ClassDojo, a teaching, managing, and communication tool for schools
Course managementMarking and feedback
Description: ClassDojo is a platform designed to facilitate communication, engagement, and classroom management between teachers, students, and parents. It provides a virtual space where teachers can assign tasks, send reminders, display schedules, give feedback, track student progress, and more, while students can upload their work. Parents can stay updated on their child's progress through notifications and messages from teachers. For classroom settings, ClassDojo provides useful functionalities such as playing background music, arranging groups and even measuring classroom noise. The platform also offers instant translation of messages in more than 30 languages. ClassDojo is available for free and does not require an account to access basic features, although signing up offers additional benefits and customisation options. It is available in browser and app forms. ClassDojo was developed by Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don.
Evaluation: ClassDojo is a valuable tool for classroom management and communication between all stakeholders involved in the teaching and learning process. For teachers, it can be a time-saving platform that helps manage virtually any task. Unfortunately, it seems to target exclusively early-age education, since adolescents might feel infantilised using an app that rewards positive behaviour, contains colourful funny characters -or “monsters”-, and allows guardians/parents to be so easily in touch with their teachers. The interface is intuitive and the app can be used in different languages.
Cost: Free with registration for teachers.
Usability and tech notes ▼
Time efficiency 
Time needed to learn how to use a tool and its time-saving potential: Medium.
Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to: English and other languages.
Respect for privacy What data does the tool collect and why? What security measures are there? GDPR compliant? : High. ClassDojo mainly collects personal data to improve services, although it shares user data with some third parties, yet without selling or renting it for business purposes. Moreover, personal information collected from students is never used for behaviorally targeted advertising to students and is erased in case of account inactivity after 12 months. Interestingly, ClassDojo has a two-tier privacy policy, where privacy guarantees for pupils are more comprehensive than for teachers. Its privacy policy is extensive and easy to understand, at least if focusing on the “Basically,” or summary sections. ClassDojo complies with GDPR. See more here.
Saving work for future use Can work be saved for future use?: Yes.
Any other relevant information:
- Installation required?: Yes, at least for its app form.
- Compatibility/ Operating System: Android, iOS, Windows, macOS.