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Schoolbox

Score4.2 out of 10

3 Reviews and Ratings

What is Schoolbox?

Because learners thrive in a connected community.

Schoolbox is an integrated, all-in-one learning management system (LMS), community portal, and engagement platform for K-12 schools.

Schoolbox is designed to present a robust solution that connects the entire school community, and drives innovative teaching and learning. Schoolbox is self or cloud hosted, integrated, flexible, and secure to simplify communication and collaboration in schools, and improve teaching and learning.

Categories & Use Cases

Media

Devices
School News Feed
Calendar - eDiary
My Classes
Class Markbook
Inline Grader.
Timetable
Student Grade Report
Teachers Pending Assessments
Learning Analytics
Rubric Markbook
Course Markbook
Middle-Years Student Dashboard
Parent Dashboard
Class Page
My Groups
Student Profile
Pastoral Record of Achievement
Pastoral Care
Fixtures
School News
Student ePortfolio
Resource Browser
Quickmark

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Top Performing Features

  • Mobile friendly

    Students or employees can access content from mobile devices. Course authors can develop responsive learning content.

    Category average: 7.1

  • Assignments

    Users can assign courses/curricula to individuals or groups, with due dates.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Learning administration

    Administrators can manage the content and people (students/employees, course authors, instructors, etc.) on the platform.

    Category average: 7.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Progress tracking & certifications

    The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Learning reporting & analytics

    Provides insights into course completion, engagement with learning content, etc.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Social learning

    Includes features for collaboration and knowledge sharing among peers.

    Category average: 7.6

Schoolbox the whole package.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use schoolbox daily as our LMS and user portal. <div>As an LMS, it allows our teachers to easily organise class information, assessments and feedback. As a portal it allows our school to manage group communications between staff, parents and students. You can use a range of media types as it supports the use of images, video and embedded web content. It also has support for LTI integrations.</div>

Pros

  • Learning management
  • Feedback management
  • Communications - email/news posting

Cons

  • User interface
  • System search
  • Quiz builder

Return on Investment

  • It’s a time saver for teachers as course information can be re-used
  • User administration rules allows for automation
  • Parent comms are centralised and easily managed

Alternatives Considered

Canvas

Other Software Used

Google Workspace for Education, Microsoft 365, Canva