You’ve probably heard the buzz about Skooler and how it’s poised to revolutionize the way we learn and teach. As an educator, you know how time-consuming and tedious it can be to manage assignments, grades, and student information across different platforms. Skooler is here to change all that by integrating everything you need for your classroom into one easy-to-use system. In this article, we’ll give you a comprehensive overview of Skooler, how its modules connect with tools you already use like Microsoft 365, and why it should be your school’s next learning management system. If you’re ready to streamline your workflow, engage students, and take your teaching into the future, read on to discover why Skooler is the only solution you’ll ever need.Â
Skooler: An Overview
Skooler, a Norway-based edtech company is an innovative learning management system built for the modern classroom. Developed by Tor Ove Henriksen, Skooler seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365 Education to provide an all-in-one solution for teaching and learning.
Skooler’s simple yet powerful interface makes it easy to create and distribute assignments, share educational resources, and stay on top of student progress. You can add links, videos, images, documents, and text to create interactive assignments and share them with your students through Microsoft Teams.
A built-in timetable tool allows you to organize assignments, events, and activities on a school-wide, class, or individual level. Skooler’s analytics provide insight into student engagement and performance so you can give extra support to those who need it.
Fully hosted in Microsoft Azure, Skooler leverages the latest cloud technologies to offer a secure, scalable, and cost-effective LMS for schools of any size. Skooler’s seamless integration with Office 365 ensures a consistent experience across tools, simplifying administration and training.
Whether you want to flip your classroom, enable remote learning, or make the most of Microsoft 365, Skooler provides a personalized learning environment to meet the needs of today’s students and educators. Skooler makes it easy to enhance the teaching and learning experience with technology so you can focus on what really matters: empowering students to reach their full potential.
Key Features of Skooler
Skooler is an innovative learning management system built for the 21st century classroom. As an educator, you’ll love how easy it is to use and how it enhances the teaching and learning experience.
Some of the key features include:
- Easy attendance tracking and seating charts. Take attendance with the click of a button and create custom seating charts to keep students organized.
- Parent portal and student records management. Share photos, announcements, events, and student records with parents. Store health, contact, and emergency info for each student.
- Assessments and peer review tools. Create self-correcting tests, formative and summative assessments. Students can also evaluate each other’s work, saving you time.
- Tight integration with Microsoft 365. Use familiar tools like Teams, OneNote, and Outlook within Skooler. Single sign-on means less hassle for students and teachers.
- A personalized learning experience. Set individual student goals, view progress reports, and tailor content to different learning styles. Gamification features motivate students to achieve more.
- Accessible on desktops and mobile platforms – Android and iOS, with a user-friendly interface for the students, teachers and parents.
With an easy-to-use interface, robust set of features, and seamless integration with Microsoft 365, Skooler is shaping the future of education technology. As a teacher, you’ll gain back valuable time to focus on what really matters: your students. Isn’t it time you discovered how Skooler can transform your classroom?
Skooler Modules
Skooler comes with several useful modules to help streamline teaching and learning.
Planner
The Planner module lets you create and share lesson plans, schedules, and calendars. You can build daily, weekly or monthly planners, schedule assignments, tests, events and more. Share planners with students and parents to keep everyone on the same page.
Gradebook
The Gradebook module makes it easy to track student progress and grades. You can create customized gradebooks for each class with categories and weights for assignments, tests, homework, participation and other criteria. Provide students and parents access to check on grades and see areas that need improvement.
Attendance
Easily take attendance with the Attendance module. You can track student attendance for each class period by marking them present, tardy, absent or excused. Attendance records can be accessed by administrators and parents. This module also allows you to set up rules to automatically notify parents if a student reaches a certain number of absences.
Individual Learning Plans
Develop customized learning plans for each student with the Individual Learning Plans (ILP) module. ILPs help guide students to achieve their goals and maximize their potential. You can build plans that target specific skills and subjects, and include benchmarks, interventions, accommodations and recommendations for students, parents and support staff. ILPs provide an overview of student needs, interests, strengths and areas of improvement.
Skooler’s modules integrate with Microsoft 365, allowing for easy single sign-on and the ability to access files, documents and more from OneDrive and Teams. The platform makes it simple for schools to enhance teaching and learning with technology.
More Modules Skooler Offers
In addition to the previously mentioned modules, Skooler offers several other valuable modules to further enhance the educational experience:
Personal Learning Plans (PLP):
Skooler’s Personal Learning Plans module enables teachers to create individualized learning plans for students. It allows educators to set specific goals, track progress, and provide personalized feedback, ensuring students receive tailored instruction and support.
Assignments and Assessments:
Skooler simplifies the process of creating, assigning, and grading assignments and assessments. Teachers can easily distribute tasks, collect submissions, and provide feedback, fostering a seamless workflow and efficient assessment management.
