ago 2009 new york city new york u.s. headquarters new york city new york u.s. area served worldwide founder s jeremy friedman ryan hwang tim trinidad bill kindler key people jeremy friedman co founder ceo bill kindler co founder executive vice president ryan hwang co founder chief product officer tim trinidad co founder cto employees 100 website www.schoology.com type of site learning management system course management system virtual learning environment registration required available in english spanish french malay japanese english uk schoology is a learning management system lms for k 12 schools higher education institutions and corporations that allows users to create manage and share content and resources . also known as a course management system cms or virtual learning environment vle the cloud based platform provides tools to manage any classroom or blended learning environment . 1 contents 1 background 2 product 3 references 4 external links background edit the schoology platform was designed by jeremy friedman ryan hwang and tim trinidad in 2 2007 while still undergraduates at washington university in st. louis mo. originally designed for sharing notes additional features and functionality continue to be added . 3 schoology secured its first institutional round of venture capital funding amounting to 1.25 m from meakam becker venture capital in june 2010 following an angel investment in 2009 from an unnamed investor . 4 in 2012 schoology raised 5 6m in a round led by firstmark capital and in 2014 a 6 15m round of funding was led by intel capital . as of november 2014 schoology has over 9.5 million users across 100 000 schools in 200 countries around the world . 7 in november 2015 schoology announced its 32 million series d funding round led by jmi equity . 8 product edit visually familiar to users of facebook 1 and other popular social networking websites the service includes attendance records online gradebook tests and quizzes and homework dropboxes . the social media interface facilitates collaboration among a class a group or a school . 3 schoology can be integrated with existing school reporting and information systems 4 and also provides the added security filters and support that school districts may require . 4 schoology is offered to educators free of charge . revenue is generated with a fee based enterprise product that includes premium add ons such as customized branding advanced analytics single sign on sso and data integration with existing student information systems sis . 9 native mobile applications are available for ios android and kindle devices . product enhancements have included text message notifications integrations with google drive dropbox and evernote ims global learning tools interoperability lti educational and non educational apps 10 a shared resources library mastery analytics and a question importer for tests and quizzes . users include 11 san juan usd 12 colorado state university global campus 13 department of defense education activity 14 uruguay s plan ceibal 15 greenwich public schools 16 judson independent school district westminster christian academy 17 palo alto unified school district 18 cempaka schools in malaysia 19 the downingtown stem academy rocklin unified school district and san diego unified school district jefferson county school district cincinnati public schools 20 and los angeles unified school district . references edit a b conte henry s. may 2 2011 . facebook like web site helps students and teachers communicate . facebook fanpost . retrieved july 15 2011 . about us schoology . a b moran gwen october 2010 . the rise of the virtual classroom . entrepreneur magazine . irvine california . retrieved july 15 2011 . a b c new program merges learning management and social media platforms . district administration . norwalk connecticut . august 2010 . retrieved july 15 2011 . empson rip . 1m users strong schoology grabs 6m to take on blackboard moodle . pofeldt elaine . disruptive classroom technology lures vcs in new round . how does an lms go viral worldwide schoology shares secrets to growth edsurge news . 19 november 2014 . crook jordan . schoology cloud based education platform lands 32 million series d . techcrunch . retrieved 2015 11 10 . wauters robin june 7 2010 . schoology raises 1.25 million for learning management software . techcrunch . retrieved july 15 2011 . https app.schoology.com apps leveraging edtech for personalized learning san juan usd implements schoology districtwide schoology . higher ed and k 12 lms success stories schoology . department of defense agency awards contract to schoology schoology . editor sean cavanagh senior 12 june 2014 . schoology wins contract for ambitious ed tech project in uruguay . greenwich school district adds schoology to its teaching tools . goodbye gradequick hello schoology . schoology blog . 12 january 2011 . retrieved 15 july 2011 . segrave ashley 24 august 2009 . wca to pilot social networking in the classroom . the wildcat roar . retrieved 15 july 2011 . schoology announces 1 million investment from for profit education company in malaysia that uses its collaborative learning platform business wire . palo alto unified school district schoology login portal . cincinnati public schools schoology portal . external links edit official schoology website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title schoology & oldid 742903170 categories educational technology companieseducational softwaresocial networking serviceslearning management systems navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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