Schoology review
Bottom line
Schoology is a K-12 learning management system that combines course building, assessment, grading, and family communication in one product. Its clearest strength is breadth, with a long integration list, an API, and a free trial before committing. The main limitation is that no starting price or free plan is published, so cost cannot be compared up front. It suits schools and districts that want one platform to run both classroom work and parent-facing records.
What is Schoology?
Schoology is a learning management system built for K-12 schools. It covers the core work of running a class: building courses, assigning work, testing students, and recording grades. It replaces scattered documents, separate gradebooks, and disconnected messaging with one place where teachers, students, and families can see the same information.
Day to day, teachers build courses with built-in course authoring, create Tests and Assessments, and manage results in a Gradebook. Progress Tracking and Progress Reports show where each student stands, and Report Cards and Transcripts carry that record forward. Students move through Learning Paths and Tracks, and classes can run synchronous sessions through Video Conferencing and Real-Time Chat alongside asynchronous work. Attendance Tracking, Class Scheduling, and Reminders handle routine administration. Schoology supports audio, image, and video content, SCORM-compliant material, and media import.
The product lists Special Education and School District among its features, and its typical customers include freelancers, small businesses, mid-size businesses, and enterprises. Schoology does not publish a starting price and does not offer a free plan, but a free trial is available. Training is offered in person, through live online sessions, webinars, documentation, and videos. Support runs by email and help desk, phone, chat, FAQs and forum, and a 24/7 live representative.
What sets Schoology apart is how much it connects to the tools schools already use. Its integrations include Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, Dropbox, Canva, Edpuzzle, Pear Deck, Blackboard, and PowerSchool, and it provides an API for custom connections. The Parent Portal, Gamification, and Social Learning features sit inside the same product as course delivery and grading, so families and students engage without leaving the LMS.
Who it's for
- K-12 schools
- School districts
- Teachers managing blended courses
Who should look elsewhere
- Buyers who need a published price before evaluating
- Users who need a free ongoing plan
Typical uses
- Building and grading K-12 courses
- Running blended and synchronous classes
- Sharing student progress with parents
- Connecting an LMS to existing school tools
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