The Schoology platform is a fully built, commercial off-the-shelf Learning Management System.  Schoology is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, a 100% cloud-based learning management solution offering browser support for Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Firefox 3.5+, and Microsoft Edge Browser.

By deploying a cloud-based SaaS system, Schoology does not have to build out heavy infrastructure to support new institutional implementations.  Once a district signs with Schoology, the district will be assigned an onboarding team. This team will develop a plan that includes technical integrations, roles and permission set up, and system administration training to ensure the district is set up for a successful roll out of the platform.

Schoology adheres to all major interoperability standards and enables a district to leverage third-party applications within the platform, either through our API or by conforming to IMS Global Standards. Schoology is compliant with the following standards: IMS, IMS Enterprise, Common Cartridge, OneRoster, QTI (Question Test Interoperability), LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), OSID (Open Service Interface Definition), LDAP Authentication, SCORM, XML, and Web Services (i.e. SOA – Service Oriented Architecture).

Schoology also provides over 200 pre-built integrations in our App center. Our extensible platform can support the district’s needs today and in the future.

Schoology also allows instructors to include multimedia resources and to easily access third-party and OER content within the platform. Integrations with such vendors as Nearpod, CK-12 and more allow instructors to add content to their course with a click.

Schoology Learning offers a true Learning Object Repository (Resources). The Resources area is divided into Personal, Public and Group, giving users the ability to organize, collect and store all the materials they have created throughout the school year and the flexibility to share those materials with others. Schoology Learning actively promotes the ability to share these resources with peers, the school, the district at large, and even with the global Schoology Learning community. All types of content, including audio and video files, images, interactive materials and more can be stored in the Resources area.

• Schoology Public Resources
• Schoology Resources

Schoology integrates with both Google and Microsoft.  Courses may not be directly imported into Schoology from Google Classroom or Microsoft TEAMS.

Schoology Learning’s integration with GSuite and Office 365 gives your educators and students all the benefits of Google and Microsoft within a powerful learning management system.  Schoology Learning’s integration allows users to easily access Google Drive and OneDrive Documents.

Schoology Learning has an enhanced Google and Microsoft integration, including Google Drive and OneDrive assignment apps, that enables a seamless workflow that allows instructors to assign and distribute copies of Google and Microsoft Documents for students to fill out as their assignment submissions. 

The district will assign three support administrators who will have access to the Schoology Support Team through email, chat, and phone.

Schoology offers three distinct support packages.

Standard Support (No Cost)

24/7/365 Online Help Center

24/7/365 Online Community

Email/Web support within 2-day response time for Support Contacts

Phone support for Support Contacts Mon-Fri 8am-8pm ET

Chat support for Support Contacts Mon-Fri 8am-8pm ET

Up to 3 Admin Support Contacts

Premium Support (18% of the annual subscription or minimum of $1,800):

24/7/365 Online Help Center

24/7/365 Online Community

24/7/365 Email/Web support within 8-hour response time for Support Contacts

24/7/365 Phone support for Support Contacts

24/7/365 Chat support for Support Contacts

Up to 3 Admin Support Contacts

Premium Plus (25% of the annual subscription or minimum of $2,500):

24/7/365 Online Help Center

24/7/365 Online Community

24/7/365 Email/Web support within 8-hour response time for System Administrators and instructors

24/7/365 Phone support for System Administrators and instructors

24/7/365 Chat support for System Administrators and instructors

Up to 3 Admin Support Contacts 

Help Center:

All Schoology users can access support documentation 24/7/365 via the Schoology Help Center: https://support.schoology.com. This resource contains a wealth of curated content, including role-based user guides, a document center with quick reference cards and release notes, troubleshooting tips, Schoology FAQ’s, and an archive of regularly updated trainings, videos, and webinars. Schoology also provides active community support within the Help Center, with discussions and responses moderated by Schoology employees, and regular announcements of new Schoology features.

Schoology understands that dynamic and engaging materials are the heart of a teacher’s course. We also understand that having the ability to store and easily reuse those materials is important and can save a teacher valuable time that can then be dedicated to working with students. Some learning management systems force an “archive” process at the end of a term. With Schoology, since storage is not limited, instead of an “archive” process that removes old material, Schoology allows for content to be kept online indefinitely, moving inactive courses into an “Inactive” view so that it doesn’t clutter the interface. If the division allows, teachers can always find courses they used in prior years and copy material from those into new courses.

With that said, we have worked hard to make it even easier for teachers to reuse content from year to year. For this reason, Schoology offers a true Learning Object Repository (Resources). The Resources area is divided into Personal, Public and Group, giving users the ability to organize, collect and store all the materials they have created throughout the school year and the flexibility to share those materials with others. 

In addition, Schoology’s Rich Text Editor allows instructors to easily edit and modify content at any time.  As soon as you make an update to a course or multiple section-linked courses, that update will be posted.

Our solution was specifically designed to foster a sense of community and increase collaboration. Schoology reaches users through familiar social networking communication, group functionality that encourages users to collaboratively design and create materials, and a number of platform tools to increase student engagement.

