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Functionality Requests - Global Search & Interaction Prompts
I have two suggestions:
*Global Search - It would be great if we (parents) could search on the main page to find older posts. For example, I need to find a link that was posted back in July…that’s not easy considering there are new posts from the school usually multiple times a day. I’ve also sent this one through the help desk.
*Interaction Prompts - I’ve talked to many parents/family that are have dojo but don’t interact with the teacher through it. A lot of them don’t know what to ask or say. If there were generic notifications that suggested conversation starters(Do know how your teacher likes to connect? Ask her how, Is daily homework struggle? Tell your teacher what will make it easier., Worried your kiddo isn’t making progress? Ask their teacher what’s their take. Etc)Show lessBellebeauti
User friendly and mom approved!
Although I don’t consider myself old, I am part of the generation that falls on the cusp of life without the internet and life that is controlled by the internet. I typically like to choose more dated methods when it comes to both my personal life and professional life. However, this app makes it nearly impossible for a parent to prefer anything else when it comes to being in the know of their child’s education. Doja makes it simple to track my son’s developmental progress, connect with teachers, and get informed of important notifications quickly. The daily photos are more than just snap shots of my son and his class. It provides an additional sense ease to moms, dads, and guardians while their child is not in their direct care. In short, awesome app! That means something coming from an old school mom! Thank you for this outstanding platform!Show lessricardiL1985
Frustrating
Frustrating to say the least. I don’t even know where to find the messages now! I have to answer messages through the browser not the app. It’s not very thought out, I prefer the previous version it was so much simpler to navigate.Pretty pony410
Developer Response
Hi there, you should still be able to send messages on the app! Can you please email us at hello@classdojo.com so we can look into this for you!A Daily Dread
My son had this for his for his elementary years. In his case, it was a small school and too much favoritism- which included the staff. Everyday they nit- picked his and other students days apart. It became a very sad and pathetic atmosphere. I decided to come to join in class activity, as well as, a few other parents to see if our frustrations were actually merited or not… We saw how our children had the typical situations where they would need to be corrected or their attention refocused. To be honest, my attention needed refocus several times…. But, what I found was that “our” students were nothing different from what I saw of the others… if nothing else, they had less difficult episodes. But, to get back to the point, my child was progressively picked apart and their little personality’s daily demoralized. On a student level, these kids were bullied. It wasn’t long before myself and 3 other families decided to transfer our children.
In retrospect, this may have been a fantastic app if used appropriately… which I have seen with similar apps. But with this app unfortunately, I can’t say I enjoyed or found much to speak positively for.Show less☹️😭😣
You should get this app but…..
This apps a nice app for schools it’s friendly and stuff but sometimes kids can write inappropriate stuff because when there on their kids account they can message public and the whole class even teacher can see what they send obviously they might get in trouble but it’s still embarrassing for your child to do that so I recommend this app for the age of 8+ you never know what’s kids may do 👐🏻stay safe have a lovely day🐥Show lessFifi mal
Class Dojo
Class dojo is fantastic 👍The mums and dads can check in on their kids and it makes us feel like they’re with us
And it’s so reassuring to see them so happy!zacs ma
School teacher
My daughters kindergarten teacher Ms. Voce was by far the BEST teacher I have ever dealt with. She was amazing and loving and attentive to my at the time 6 year old daughter. We video chatted and met up once so she could give me supplies during Covid when times were a little more minimal. I wished she could be my daughters teacher every year but fortunately her first grade teacher is just as awesome! Mrs. Russell! A very kind and funny teacher my daughter says she’s so funny and a prankster lol wonderful, friendly staff and teachers even the parents I run into and other children are so nice. My baby girl loves the environment they provide and the people in it! As long as I’m in NY this is the school for my child.
During the trying times of Covid this school went above and beyond to make the parents and children feel safe and comfortable! 2020 was rough with Covid spiking and the children having to school via chrome books, it was so difficult but the more the teachers/staff learned the easier it became and the few times the children did get to go to school they made it the best they could. My daughter always came home in a good mood and told me she had fun those days! More schools need to be like Albany Elementary. 5 stars! ⭐️Show lessjdgdhejhxhd
Can't use same email as both teacher & parent
As a teacher, this app worked great. However I'm a parent, too, and it won't let me use the same email address for both parent and teacher account. I already had an account as a teacher, and now as a parent I can't create a parent account linked to the same email. I have to go make a new email just for using this app now as a parent. It's ridiculous. I should be able to toggle between accounts on the same email address.Show lesslwister
It was fine at first
Our school uses this app for students. At first it was awesome! We could “applaud” good behavior and it allowed parental involvement. But as the year progressed and the app repeatedly updated its limited parents to JUST seeing what dojo points their child’s gotten without allowing any response from home at all unless you upgrade to the paid premium subscription, which is utter nonsense. I get developers wanting to make money but this app is a fundamental link between home and school. Why repeatedly fix and alter things that were fine to begin with?!
I honestly am hoping the school catches wind of this and finds a more parental friendly application to use at this point. The changes have made the app less than user friendly and requiring a subscription service to do anything other than see how your child is doing during the day isn’t acceptable at all.Show lessbabshari
Doesn’t let you see more than a week back
The teacher sends out a note at the beginning of term explaining what day things are; when you try to check it skips from 7 days ago to 2 months ago (last year) with no way to see the messages in between. I remember the same thing happening last year also. I think you can check on the desktop app but that doesn’t help when you’re quickly trying to check if it’s sport uniform today.Show lesspdgpdg
Developer Response
Hey there, if you are still experiencing this issue please drop us an email at hello@classdojo.com. We'd be happy to look into this for you!
