Teachers traditionally share required readings, notes and generally the “coursekit” with students offline. Coursekit wants to make grading, file management and submitting assignments easy for teachers whilst improving interactivity with students online.
Coursekit, a simple way for instructors to manage their courses and engage their students has raised $5 million in venture funding from Social+Capital, David Tisch, Joel Spolsky, IA Ventures and other angel investors — to expand the company and continue its rollout of the education application for teachers and students.
Coursekit combines tools like gradebook, file management, communication, and calendaring with social networking features so students can communicate with each other. Teachers can also upload homework assignments, answer questions, grade work and facilitate discussions with their students. In addition, students can Coursekit to chat with one another, collaborate on projects and share relevant materials with their classmates.
Coursekit has already been piloted at over 30 universities in the US and the company hopes to extend to more in the future.
