--- 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/za/lms/schoology-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Assessment Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/assessment-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: 482 ### 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: 270 reviews (56%) - 4 stars: 157 reviews (33%) - 3 stars: 39 reviews (8%) - 2 stars: 9 reviews (2%) - 1 star: 7 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - 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. - I like Schoology because it can be used from grades K-12 and it has everything you need for keeping parents informed. - The main aspect I enjoyed the most about Schoology was layout design of the software. ### 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 found it hard to communicate with students in that they didn't seem to get alerts. ## Schoology customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 482 (page 1). ### Didattica 2.0: Gestire il Corso di Diritto con Schoology. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered L'esperienza più gratificante è l'utilizzo dei "Gruppi" di Schoology per simulazioni processuali o lavori di ricerca di gruppo. Immagina di dividere la classe in "studi legali" virtuali, ognuno con una propria cartella condivisa e un'area di discussione privata: vedere gli studenti caricare autonomamente i propri atti, confrontarsi sulle strategie difensive e ricevere feedback mirato dal docente in un unico spazio digitale elimina la dispersione di materiali via email o chat di classe. Il docente diventa un vero facilitatore di un processo che si sviluppa e matura sotto i suoi occhi, passo dopo passo, in modo trasparente e ordinato. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Il vantaggio principale è la sua interfaccia "social", che risulta estremamente familiare agli studenti delle superiori. Per una materia spesso percepita come teorica e complessa come il Diritto, la possibilità di utilizzare un "wall" (bacheca) per discutere sentenze di attualità o casi studio con commenti, like e thread di discussione rende la partecipazione più naturale. Trasforma il Diritto da una serie di nozioni passivamente ricevute a un dibattito attivo e costante, favorendo lo sviluppo di competenze critiche e di cittadinanza digitale in un ambiente protetto e controllato dal docente. #### Cons Lo svantaggio principale è legato alla localizzazione. Schoology è una piattaforma di matrice anglosassone; sebbene sia intuitiva, l'interfaccia e gran parte della documentazione di supporto sono in inglese. Per un docente italiano, ciò può complicare la gestione delle impostazioni più avanzate o la comunicazione con le famiglie meno avvezze a interfacce non in lingua madre. Inoltre, l'integrazione con il registro elettronico ministeriale (obbligatorio in Italia) non sempre è nativa o fluida, il che può costringerti a un doppio lavoro di caricamento dei voti. --- ### Schoology Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christy L. - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: March 2026 - 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 find Schoology to be easy to use and like that almost all that you need is on one screen right in front of you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like Schoology because it can be used from grades K-12 and it has everything you need for keeping parents informed. #### Cons The problem I find I encounter the most is it looks as though a student has not turned in an assignment, but they have and it wasn't graded yet. --- ### Schoology Classroom Use - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Schoology has been integral in our district for years. It's simple to copy-forward courses each year. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The LockDown Browser enabled secure testing within the app. We have wrestled with other options at a device level and the in-browser version is great. There are some really good integrations to other systems as well. #### Cons It seems like it isn't maintained as well as the rest of the PowerSchool options. I fear that Schoology may not be supported over the long haul. --- ### Schoology was a great tool for me! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Barrett D. - Industry: Hospitality - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: November 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Schoology was great! I never had any issues navigating the system and everything was straight-forward. I can easily find my grades, assignments, modules, and instructor information. A person really only needs about 15-20 minutes to understand the system layout. The only downfall is when there would be software issues with uploading assignments. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The main aspect I enjoyed the most about Schoology was layout design of the software. It was very simple to navigate between classes and assignments. It was also very simple to upload assignments and view the instructor feedback. I never had any issues with security so I never had to contact customer support. #### Cons The only issue I came across while using Schoology is sometimes bugs and issues would happen. There would be times I couldn't upload an assignment due to the software. This issue was easily resolved by contacting the teacher; which they spoke with customer support and figured out the issue. --- ### Virtual Learning Made Easy - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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.) --- ### Schoology is Overall a Quality LMS - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · weekly - Reviewed: February 2025 - 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 was good. I think Schoology has many great qualities, but this appears to differ based on what level the district purchases of this platform. I also like that Schoology provides a central location for assignments, course materials, etc. It also allows parents to access class assignments and their student’s grades. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I liked the ability to have grades, assignments, and course materials on one platform. #### Cons Schoology was not as user friendly as other platforms such as Google Classroom. You could also only attach 1 link or doc at a time. --- ### Great for Fast Feedback - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It allows me to get fast feedback from students in the form of quizzes. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The ease of use for myself when uploading or creating quizzes and for students when taking tests or engaging in discussions online . I also like the function that allows students to see the correct answer to questions once they have submitted their quiz. #### Cons When grading short answer essay questions, there are too many steps to get to the question and it slows down the immediacy of my responses. --- ### Schoology - good functionality, but GUI is dated and needs additional admin functions - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. --- ### Excellent LMS with a variety of features - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. --- ### Better than our previous system - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - 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. --- ### Schoology - Powerful, but User Friendly LMS - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - 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. --- ### Love this LMS! