Edline

Edline was a Learning Community Management System that many schools 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.

Edline
Type of site
Educational
Available inEnglish
OwnerBlackboard Inc.
URLwww.edline.net
CommercialNo
LaunchedMay 15, 1997 (1997-05-15)[1]
Current statusDiscontinued

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.[2] The firm had acquired the earlier-established competitive products of Jackson Software, the makers of GradeQuick, and Orbis Software, the makers of Easy Grade Pro.

Usage

Edline was used in many schools aiming to have paperless classes and homework, thereby cutting costs.[3] The instructor/teacher could upload such material as upcoming tests, projects, homework, class expectations, and progress reports. The website mainly helped parents see if students have missed any homework. Parents or students could even e-mail teachers if any kind of help is needed.[4] Different schools may have uploaded varying amounts of data and information, depending on teacher preference and school requirements.[5][6] For instance, it could have been used as a companion website to classroom instruction or textbooks.[7] It could also serve as an online class platform where it would have been possible for students to learn remotely, particularly from their home.[8] Edline worked with other emerging technologies and this could be demonstrated in the way that schools used it with social networks and applications such as Google Apps for Education.[9]

In 2009, Archipelago Learning acquired a minority interest in Edline as part of its acquisition by Providence Equity Partners.[10]

In October 2011, Edline merged with Blackboard.

In July 2012, Edline announced they are being rebranded as Blackboard Engage.[11]

During the 2014-2015 school year, some school districts across the nation started to replace Edline with other similar tools like Google Classroom, Schoology, Skyward, and PlusPortals.[12][13][14][15][16]

On December 31st, 2018, Edline was discontinued.[17]

See also

References
  1. "Edline.net WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  2. Catharine Skipp; Arian Campo-Flores (2003-08-04). "School: The Web Ate My Homework". Newsweek.
  3. "Pulled from Edline Website". March 29, 2010.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-04-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Wenglinsky, Harold (2007-10-10). "Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools?". Center on Education Policy. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
  6. Regan, Tom (2006-02-15). "A PARENTS' HOMEWORK HELPER - ONLINE". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved February 15, 2006.
  7. Cennamo, Katherine; Ross, John; Ertmer, Peggy (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning. p. 221. ISBN 9780495090472.
  8. Manish, Kumar (2016-09-30). Applied Big Data Analytics in Operations Management. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. p. 109. ISBN 9781522508861.
  9. Berge, Zane L.; Muilenburg, Lin (2013). Handbook of Mobile Learning. Oxon: Routledge. p. 403. ISBN 9780415503693.
  10. Providence Equity's Archipelago Files For IPO; Firm Buys Edline Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. DowJones LBO Wire, September 04, 2009
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2012-08-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "The Observer : New and improved Google Classroom replaces Edline". The Churchill Observer. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  13. "The Growing Pains of Plus Portals – The Quill". The Quill Online. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  14. "The adoption of Google Classroom creates more problems than solutions – LOHS Lake Views". LOHS Lake Views. 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  15. "RM decides to go digital with Google Classroom - The Tide". The RM Tide. 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  16. "www.matignon.org/userfiles/files/MPG_mt_ minutes_9_16.pdf" (PDF). Matignon.org. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  17. "Edline". www.edline.net. Retrieved 2019-01-01.


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