Edline Explained

Edline
Commercial:No
Type:Educational
Language:English
Owner:Blackboard Inc.
Launch Date:[1]
Current Status:Discontinued

Edline was a learning community management system used for school and class organization. Now discontinued, 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.[2] The firm acquired the earlier-established products of Jackson Software, the makers of Grade Quick, and Orbis Software, the makers of Easy Grade Pro.

Usage

Edline was used in schools aiming to have paperless classes and homework.[3] 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.[4] It could have also served as an online class platform where it would have been possible for students to learn remotely.[5]

Schools used Edline with social networks and applications such as Google Apps for Education.[6]

In 2009, Archipelago Learning acquired a minority interest in Edline as part of its acquisition by Providence Equity Partners.[7]

In October 2011, Edline merged with Blackboard. In July 2012, Edline announced they were being rebranded as Blackboard Engage.[8]

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 Plus Portals.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] On December 31, 2018, Edline was discontinued.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edline.net WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools. WHOIS. 2016. January 22, 2016. October 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201007183238/https://whois.domaintools.com/edline.net/. live.
  2. News: School: The Web Ate My Homework. Newsweek. August 4, 2003. Catharine Skipp. Arian Campo-Flores.
  3. Web site: Pulled from Edline Website. March 29, 2010. March 29, 2010. December 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101209035256/http://edline.com/about_edline/success_stories/case_studies/school_saves_thousands_of_doll.html. live.
  4. Web site: Edline Info . April 21, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110101050614/http://www.lrsd.org/schools1/schoolpages1.cfm?sccode=47&menupagename=Edline%20Info&id=1404 . January 1, 2011 . dead .
  5. Book: Manish, Kumar. Applied Big Data Analytics in Operations Management. September 30, 2016. IGI Global. 9781522508861. Hershey, PA. 109. en.
  6. Book: Handbook of Mobile Learning. Berge. Zane L.. Muilenburg. Lin. 2013. Routledge. 9780415503693. Oxon. 403.
  7. https://www.fis.dowjones.com/article.aspx?ProductIDFromApplication=15&aid=DJFLBO0020090904e59400001&r=Rss&s=DJFLBO Providence Equity's Archipelago Files For IPO; Firm Buys Edline
  8. Web site: Engage - Edline . August 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150314231751/http://edline.com/news-events/edline-in-the-news/engage . March 14, 2015 . dead .
  9. Web site: The Observer : New and improved Google Classroom replaces Edline. The Churchill Observer. February 24, 2015. September 5, 2016. October 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018043750/http://www.thechurchillobserver.com/news/2015/02/24/new-and-improved-google-classroom-replaces-edline/. live.
  10. Web site: The Growing Pains of Plus Portals – The Quill. The Quill Online. November 8, 2015. September 5, 2016. October 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201007183148/https://thequillonline.com/2015/11/08/the-growing-pains-of-plus-portals/. live.
  11. Web site: The adoption of Google Classroom creates more problems than solutions – LOHS Lake Views. LOHS Lake Views. October 2, 2014. September 5, 2016. May 21, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170521191611/http://lohslakeviews.com/the-adoption-of-google-classroom-is-causing-more-problems-than-solving-them/. live.
  12. Web site: RM decides to go digital with Google Classroom - The Tide. The RM Tide. November 4, 2015. September 5, 2016. October 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018043554/http://www.thermtide.com/2015/11/04/rm-decides-to-go-digital-with-google-classroom/. live.
  13. Web site: www.matignon.org/userfiles/files/MPG_mt_ minutes_9_16.pdf. Matignon.org. September 17, 2015. September 5, 2016. October 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201007183215/http://www.matignon.org/userfiles/files/MPG_mt_%20minutes_9_16.pdf. live.
  14. Web site: Edline. www.edline.net. January 1, 2019. October 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201007183216/http://www.edline.net/. live.

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