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Stats	LearnPlatform for Students	Academist
User count	4,000,000+	279
Average rating	1.44	5.00
Rating count	70	6
Last updated	2024-02-05	2017-09-08
Size	187.39K	5.24M
Version	1.24	2.0.3

Short description
LearnPlatform for Students provides school administrators an easy way to measure student engagement with EdTech products.	Find specialized study resources in no time with this intelligent tool.
Full summary
Manage Your EdTech. Organize, Streamline and Analyze to Improve Outcomes. The LearnPlatform for Students Chrome extension, part of LearnPlatform, allows administrators to access insights on the EdTech products their students are using. The Student Chrome extension should only be installed as part of a school or district initiative. The Student Chrome extension is not designed or intended for individual student use outside of a school or district. When the LearnPlatform for Students Chrome extension is installed on a person’s browser and that person visits a site that is included in our product library, the extension activates. When the extension is not activated, the colors are grayed out. When the extension activates, it is colorized. When the extension is activated, general usage information is collected. This information can include a school-provided user ID, the time of day, and information about the domain and web site. The Chrome extension only collects information about domains associated with apps or sites in the LearnPlatform product library. The product library has been built over 5 years, and contains just under 6,000 products and related web sites identified by our school and district clients. The information collected via the Chrome extension is never used to identify any specific student; but is used to help schools and districts understand and improve how technology supports teaching and learning. For more information about the privacy and security practices related to the Chrome extension and LearnPlatform, please visit our Privacy Center (https://learnplatform.com/privacy). Activating the student extension for your student body has significant organizational benefits: Monitor and analyze which learning tools are utilized most, least, and everywhere in between Instantly see what products are used – both approved products, and other products – used across schools Inform budget, instruction and district policy based on accurate access data Maintain compliance with state and federal regulations	This extension is for students that use School Loop. Whether you were absent, or are just struggling to grasp a concept, there many reasons to review a class topic online. Academist makes that process 100 times more efficient by automatically providing links to useful online resources based on the content in your School Loop assignments. Academist finds relevant Khan Academy topics and videos by applying a search algorithm to the titles of your assignments. Just click the dropdown on an assignment to see Academist's recommended resources, which come from Khan Academy's vast library of thousands of specific topics. Academist also supports several textbooks. It uses page numbers, chapter numbers, etc. that appear in assignments to pinpoint useful Khan Academy topics and videos. Just remember, Academist is not all-knowing – Its suggestions are not scripture, but they can often be extremely useful. Read more on the Academist Blog by clicking on the Website link below. Disclaimer: Academist is not affiliated with Khan Academy or School Loop.