Edline
Educational
CommercialNo
LanguageEnglish
OwnerBlackboard Inc.
Launch dateMay 15, 1997 (age 29)[1]
Current statusDiscontinued

Edline was a learning community management system 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. It is now discontinued.

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[when?] the earlier-established products of Jackson Software, the makers of Grade Quick, and Orbis Software, the makers of Easy Grade Pro. [citation needed]

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][14] On December 31, 2018, Edline was discontinued.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Edline.net WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. 2016. Archived October 7, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Catharine Skipp & Arian Campo-Flores (August 4, 2003). "School: The Web Ate My Homework". Newsweek
  3. ^ "Pulled from Edline Website". March 29, 2010. Archived December 9, 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  4. ^ "Edline Info". Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  5. ^ Manish, Kumar (September 30, 2016). Applied Big Data Analytics in Operations Management. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. p. 109. ISBN 9781522508861.
  6. ^ Berge, Zane L. & Muilenburg, Lin (2013). Handbook of Mobile Learning. Oxon: Routledge. p. 403. ISBN 9780415503693.
  7. ^ Providence Equity's Archipelago Files For IPO; Firm Buys Edline Archived July 21, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. DowJones LBO Wire, September 4, 2009
  8. ^ "Engage - Edline". Archived from the original on March 14, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  9. ^ "The Observer : New and improved Google Classroom replaces Edline". The Churchill Observer. February 24, 2015. Archived October 18, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  10. ^ "The Growing Pains of Plus Portals – The Quill". The Quill Online. November 8, 2015. Archived October 7, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  11. ^ "The adoption of Google Classroom creates more problems than solutions – LOHS Lake Views". LOHS Lake Views. October 2, 2014. Archived May 21, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  12. ^ "RM decides to go digital with Google Classroom - The Tide". The RM Tide. November 4, 2015. Archived October 18, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "www.matignon.org/userfiles/files/MPG_mt_ minutes_9_16.pdf". Matignon.org. September 17, 2015. Archived October 7, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  14. ^ Glenn, Caroline. "Brevard Schools phasing out Edline website for $1 million program". Florida Today. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
  15. ^ "Edline". www.edline.net. Archived October 7, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 1, 2019.