ClassDojo 4+

Class Dojo

ClassDojo is an amazing app because it’s like records of children’s behaviours, you can do all sorts of activities on classdojo such as watching morals/movies etc, this just makes it even more exciting. Additionally, this app can be for anyone; teachers, parents or pupils and pupils can act like teachers and have their own classroom, which I personally like to enjoy as well! You can also create the names of the classes, the students for the class and even more! You can join any school if you want to and maybe become the monitor of your school, if your school doesn’t have ClassDojo though, you can type your school name in and become monitor of it!

This app is great and would recommend it for eight years old and above but it’s your choice if you want to download this amazing app. I’m not just reviewing everything complementary because I just want to be generous- not just that- but because it’s honestly a great app/game to have, I would like other teachers/parents/pupils to download this but this is your choice.

Another update to force dojo plus.

Yet again another update that stops you in your tracks from using the app for what it is originally intended. Forcing dojo plus even more so.
When trying to view child points, the app takes you straight to ‘insights’ which is an advert for dojo plus instead of taking you straight to ‘point history’. The app seemed to get marginally better, taking 1 step forward then 10 steps back again. Stop changing everything to suit dojo plus and concentrate on what the app is originally intended - at the end of the day the schools choose this platform, not the parents!

Another update, and now even harder to navigate. The points summary doesn’t seem to match the true amount of points given for the week. My child has 18 points currently for the week so far but the point summary dashboard ‘all points’ claims only 13? Very confusing. I will say that since my last review I can now scroll through and view previous points from the last 2 weeks rather than just the current week, which is fab but I do wish the app would reset itself to how is was a few updates ago. It was much easier to navigate and worked well. Dojo plus might be an optional spend, but it seems forced on you at every opportunity. At the end of the day this is an app for teachers to interact with parents. The schools have chosen this platform not the parents. Asking parents to pay for extras doesn’t seem at all fair.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, thank you for this candid feedback! We're sorry for any frustration the updates have caused. We have decided to roll back the new features related to points so we can take a deeper look at what is best for our users. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to drop us a note at hello@classdojo.com, we're happy to chat. :)

Great app for SEND schools

This is a great app for any school to share information with parents however it can be invaluable for a school where the children have communication difficulties. I am involved with a school like this. Some pupils are unable to tell their parents what they have done at school that day so teachers can update parents with messages and photos. The only improvement I wish could be made to the app is to make it easier/faster for parents to send photo messages to school. This is important as some children can’t tell their teacher what they did at the weekend or at home. The photos are used at school to help the children to write/talk about what they have done. A parent who wants to send several photos to school has to send them one at a time and each one takes a long time to load. If there was a way for parents to send several photos to school at the same time, this would be brilliant! :-)
*EDIT* Sept 2020- I think the app has maybe been improved as the photos are now loading much faster in messages to school - thank you!