Teacher-Family Messaging and Class Chats
ClassDojo gives teachers and families a direct place to communicate about the school day without moving between several separate channels. Parents can read and reply to teacher messages, while educators can handle individual conversations or group chats for a class. This makes routine questions, reminders, schedule changes, and progress updates easier to keep connected to the right school community.
Messaging sits alongside each user's role-based account, so parents, teachers, and school leaders enter through paths designed for their responsibilities. Conversation tools can support quick check-ins as well as ongoing communication, and families can set a preferred language for the experience. The result is a practical communication hub for households that want school information in one familiar place.
Classroom Stories, Photos, and School Updates
Class and School Stories help educators share the moments that are difficult to capture in a short private message. Teachers can post photos, videos, documents, announcements, and class events for connected families, while verified school staff can publish broader updates for the school community. Parents can follow classroom activity and important dates from the same platform they use for direct communication.
Visibility follows the connected class or school rather than making student content public. Comments can support community participation when educators enable them, and story posts provide a running view of lessons, celebrations, reminders, and school news. This format is useful for families who want regular context about what children are doing during the day.
Student Portfolios, Codes, and Learning Moments
Students can enter their ClassDojo experience with a class or individual QR code, a short text code, or access managed through a connected parent account. Once inside, they can create portfolio posts with photos, videos, drawings, or written entries, customize their classroom character, and review feedback. These options give children a more active role in showing what they have learned.
Camera-based code scanning keeps classroom sign-in quick on shared mobile devices, while text codes provide an alternative when a camera is unavailable. Teachers decide how students connect to a class and can review learning posts before they reach families. Portfolios then turn individual work into a visible record that students, educators, and connected parents can revisit together.
Role-Based Tools for School and Home
ClassDojo starts by separating parent, teacher, student, and school-leader paths, helping each person reach an experience suited to their place in the school community. Parents focus on their child's class and home support, teachers manage classroom activity, students enter their learning space, and leaders connect with school-level communication. This structure keeps a broad education platform understandable for new users.
The app also presents routes for Dojo Islands, tutoring, learning from home, and other family needs beyond a single classroom feed. Families can use these choices to connect school updates with at-home learning and play, while staff accounts support wider community coordination. ClassDojo is therefore most useful when a teacher, school, or family has an active connection and clear reason for joining.
