Mary Kate Gallo November 2, 2013

Background
K-12 Board of Education No current LMS in district Will be used primarily in the Middle School and High School

What is an LMS?
Learning Management Systems A program used to plan, implement, and assess a specific goal in the learning process.

Software application
Web-based program

Why Do We Need This?

Everything is in one place!

Planning
Creating Communicating

Collaborating
Delivering Assessing

Analyzing

Schoology

The Basics
Web-based Unlimited number of users Cloud based Privacy options $100/student

Getting Started

Administrator inputs user information Teacher creates page Access code for students Students create a log-in

Staying Organized

Notifications Workload Planning Organizer Calendar

Color-coded Due Dates

Assignments

Files can be submitted

Easy to collaborate with others, grade, and

provide feedback

Create audio and video files Create rubrics Tests/Quizzes through the portal Online Grading/Attendance Link everything to the Common Core Standards Incorporate learning apps into the portal

Communication

Teacher-Student Teacher-teacher professional networks Group discussions Collaborative group work spaces Connect with other schools

Data

Log-ins times Assessment/Assign ment times and results By individual, class, or school Compare results

Why Schoology?
Mobile app Common Core links Cloud based Advanced analysis for data User friendly

For More Information

https://www.schoology.com/learningmanagement-system.php#enterprise