- School Loop
Infobox Website
name=School Loop
url= [http://www.schoolloop.com schoolloop.com]
commercial=Yes
type=Online Application
reg=
owner=
author=Mark Gross
date_of_launch=
current_status=Online
rev=School Loop is an online application for Middle and High school students and parents to communicate with their teachers, as an alternative to
e-mail . It allows staff to access each student’s workload and grades and provides digital lockers to store and share files. Assignments and grades may be emailed home each day.History
School Loop was created by Mark Gross, a school teacher and parent, together with Tom Burns, an engineer.
Features
Schools and teachers can post
homework for students, school announcements, and downloads. Teachers can have a website inside schoolloop, where they can post class-specific information. Students can look up theirhomework , grades ande-mail their teachers. The system provides a calendar system for assignment due-dates. Students can also store files in a digital locker for later use. Groups can be formed by students with the permission of a teacher or a staff member. Parents can sign up to keep track of their child's progress and check homework, assignments and grades.List of Features:
*"Digital Drop-Box:" Turn in Homework Assignments online
*"Assignments Discussion:" Students can ask teachers and other students for help.
*"Gradebooks(for teachers):"Informs students of grade.
*"Automatic Homepages:" No HTML
*"Downloadable Rosters(teachers only):" Text or Excel Files
*"Daily Homework Email:" Email every 5 P.M. informinghomework assignments
*"LoopMail:" Safe, Secure, Filtered, Never Anonymous
*"Groups:" Departments, Clubs, etc.
*"News Publishing:" Publish news (teachers only)
*"Digital Locker:" Students store personal sites, documents, etc.Email
Schoolloop maintains an internal email system, "LoopMail". Users can send e-mail only to other Schoolloop users. Students receive an email daily which shows the student's current grades and homework. If a user LoopMails another user, the LoopMail is sent to both the LoopMail inbox and the recipient's regular e-mail inbox. The LoopMail system contains an anti-profanity filter, though this can still be bypassed by using
internet slang .Participating Schools
Approximately 220 schools use School Loop as their homework-online service. [ [http://live.schoolloop.com/portal/school_list School Loop: Participating Schools] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.schoolloop.com Official Website]
* [http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2007/06/11/interview-with-mark-gross/ Interview with Schoolloop creator, Mark Gross]
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