Skooler Parent
Skooler’s Parent module facilitates effective communication and involvement of parents in their child’s education. Parents can access information such as attendance records, assignments, grades, and school announcements, enabling them to stay informed and actively support their child’s learning journey.
Skooler Kudos
Skooler Kudos is a unique module that encourages and acknowledges positive behavior and achievements. It allows teachers to recognize students for their efforts, accomplishments, and good behavior. This fosters a positive classroom culture and motivates students to excel academically and socially.
Calendar
The calendar module provides an overview of important school events, assignments, tests, holidays and more. Teachers, students and parents can view the calendar to stay on top of what’s happening each day and week. Events can be added by teachers and synced across the entire school.
Reports
Skooler offers robust reporting tools to help administrators, teachers and parents gain insights into student progress, areas of improvement and more. Reports can be generated for attendance, grades, assessments, behavior and other metrics. Reports are highly customizable, allowing you to filter by date range, class, student group and other parameters.
With these additional modules, Skooler provides a comprehensive set of features for managing and enhancing the learning experience. Students, teachers and parents can all benefit from the tools Skooler offers to support success in the classroom and beyond.
Skooler’s Integration With Microsoft 365 for Enhanced ProductivityÂ
Skooler’s seamless integration with Microsoft 365 allows for enhanced productivity and an improved learning experience – Office 365 Integration.
As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Skooler works hand in hand with Office 365. The platform is built directly into Office 365, providing a deeper level of integration that makes it easy to leverage the tools you already know and love.
- Share assignments, schedules and learning materials directly from Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more.
- Single sign-on means students and teachers only need one set of login credentials to access Skooler and Office 365.
- Classroom collaboration is enhanced through Microsoft Teams integration. Start team chats, share files, co-author documents and more.
Microsoft Classroom Integration With Skooler
For educators, Skooler integrates fully with Microsoft Classroom to simplify classroom management.
- Push out assignments to students directly from Classroom and grade them in Skooler.
- Share teaching materials, schedules and announcements with your whole class in one place.
- Get an at-a-glance view of student progress and activity to identify those who may need extra support.
Improved Productivity
By leveraging tools teachers and students already know, Skooler makes learning more productive and impactful.
- Less time spent on administrative tasks means more time for teaching and learning.
- Familiar interfaces mean a shallow learning curve so you can hit the ground running.
- Deep integration results in a seamless experience so you can focus on what really matters – unlocking student potential.
Skooler and Microsoft 365 are better together. The seamless integration of these two platforms provides an unparalleled learning experience that enhances productivity, collaboration and student success.
Why Skooler Is the Future of Education
Skooler is poised to transform education as we know it. Here are a few reasons why Skooler is the future of learning management systems:
Fully Integrated with Microsoft 365
Skooler is built on Microsoft Azure and fully integrated with Microsoft Teams, OneNote, and other Microsoft 365 apps. This means students and teachers can collaborate in real-time using familiar tools. Assignments, grades, and feedback are all accessible within Teams, creating a seamless experience.
Personalized Learning Paths
Skooler uses AI and machine learning to create personalized learning paths for each student based on their needs, skills, and interests. This helps ensure all students receive an education tailored to their abilities and strengths. Teachers also receive recommendations to help guide students along their learning paths.
Engaging Digital Content
Skooler offers interactive and engaging content for students, including:
- Digital textbooks with embedded videos, simulations, and assessments
- Thousands of interactive lessons, worksheets, and activities
- Virtual science labs and makerspace projects
- Coding courses and challenges
Analytics and Insights
Skooler provides teachers and administrators with data and insights to help inform instruction and improve student outcomes. Analytics show how students are progressing, where they may be struggling, and how teaching methods can be adapted. Schools and districts gain valuable data to help close achievement gaps and enhance programs.
Commitment to Accessibility and Inclusion
Skooler is designed to be accessible to all students, regardless of their abilities, backgrounds, or circumstances. The platform offers features like text-to-speech, translation into multiple languages, and learning supports for students with special needs. Skooler’s mission is to provide every student with a high-quality education and help them achieve their full potential.
With its innovative features and dedication to enhancing the learning experience, Skooler is poised to become the preeminent learning management system of the future. Educators who leverage Skooler will be at the forefront of using technology to inspire students and transform education.
Conclusion
So, there you have it, a complete overview of Skooler and why it should be your next-gen learning management system. With its intuitive interface, seamless integration with Microsoft 365, and powerful yet easy-to-use features, Skooler streamlines teaching and enhances learning. You’ll save hours of time, reduce hassles, and gain valuable insights into student progress. Your students will love the engaging and personalized learning experience. If you’re ready to take your school into the future of education technology, Skooler is the platform for you.
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