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About Schoolbox
A central platform for K–12 modern learners, Schoolbox will connect your entire school network and provide one place to communicate and collaborate with students, teachers, parents and the broader school community.
More than a learning management system, Schoolbox provides a school portal where you can support collaborative group spaces, integrate timetables, empower your students to share news and resources, and much more.
This is a mature and robust solution for the modern learning environment.
Schoolbox pricing
Schoolbox does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Schoolbox paid version starts at A$16.00/month.
Starting Price:
A$16.00/month
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes
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Schoolbox Reviews
Feature rating
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David
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 3/5/2018
A great partnership with a team that actually cares about their customers.
We use this software for so many purposes, more than what we originally thought. We can communicate to students and parents regarding news, projects, due work, markings etc.
Pros
The product owners and developers have always been very clear with how they see their product growing and how we can influence and feed in ideas and features. Even through rapid growth they have still remained true to their vision which convinced us to sign up 6 years ago.
Cons
There are quite a few settings in the admin panel that need better explanation, for us who have been using the system for a long time we know them but new users might be overwhelmed. That said, the more granular the settings the more you can customise it for your own environment.
Response from Schoolbox
Hey David. Thanks for spending the time to provide such a great review and great feedback. We've loved working with you and your team thus far.
The superuser's admin area certainly does offer a wide range of configuration. I see that in our community Ideas forums that our community of schools are discussing and voting on how our administration area can be presented in an easier way. Hopefully we can improve this area in the future. Thanks so much for the feedback and support. :)
Replied 11/11/2019
Cameron
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5
5
Reviewed on 7/4/2020
Australia's best LMS
While recent circumstances surrounding moving classes 'online' have been challenging, our school's situation has been helped significantly by the use of Schoolbox; we have had so much positive staff engagement with Schoolbox and staff have really apprecaited what the platform can do to help them to be better teachers. This is a comprehensive and responsive LMS product. Please pass on our thanks to [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] and the team!
Pros
Schoolbox provides schools with the communication, classroom management and community building capabilities they need to flourish in the Australian educational context. It is responsive and highly adaptable and is built upon a deep understanding of what Australian schools need.
Cons
The App just needs to scale a little better for iOS devices
Reasons for Choosing Schoolbox
Moodle could not offer the functionality of Schoolbox, as Schoolbox is truly a 'one stop shop' for us.Switched From
MoodleReasons for Switching to Schoolbox
Canvas lacks the functionality of Schoolbox; the Schoolbox customer service is exceptional.
Samantha
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
3
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
3
3
Reviewed on 1/11/2019
MFAC Review of SchoolBox
- We have had a number of priority issues with Schoolbox which we have received support for but unfortunately resolution has taken alot longer than we had expected.
- Generally when we call, the support staff have been very responsive.
Pros
- Once you know how to maintain the product, it is highly configurable which enables the pages to be tailored to meet College's requirements.
- The product is rich in functionality but the good news is you can phase the implementation of this in line with College's requirements and timeframes.
Cons
- It currently doesn't integrate with our School Management System - TASS.
- On the UPS, there is internal processing which is not visible to administrators of the systems which has caused us challenges with our data.
Response from Schoolbox
Hi Samantha. Thanks for taking the time to review Schoolbox and provide us feedback.
The TASS School Information System (SIS) has been a close partner of Schoolbox for many years, where we've built a deep integration with TASS. See our TASS Integration documentation here: https://help.schoolbox.com.au/account/anonymous.php?page=/homepage/497
We also have documentation on the TASS UPS Queries which can help calrify some of the processes. See here: https://help.schoolbox.com.au/account/anonymous.php?page=/homepage/2402
I suggest our team reach out to assist with enabling the Schoolbox + TASS integration.
Thanks again for your review and wishing you all the best.
Replied 22/1/2020
Cherie
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
3
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4
4
Reviewed on 12/11/2019
Bringing the community together
Pros
Schoolbox allows us to have a single platform that all users within our community can engage with. Instant delivery of curriculum content, feedback and results means we can enrich our learning environment with minimal impact of teacher admin overhead. Our notifications, news and alerts can be delivered more dynamically and with audience targeting we can reduce the white noise of all community news blast outs.
The product is always evolving with innovative approaches to classroom delivery.
Cons
The product does not include a lot of typical administrative features (permission structures, capacity management, deleting).
Documents within the system are not dynamic. It is upload and download, which seems a little archaic in the modern collaborative world.
Reasons for Choosing Schoolbox
SharePoint was not easy to use by general teaching staff. It involved a lot of IT setup and configuring. The interface and content was sad, over structured and boring.Switched From
Microsoft SharePointReasons for Switching to Schoolbox
Integration with SIS Liked the interface and look of end product
Kate
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4
5
Reviewed on 11/11/2019
Schoolbox has transformed learning, teaching and communication at our school.
We are merging dozens of online systems and several communication channels into one place. We are minimising numerous risks (for example, loss of intellectual property and loss of class time) by using Schoolbox.
My College has nothing but praise for Schoolbox! Now we have it, we cannot imagine life without it.
Pros
There are so many things to love!
Schoolbox has positively changed our entire culture of our College. Our communication has been dramatically streamlined. The thousands of parents in our community receive their messages from one point and are happier than they were when we used a SharePoint instance.
The ability to bring all of the online systems that we use to one place (our Schoolbox instance) is saving us time. Schoolbox allows us to create templates of our pages, and so our community know where on the page the information they are looking for is no matter what page they are viewing. These two factors alone have saved us thousands of hours in our classrooms.
Our staff love the fact that the courses are saved and reused from year to year. They love the drag and drop nature of content creation and the fact that the existing work can be dragged into Schoolbox. It means that they do not have to start everything from scratch. They can still use the content that was existing before we went into Schoolbox. Of course, they are also using the new implementation as a way to audit the existing content and refresh it as they need to.
The ability to offer secure group spaces to our extra-curricular groups such as student clubs and parent groups is a feature we have never been able to provide before.
Finally, I have to offer praise to the Schoolbox Support Staff who work hard to support us in making our Schoolbox instance very successful in our College.
Cons
The administration area can take a little while to learn. It is a very complex area. However, only superusers use this space, so most users never have to deal with it. There is a lot of support available to assist superusers. Schoolbox Support staff and the Professional Services Team are only a phone call away if I ever need help.
