Reviews for ClassDojo

Like others have mentioned, this app has stopped sending push notifications (e.g., when my child's teacher sends a private message or posts to the class). I've missed important health related announcements due to this. Don't know if this is just an issue with the Android app. Parents with iPhones don't seem to be experiencing the same problem. ETA: And yes, I have the notification settings for the app turned on.

I really really really need there to be notifications for when the teacher assigns things, because our class discussions sometimes correspond with Dojo prompts, but sometimes they don't, and because of this, I am always accidentally missing assignments! This is especially bad because the app doesn't always load or turn on, (though part of that might be because of the sketchy WiFi at school) and because of this, I often don't check for assignments by spending five minutes loading the app.

UPDATE: as of today 3/16/22 I finally rec'd a confirmation of my subscription. I do like this app. The Subscription is nice because I can see when someone has read my message, and I can give "points" to my kids, and if they reach enough points, they get an ice-cream over the weekend (or fun at the park, or the arcade...whatever). It's mainly so I can add more incentive for good behavior 3/12/2022 Just signed up "to unlock ClassDojo Plus" and nothing happens...tried subscribing with the annual purchase, and was supposedly going to get a 7 day free trial...and nothing happens (no email confirmation, no app notification...nada!)...may as well NOT subscribe folks ... if the issue is resolved, I'll update my review.

I love e idea of this app, however I just feel there is a slew of additional information, editing tools, etc. that could be incorporated. For instance, when delving out a child's 'reward' w/pic, one should be able to add caption. (similar to a social media post) Certainly a lot more things that could be helpful for communicating a "story" of sorts between teacher's, and the parents community as a whole entity.

I am having issues this new school year as well with messages/notifications not coming up. Yes, 'push notifications' and 'allow notifications' are all turned on. There wasn't any issues last year. Is it because there is a past year in there now? It's frustrating. I know others that are having this issue too. Can you help? Other that that, I love the app!

I really don't like the fact that I have to download yet another app just to talk to my son's teacher, and then to have to pay for it too, minus the limited user access you allow if you don't pay. I think that by teachers using this as a point system for children isn't the greatest idea. Although a point system can be handy and beneficial for the kids to work towards something; I just think it's one more thing the teacher has to do on a screen instead of actually paying attention to the kids.

Overall, I like this app. The main problem I have is the inability to zoom in on posts. My child's teacher posts a picture of the agenda for the week to save on her alloted clicks for the year. Every week, I have to screen shot it so that I can zoom in to read it. The same goes with pictures. It's annoying to screen shot a picture to just to see IF my son is in a picture. I spend alot of time going through my gallery to see which dojo pics are current/relevant. Let me zoom in for 5 stars!!!

Overall I love it, I've had it for multiple years at this point. The only downside is that so many more features USED to be available for FREE! Now the plus version is being pushed very hard, too much in my opinion. For ex.. I used to be able to give at home points almost everyday, even if it was a cap of 2 or 3, now you can't at all. You could see as far back in activity now you can't. I just can't believe so many awesome features were taken away!

I really enjoy using this app to communicate with my child's teacher and school. Two things I'd like to suggest: 1, adding a search bar. My child's school/teachers send several messages a week, it's so time consuming to try to find an older message without flipping through 30 first. If it's from more than a week ago, forget about it lol. 2, having a way to sync events and dates straight into your calendar. Overall, I enjoy it though.

Great for teachers, not so much for parents. I'm glad my kids can interact with their teachers, and I'm glad we can, too... But the app definitely has its limitations. It doesn't clear notifications (even when they've been checked). It's constantly trying to get me to purchase features (like nonstop) even though we only use it for their teachers' sakes. It's constantly sending random notifications and there's no way to turn them off (things that have nothing to do with our classrooms).