When users log in, they can choose between a course dashboard view or a recent activity feed. The recent activity feed displays all of the announcements and updates across the courses and groups in which the user is enrolled, making it easy to stay up to date on course and co-curricular activity. Users can reply to posts with comments, audio or video and can even “like” one another’s posts.

In addition, Schoology offers the following tools:

Web conferencing & Whiteboard - Schoology Conferences allow course and group admins to create, plan, and hold live audio and video conferences.

Chat - Chat functionality is provided through Schoology Conferences as well as integration with Backchannel Chat.

Messages - Schoology provides a secure and configurable messaging engine that can connect to external email systems (e.g. Google, Outlook, etc.).

Announcements - Directly from the homepage, users can post announcements to specific users, courses, groups, or to the institution as a whole.

Surveys and Polls - Schoology offers a native polling tool that allows users to poll Courses, Groups, and the entire institution or system.

Audio and Video - Users can upload prerecorded videos and audio files. In addition, users can record videos and audio files directly within the platform as submissions to assignments, posts to discussions and as feedback to students.

Discussions - Instructors can easily create an interactive course or group discussion which can be graded and linked to learning objects, and aligned to learning outcomes and resources.

Groups - Schoology Groups provide unique functionality for collaboration outside of the course environment.

Collaborative Documents - The Schoology platform offers deep integrations with enhanced collaborative tools such as Google Drive, which allows users to share and build content in a manner similar to Wikis.

Schoology offers a number of ways to support project/problem-based learning. With grading groups, instructors can group students together and assign each group a set of materials, a problem set and a discussion thread. Using the discussion thread, the group members can collaborate on the project, share materials, and discuss their approach to solving the problem presented by the instructor.

Schoology also allows instructors to easily create cross-curricular projects. Within a course, instructors can create a shared discussion that allows other instructors to join their classes in the same discussion. In this way, a history course and an English course can join together to discuss a novel and the historical context of the novel. The shared discussion enables collaboration beyond the confines of a class.

Using Schoology’s Groups, instructors are also able to create cross-curricular collaborative environments for students to work on projects with other students who may be outside of their course.

For example, if the history and English teachers wanted their ninth-grade students to complete a project in which the students would read a novel and do research on historical events during the novel's writing, the English and history instructors could create a group for all of the students in all of the courses.

Students can then work together using discussions and sharing materials.

Teachers and administrators can create badges to reward learners and reinforce positive behavior. Custom badges can be created using a choice of shapes, colors, and any image or animated gif.

Schoology is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, a 100% cloud-based learning management solution offering browser support for Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Firefox 3.5+, and Microsoft Edge Browser. Native mobile apps extend Schoology’s functionality to iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices.

Unlike other Learning Management Systems, Schoology provides a single app to access all aspects of the platform.  Schoology Learning’s mobile app extends Blended Learning beyond the traditional classroom. They transform learning into a collaborative experience on any device, anytime, anywhere.

Schoology Learning Enterprise edition is an all-inclusive fully hosted system that transforms a variety of critical but sometimes disconnected systems into a thriving digital ecosystem. Everything students and teachers need is in one easy-to-use platform. Teach, learn, communicate, share and collaborate anytime on any device. Schoology Learning provides Course Management, Curriculum Management, Communication and Collaboration tools, an integrated Assessment experience, an integrated Resources area, Collaborative Workspaces for students and teachers, Actionable Analytics, Extensible Integration, and more. The district will find Schoology Learning to be an intuitive, easy-to-use platform that teachers will embrace to increase student engagement and drive better student outcomes.

The Schoology Difference

K-12 Focus → A Teaching & Learning Technology Built for K-12

Interoperability → One-Stop-Shop for the district

Standards Alignment → Easy tracking of Student Progress

Integrated Assessment and Data → Informed Instructional Decisions

Communication and Collaboration →Bring Your Community Together

Centralized Repositories → Sharing of Best Materials and Resources

Schoology has developed a Student Information System (SIS) integration platform that enables Schoology to integrate with any SIS that provides a web services API.

At Schoology, our mission is to "Advance What's Possible in Education."  The Schoology team is committed to providing the tools, resources and support you need to “advance what’s possible in your organization.” Our goal is to empower you and give you the tools you need to design authentic, learner-driven activities to transform the educational environment.

Schoology's Professional Development Team will develop a training plan to meet the district's needs. A Schoology Instructor will administer all training for clients. Ultimately, the staff that participates in training will have a full understanding of how to use Schoology and will then be able to help support and train your end users.

Courses include the following:

- Schoology Basics- System Administration

- Schoology for Master Instructors

- Developing Curriculum Collaboratively

The Schoology Professional Development also offers a full catalog of courses (Schoology.com/PD) which can be purchased.

In addition to the courses delivered to clients, Schoology’s Professional Development team offers other opportunities for clients to learn about the features of Schoology.  Some of these items include:

- Monthly Webinars that cover new features and enhancements, upcoming changes, and Schoology Best Practices.

- Monthly release notes that cover new features and enhancements that have been released during the previous month.

- Videos and Quick Reference Cards that break down everyday tasks for instructors.

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Prices below are in addition to Nassau BOCES COL subscription fee and an administration fee (15%)