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IOS capabilities
The app itself runs smoothly and pros great for behaviour management, parent communication and an online portfolio of student achievements. However, the difficulties of not being able to upload documents in IOS is very annoying. I’m schools that use predominantly iPads opposed to computers, it makes it difficult to share the students amazing work in other fabulous apps e.g. word documents, power points, PDF documents, and art works. This is also saddening for parents. It results in more time spent, trying to transfer all of the students’ work onto a computer to upload to dojo for parents!Show lessCountry Sheila
Dojo???
I will admit that when I first heard of this “Class Dojo”, I thought it was martial arts. However, after talking to other parents about this app and my husband and I using this app ourselves for 2 years now, WE love it! We especially love it when the teachers actually USE the app :-). I get that it can be difficult to post on dojo for each child, every day. I get it! I’d take every other day, honestly. Such a great way to check on my child throughout the day and gauge whether or not she should be rewarded for a good day or not, because according to my 2nd grader, EVERY day is a good day...not! I’m able to discuss things with her teacher or ask questions that I simply don’t have time to come into the school every day to ask. This helps a full time working mom soo much. A must use! I’m going to miss it when she gets to the grade where they no longer use class dojo.Show lessMs. Robyn Baby
Unschooling/Homeschooling record keeping
I LOVE this app SO much! We unschool our kiddos (8, 4 & 1) and this is the easiest way to track what we are doing. I’m not great at keeping notes, planners or lesson plans (and we honestly don’t teach that way or any “typical” way), but this app makes it super simple to show the work we do on a daily basis.
Quick pictures of field trips (children’s museum, zoo, science center, library visits, meet-ups, etc. etc.) with an explanation of what was learned.
I also take pictures of the books they’re currently reading or audio books, podcast etc.
I also am able to track behavior/life skills/chores via this app since it’s framework is pretty flexible. They get points for daily tasks around the house...at school it would likely be stuff like raising your hand, being kind...whatever and for us it’s getting dressed, brushing teeth, limiting screen time to 2 hours or less, being respectful, returning library books to the “return” bin when they’re done, etc.
Point is...app is super flexible and I love it!!! I can’t say enough good things about it!
Oh and also...I have some relatives that aren’t onboard with homeschooling (not their choice or business) and a super quick way to show them how much we truly do is to send them a parent invite so they can view what I track here..they’ve gotten off my back since 😁Show lessAndrea McBrown
Pretty good, some improvements needed
I’ve been using this app for about three years now. I think it’s great that my son’s music, art and Spanish teachers are using the app as well as his main teachers. I love being able to reach out to them at any time and they are very good at responding. However, I would like the option to unfollow posts and stories from previous teachers. Even though they have archived their class and I can’t message them, I still see their new posts this year mixed in with his current teachers’ posts and it gets confusing since the previous teacher’s posts are irrelevant to my child. I would also like the option to download pics, interact with other parents in my child’s class. Other than, keep the updates coming, you guys are doing great!Show lessNelitaLovesYou
Review - feedback on Class dojo app
I really enjoy the app but often there are glitches or delays when trying to view photos and videos. Would be awesome if these could be fixed.Supzs
Great!
Overall, I love so much about this app! The customer support is wonderful, the points system is great for behavior management, the videos are awesome for social emotional support and the portfolios are a great way to show student progress.
Unfortunately, I haven’t had as much success as I hoped making this my only form of communication with parents. There is something inadequate about the messaging system that makes it unreliable for parents to receive messages. I don’t know if this is because of technical errors on the parents’ side with notifications or something that Class Dojo can fix. I’ve had several times when parents have missed an important message about a meeting, field trip or awards assembly. I also wish the group messaging could work like a text thread where all parents are included in responses.
There also isn’t an option for volunteer sign ups, which is crucial at our school in the primary grades. Because of this, primary teachers use Bloomz and it is tricky for parents to manage both platforms if they have children in multiple classes.Show lessThriving in third
Great app recommend to all parents!!
This app is a very good app for parents who have their children at school and the school that they go to have a class dojo system !! This app has many ways for you to communicate with your child’s class teacher , so you can find out more about their progress in class!!This app is an accurate, safe way to make sure that your child is learning the way that you want them to !! I definitely recommend this app and if your child’s school tell you to get it , just do if because it will come in very useful when your child might have forgotten their homework and they don’t know how to do it or when things like that happen!!When there are incidents like this this app will come in very handy dandy!!Overall this app is a great tool to improve your child’s learning and to make sure that they are learning the way that you would like them to!!Show lesssara dooa
2Nd Grade Teacher
From a teacher’s perspective, class dojo makes classroom management, incentives, and communication with parents easy. But after using classdojo for the first time this year, I don’t think that I will use it next year in my classroom. I believe the downfall of being so closely connected to parents and so easily accessible is that the parents start messaging you at 9:00 at night expecting you to give them an immediate answer concerning homework. What’s worse is that some parents start using the dojo text messaging system as a way to rudely vent to the teacher with various complaints about the school, her, etc. I might use it again in the distant future, but I really believe that some serious parameters need to be put in that manages parent responses. Having a text- message style system of communicating takes away the professionalism that is needed between teacher and parent.Show lessDeedee56748(:/?&009742-.?$&93:
Seesaw is better
This app doesn’t let you copy your writing when you edit something from the app. Also it doesn’t let you change your pictures in edit mode. I just posted 10 photos (allow for more!) and 6 didn’t upload and now I have to delete the entire post since you can’t add as you go. Super annoying and parents are annoyed now too! Fix this please!Show lessSkittlecowbangbang
Useful app; works fairly well; sometimes a bit sluggish.
Great way to get news on what’s going on in the classroom (especially as it’s the first year we have a child in school!). Also helps us to reinforce what’s being taught at school.
App feels a bit slow to launch and sometimes to respond, but overall no problems.
Would be great if there was a way to send messages to other parents in the class too (it would have to be opt it, and with blocking allowed, so that it can’t be abused). Would also be nice to have badges when I’ve got unread notifications.Show lessBigus Discus
