St Mary’s Diocesan School

St Mary’s is a private New Zealand girls’ boarding and day school that was seeking a system to enable students to access learning and teacher support from anywhere, anytime.

FUNCTION AND FORM

Many St Mary’s students are from remote areas but continue to work during the holidays. The school sought a learning management system that would encourage curiosity and allow students access to learning and support 24/7. St Mary’s was also attracted to Schoology’s familiar and easily-mastered layout, operating systems, and broad functionality. 

“SCHOOLOGY HAS CREATED A REAL ONLINE COMMUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOL – A SAFE PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO SHARE AND INTERACT.”

THE SMART LEARNING SOLUTION

CREATING CONFIDENT USERS

St Mary’s started the Schoology onboarding process with team of just five staff who began experimenting with Schoology at the start of term one. After initial training from GCT Education, the team’s ability increased quickly. By the end of term one, all staff had set up profiles and begun uploading resource files and posting updates to students. In term three, printed notices were scrapped – Schoology became the school’s sole messaging platform for students, delivering notices via mobile devices instantaneously.

STUDENTS LOVE IT

Supported by easy to use guides and video clips available online, staff took little time to train students. Regardless of ability, students picked up Schoology with ease and it wasn’t long before they were discovering features on their own. Schoology is now part of the school’s learning routine and new year nine students are confident users after five weeks.

LEARN MORE

“Schoology is a major time saver when communicating with staff and students, especially using the groups function, removing the need to repeat messages to large numbers of specific students.”

Barry Skinner, Deputy Principal, St Marys Diocesan

“Schoology has created a real online community for our school – a safe place for students to share ideas and interact with online resources. For those schools looking to deliver 21st century skills to their students, Schoology is a tool I would strongly recommend to help them on their learning journey.”

Barry Skinner, Assistant Principal, St Mary’s Diocesan School

“Schoology has been a revelation to us, challenging our teaching pedagogy and bringing greater excitement into our learning environment.”

Barry Skinner, Assistant Principal, St Mary’s Diocesan School

“We have seen an increase in discussions between students about their learning as Schoology encourages collaboration and sharing of ideas through functions such as personal blogs.”

Barry Skinner, Assistant Principal, St Mary’s Diocesan School

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