Edline was a learning community management system used for school and class organization. It provided district, school, and classroom level website support for administrators, parents, teachers, and students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
The firm's website stated that its service was used by schools in all 50 U.S. states and had been featured in publications such as ''
Newsweek
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''. The firm acquired the earlier-established products of Jackson Software, the makers of GradeQuick, and Orbis Software, the makers of Easy Grade Pro.
Usage
Edline was used in schools aiming to have paperless classes and homework. The teacher could upload material such as homework, class expectations, and progress reports. The website mainly helped parents see if students had missed any homework and allowed parents or students to e-mail teachers. It could have also served as an online class platform where it would have been possible for students to learn remotely.
Schools used Edline with social networks and applications such as Google Apps for Education.
In 2009,
Archipelago Learning
Edmentum is an American online learning provider and owner of Reading Eggs internationally.
Founded in 2000 as Archipelago Learning, the company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and is a publicly held company with the largest shareholder bei ...
acquired a minority interest in Edline as part of its acquisition by
Providence Equity Partners
Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. is a specialist private equity firm, private equity investment firm focused on media, communications, education, technology investments across North America and Europe. The firm specializes in growth-oriented pri ...
.
In October 2011, Edline merged with
Blackboard
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. In July 2012, Edline announced they were being rebranded as Blackboard Engage.
During the 2014–2015 school year, some school districts across the nation started to replace Edline with other similar tools like
Google Classroom,
Schoology
Schoology is a learning management system for schools and businesses that enables its users to create, manage, and share assignments and resources. Also known as a web content management system or virtual learning environment, the cloud-based plat ...
,
Skyward, and PlusPortals. On December 31, 2018, Edline was discontinued.
See also
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Google Classroom
References
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External links
Edline official websiteEdline transitioning to Blackboard Web Community Manager
Pedagogy
Private equity portfolio companies
Providence Equity Partners companies
Educational software companies