Like Zoom? Easy.
I am a teacher and used them extensively before we moved to 100% digital learning. I also taught for a virtual school previously. Because of that, I was already familiar with what to do And the transition was pretty seamless.
My district uses Canvas but my first-grade daughter uses Schoology. I prefer Canvas but then again I have extensive training on it that began 4+ years ago. Canvas has easy navigation using sidebar menus and calendars that Schoology does not, which is frustrating. My six-year-old therefore needs my constant help in order for her to find anything (courses, class links, assignments and submission buttons). Canvas also has a streamlined way in communicating upcoming due dates, announcements, overdue work, etc. with notification symbols and numbers listed on the course "cards." Schoology does not. All notifications are listed together, the links don't necessarily take you to the update, just the course's main page, and you have to go into each course and click through the sidebar and check each individually. And load time isn't exactly short.
Annoying because it's so much sitting and I have permenant lower back pain now.
It's been good
Overall, positive. The increase of available technology has improved my ability to differentiate tremendously.
So far not so bad, but I feel they are not as effective as in person learning because I can’t monitor behavior issues. In class I can make kids do their work. Online I have to take the L
It has been a struggle.
I have had no support from my school as a teacher, everything is self-taught. I feel confident in my ability to use the platforms but I dislike them.
It's been difficult because we haven't had much training, and most of these platforms seem not specifically designed for our current situation.
Challenging!
Frustrating
Really tough
Frustrating, to say the least. Like attempting to do delicate surgery while wearing chop sticks and rubber gloves. Nothing is intuitive, every activity is a struggle, and the constant updates make security a nightmare.
A lot of them are not user friendly at all.
It seems pretty obvious the people developing them are not teachers or have not taught in many years. There are good things about all of them and major issues with all of them as well.
So far, tedious and difficult to get engagement from students. (middle school)
Awesome
Been stressful and a lot of information overload. Then trying to teach it to students for them to be able to use it correctly is just another headache. I miss being in person.
Administration invests in too many different expensive learning platforms like CANVAS when Google classroom would work just fine.
My experience has been good. I started teaching this year (here, school year starts in March, only saw the kids for a week before covid). Since I had no experience it was like learning something new. From what I've seen, kids pay way more attention in their houses than in school because they don't get distracted with each other. Also, by getting good images and sharing screen it's like they can visualize better what you're explaining. The only bad thing is sending hw to the smaller ones they depend entirely on their parents and sometimes parents suck. So yes, I'd say my experience was good.
Difficult at first but getting easier every day.
Navigating is ok—I’m a teacher and building a lesson online is hard!
Honestly, the platforms themselves are not difficult to use. However, certain platforms have certain features that aid in my learning.
Challenging