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. --- ### Easy but not..... - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. --- ### Schoology: the Management System for Supporting ALL Learners in person, blended, and remote - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Primary/ Secondary Education - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: January 2022 - 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 has allowed me to connect meaningfully with each of my students remote, blended, and in person. It took some time to figure out the little aspects of it, but once I found out how to be creative with it I can really express any content in a meaningful way. I have also created content for the whole district that is done well and meaningfully, and I could not as a teacher do that and share that before without this product. I have engaged students more, students are learning technical skills, and overall my classroom is better for it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love how easily Schoology is to manage, for students to use it, for me to be creative when working with it, for the programs embedded in and can be synchronized with it, and more. Schoology has extended my learning as a teacher and my students’ learning as well. #### Cons I wish that there was more language support other than Spanish for the site languages. Swahili and Arabic would be helpful to add since they are highly spoken in our district. --- ### small time user - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Cosmetics - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I was satisfied with the small amount of time I used Schoology as it was predominantly just used for a space for the student to have learning material. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Easy to use, clear layout, could add links to microsoft sway previous learning material. #### Cons There was space for learning material, but from my time in using it there wasn't any space for overly interactive learning activities. --- ### Amazing Gradebook Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. --- ### Schoology Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. it is very helpful for us teachers and students the way we conduct conferences and post activities for the school #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros actually everything, conferences, messages, resources that allow us to store materials on our accounts, easy to communicate with the students, teachers, and even parents. Can easily track the records of the students. #### Cons nothing, i like its features, the accessibility and efficiency of the application. --- ### Overly complicated, not intuitive, fails to account for what parent and student users need most - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Writing and Editing - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I hated Schoology at St. Isidore and then when my kids went to high school and they purchased this product, I was dumbfounded as to why the administration wanted it. All the parents are confused. When the App shows me it has new messages/alerts, I open the app, and nothing in the app tells me what is the alert - no "unread" messages, I have NO Idea where to go, so I have to go fishing for it. I don't know what else the product does, but it fails miserably at meeting the key needs of my two children and my needs to oversee how they are doing. My children also do not like this product. They have even been using it for 3+ years. They are in high school now. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros Nothing. Don't know why the administration purchased it. It was not worth the money. Most parents we know can't find anything in there and need multiple trainings. #### Cons Too many features, too many folders, trying to find anything on there is like looking for a needle in a haystack. iI is not intuitive at all - this company needs some apple developers on their staff. Fails to facilitate the most common uses for parents and students, with a focus on easy grade reporting and ease of accessing current assignments and the instructions from the teacher. I can't find anything in here. No parents I know like this software. --- ### Schoology helps - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: November 2024 - 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 Schoology interested well with other educations platforms. #### Cons There are so many working parts that it can be overwhelming at first. --- ### Schoology is an all-in-one resource for teachers and learners! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chris S. - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I am very impressed with Schoology and it's ease of use as an educator. It is terrific for students and parents to easily have access to resources, grades, and the ability to communicate with teachers. This is an amazing platform that I highly recommend! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the fact that I can easily organize my classroom with students. I can see grades in real-time, provide meaningful resources quickly, and communicate regularly with students and parents. #### Cons There are very few if any aspects of Schoology that I do not like. It has been the best learning platform I have used! --- ### Schoology Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Government Administration - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As a parent this program gives me peace of mind to know my child is doing great at school and I can stay up to date every step of the way. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ability to have real time data on your child's progress at school is amazing if there are any problems that need to be addressed or fixed you will know without delay. #### Cons There's not much to change about this software it works great for my families needs but an option for SMS messages would be great. --- ### Great for Educators - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. --- ### Best Educator Software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: January 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This software allowed me to finally free up time and focus on my teaching instead of paperwork! Even better, all the tests and assignments I make can be saved to assignment bank, and I can reuse them for years to come. Absolute game-changer. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I am a teacher and school district I work for recently rolled out schoology and mandated all teachers to use it and I think this has been the best move in years. Schoology is AMAZING. First, it's very user-friendly (homepage looks like Facebook news feed, and grade books mirror many early-stage online grade books). Gradebook is easy to use and my school district has embedded an option where grades can automatically transfer and post in the district database every 5 weeks. That alone takes hours of work away from teachers when grades are due! Second, students can submit assignments on schoology - everything from exit tickets and papers to discussions and even tests. No more stacks of papers to take home and grade - I can literally access those online from any device and grade at my spare time. Even better - tests and quizzes can be created manually and correct answers programmed in, so when the student submits it, Schoology grades it and posts the grade for you (you have an option to review to verify it). #### Cons I am a math teacher and I would like for the option to allow students to create graphs themselves when doing tests. Schoology does not yet have such options, and instead I have to create graphs and and insert those pictures into tests, and make any graphing question a multiple choice one. --- ### Schoology is a great way to engage students! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - 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. ---