. I constantly find new features to try out with my students. In addition, I am one of the system admins for our school district. I have used both the Basic (free) version and the Enterprise version. Schoology Support is always helpful, and while they cannot always meet my needs right away, they are always working on site improvements and new features. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros •Ease of use - Most teachers, students, and parents learn to navigate the LMS pretty easily. •Many levels of use - Teachers can begin using the LMS at a simple, basic level with great success, and then progress to use more advanced features that enrich the educational experience of their students. I love incorporating online discussions and media albums in my classes. •Anywhere, anytime - Teachers can set up their daily classes in Schoology, embedding images, media, discussions, quizzes, and more. This lends itself to all types of teaching experiences from whole class to small group to individual assignments. Assignments can actually be assigned to small groups or individual students, and these will not populate the Schoology feeds of other students. The Schoology course can be used to facilitate the classroom experience, but also allows student access to classroom content 24/7. •Great integration with G Suite - Schoology plays very well with all things Google. I love the Google Drive Assignments app, which organizes my students’ assignments so beautifully. #### Cons •Cannot create recurring calendar events. •Badges are only visible on Profile Page. I wish they were more visible on all pages, like they are in Khan Academy. Badges are also not visible on the iOS platform. •I wish assignments had both “assigned on” dates, as well as “due dates.” --- ### Schoology is a great way to engage students! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall Schoology was a great way to engage students and assess their learning in a more interactive and interesting way. The student's seemed to like it better than using just books so it was more engaging for them. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Before I transitioned out of teaching, I used Schoology quite a bit as a teacher. Schoology made it easy and convenient to engage students in the classroom. You could post informational resources for them such as notes and websites, or create more interactive lessons with embedded youTube or other videos and they can be set up so students can do scavenger hunt type things on the computer. They also can be used for assessments to see if students learned the material they were supposed to, as an exit ticket, or a way to review information at home. These assessments could then be loaded directly into e-school for student grades. #### Cons One thing I found difficult was sometimes setting up answers to questions especially if I wanted a more free response type of question, although they do offer ways to grade on a rubric as well. Sadly in the day and age of inflating grades there was also no way to grade on a curve, which meant that even though grades could be directly loaded into e-school, administrators desired you to then have to go back into e-school to inflate student grades. All in all they seemed to be keen to adding new features that made things easier for teachers. They also had two different kinds of assessments, one of which I found not nearly as friendly as the other to use. --- ### Schoology for Synchronous and Asychronous Learning - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Janelle W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We use Schoology to provide synchronous and asynchronous instruction for our students across all schools and grade levels in our district. Overall, the experience has been positive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros What I like most about Schoology is the ability to integrate multiple external tools within a Schoology course--you can embed videos, apps, and other tools directly within Schoology, which allows students a single point of access for all of the learning tools they'll need for a given lesson. For example, you can easily embed a FlipGrid, Padlet, or EdPuzzle directly into Schoology--this has been a great benefit to teachers and students. #### Cons There are a few small issues that we have a Schoology users--the most notable is the inability to force-submit quizzes and tests on behalf of students who forget to submit their assessments. This makes it impossible for the teacher to grade a students work without having the student go in an press the submit button. Additionally, the inability of teachers to rotate pages in document submissions (i.e. the student uploads a document horizontally, but it needs to be read vertically) adds additional difficulties for teachers as they grade. Finally, the fact that when a student uploads multiple pages to an assignment, Schoology displays them in size order instead of in the order they are uploaded increases difficulty for teachers when it comes to grading because often an assignment is not in the correct order. --- ### Soar with Schoology - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kelsey A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Schoology is by far the best educational tool for students, even in Elementary School. The program is so easy to use, one-stop-shop for teachers to house all their materials, and a great way to keep parents informed and aware of their student's academics! I have used Schoology for 2 years and I have led the drive for this tool for elementary classrooms in my district. Schoology has changed the way I teach and how I personalize learning for my students! So easy for students to understand as well! I am extremely happy with Schoology and I would reccommend Schoology to be used in all districts across the world! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - Syncs straight to your Google Drive. - Nearpod and EdPuzzle syncs right into Schoology courses. - Syncs with District Gradebook for easy grading. - Individualized folders and assignments is great for personalizing learning. - Student completion tool to keep student's accountable for their work. - Allows for embedding teacher videos so student's don't have to navigate away from Schoology. - Add personal touches like course pictures, profile pictures, color folders, Bitmoji interactive classroom announcements, interactive buttons, etc. - Great calendar feature to put in meetings and share with other students or educators. - Great for all ages! #### Cons There are a lot of districts across the world now adopting Schoology so sometimes the software could be slower than usual. I would also like to be able to change the colors of the folders to my own options. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology Our district purchased Schoology:) --- ### The.LMS.System - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Traci D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: July 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Having come from Google Classroom, Schoology is a more robust learning management system. Teachers can create assignments, discussions, assessments. There is more than just a stream of posts. Folders are necessary to organize content. There is a free version of it that still has decent features but the enterprise version has ALL the tools that you need to manage student learning, grades, feedback, and communication. The online grade-book has the ability to create assessments and rubrics and keep track of student performance. I love that students can use the app, in addition to the Chromebook. #### Cons The learning curve can be steep; the user interface can be overwhelming. I wish that I could link sections of courses so that the I didn't have to re-post the same items in another section. For example, I teach two 7th grade sections. I find myself manually copying and posting in each separately - this takes extra time. Right now this doesn't have grade-book integration for our district, they are working on it. Grade-book integration is truly a requirement. Students and parents also cite issues with things being reported as late/over due that actually are not. Parents may need a streamlined interface or some free training. In terms of communication, it would be helpful to see stats on the message (how many read out of how many). --- ### Schoology - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Yves C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My experience with Schoology is great! My child loves it as well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What I liked most about Schoology is the grade book. The reason why I like the grade book is because its very easy to se if my child is doing well and if they are struggling I'm able to help them with their work. #### Cons What I didn't like about Schoology was the extra courses that weren't needed and I'm having trouble removing them. --- ### Schoology Success! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Brittany B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered At first, I will admit, I struggled using Schoology and I am pretty tech-savvy. After spending some time diving into it, I found it is pretty user-friendly, easily accessible by both students and parents, and a great way to present documents, stations for classes, and assignments. I loved being able create groups for stations and color coding each one. Made it simple for my younger students. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Schoology is a platform that has features perfect for a middle/high school classroom setting. It allows the ability to have students access their assigned class and find documents needed throughout the year. It is simple and straightforward for students, allows administrators to create groups within the school for educators (ELA, 5th grade, etc.), and can be utilized by everyone. #### Cons It is not an aesthetically pleasing platform, with little to no design features, minus a picture and color coding the folders. #### Reasons for switching to Schoology It was a school-wide switch to using Schoology. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/schoology-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Schoology Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice