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Shmoop Reviews & Product Details

Shmoop is an education technology solutions company that provides engaging digital classroom tools and solutions aimed at easing the stress of the learning environment. Shmoop’s four core products support grades 6-12 and include The Shmoop Heartbeat, Courses & Content, Test Readiness, and Intervention. More than 6M monthly users and thousands of schools and districts across the world are using Shmoop to support their curriculum, social-emotional learning, intervention and test readiness programs. Offering both video-based and written formats, Shmoop’s learning solutions are rigorous, while injected with humor and storytelling to drive student engagement. The company has been recognized by a variety of educational institutions as providing high quality, engaging, and cutting-edge digital education products.

Seller

Shmoop

Languages Supported

English, Spanish

Product Description

Lively online Courses, Test Prep, Teacher Resources, and Study Guides written by experts and educators.

Overview by

Jennifer Osgood

Pricing

Pricing provided by Shmoop.

Student

$14.99

per month

Teacher

$14.99

per teacher per month

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Shmoop Media

Shmoop's ACT® Test Prep enables a personalized learning experience and mirrors the actual exam, allowing students to get comfortable and enjoy the learning process. Student's can set goals and include their test date to improve weaker areas leading up to the exam.

All 35+ AP® Courses & Exam Preps, plus PSAT, SAT, ACT, SBAC, and many more test prep programs are available. Each program is packed with everything students need to prepare for test day.

Shmoop Demo - College & Career Readiness

Students can tap into resources to plan for college at every phase of their journey. College planning checklists, online college credit programs, resume builders, and even an Essay Lab to help draft that important college essay.

Over 400 Online Courses and teaching tools. Teachers can tap into course content to supplement curriculum, manage online classroom communications, leverage a digital gradebook, and use over 10K learning videos.

Shmoop Reviews (18)

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Samantha L.

Enrichment Specialist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/28/2020

"Shmoop for Novel Studies"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

Often when I am building a novel study for one of my classes, Shmoop offers a good outline of the text, plot details, characters and chapter summaries. They also have a small, but good, selection of full-text e-books for teachers and students to use. This is a very helpful and timely resource, because of Covid-19 all my classes are now taught remotely without access to our books in school. These texts also align with Shmoop's Study Guides--also a helpful resource for students and teachers alike.

Offering free online access to ACT/SAT and English/Math skill building is especially helpful with most students home because of Covid-19, though I find them helpful throughout the year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

I only access the free materials because, well, you know, I am not in teaching for the money...So, I don't really have anything I dislike--since Shmoop offers a lot of free content for which I am grateful for, though I am curious as to all the resources available with a license. I teach 3-5th Enrichment RLA and Math, so having more resources for those grade levels would be great. I would like to be able to see the entire lesson guide prior to purchasing, perhaps with a watermark, just so I can make sure it is what I want before ordering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Shmoop:

I definitely would check out all that Shmoop has to offer--they seem to be created by passionate educators and their lesson ideas are current and timely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Shmoop solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a good starting point for creating my class novel studies. I use the information they provide (free) and build upon that with other online resources. Shmoop is more user friendly than the Cliff Notes' website, it is more graphically pleasing and is better organized. I have also used this as a parent when looking for SAT/ACT and other study materials for my sons.

I also didn't realize that they have Math tutorials and skill-building resources--which is great for my middle school students and my son.

It also seems as Shmoop is upping its game, as their website looks newly updated from the last time I used it, and by just exploring I am seeing more resources that I didn't realize that they offer. I am Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/23/2020

"Shmoop is fresh and fun"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

I like the language and voice of the literary summaries. They are witty and student friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

Students may depend on it too much and overuse it in their class assignments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/16/2019

"Great tool for teaching! "

5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

I love that Shmoop covers so many ELA topics. It is great for book summaries and analysis, and it is also great for teaching grammar and basic reading skills! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

It would be great if there was an option without ads. The ads can be very distracting and occasionally inappropriate for a middle school classroom. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/16/2019

"Shmoop is great help"

4/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

Simple to the point explanations. It has lots of materials for both students and teachers. Many teachers think the students will not read the actual books. I like to use it as a resource. My students still need to do the work themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

Some kids take advantage and use it for cheating. I explained to them that this is a tool for better understanding not a substitute for their work.

After being caught once, they never do it again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Arts and Crafts

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/23/2019

"The Best Product Of All Time"

5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

This revolutionary product has changed the way I study! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

Honestly it can be a little glitchy sometimes, but otherwise it is absolutely perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joshua C.

Assistant Principal

Primary/Secondary Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/12/2017

"Student-friendly and Ph.d. Written"

5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

Shmoop provides an engaging and student-friendly summary/analysis of some of the most read texts in the high school and middle school curricula. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

Sometimes Shmoop's resources are almost too robust, so students get lost in trying to find what they need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Shmoop:

I would pick your favorite book and spend five minutes browsing the resources. You'll be able to show students how to navigate to different sections based on their needs. If you're teaching Shakespeare, do not shy away from using both the summary and analysis pages in order to improve student comprehension Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Shmoop solving and how is that benefiting you?

Absentee rates at schools can be difficult, particularly for students who need supports in class. This allows us to support students outside of the classroom to catch them up to their peers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/12/2017

"Shmoop makes learning fun"

5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

Shmoop has a great variety of subjects that the videos teach. I have used them with my students during lessons in class for ages high school to adult, and the students always get a kick out of them. I always embed the videos in my online feedback to students when they submit their assignments online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

They speak a little too fast for my international students, but they're perfect for my native English-speaking students. Some of the references and jokes fly over the head of my international students, but I love them! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Shmoop:

Really fun way to learn, easy to use. Topics are plentiful and the content is very good. They're easy to embed in online learning formats too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Shmoop solving and how is that benefiting you?

They teach subject matter in creative ways and make learning a lot more fun than if my students just had to listen to me the entire time! It adds variety to my lessons and holds the students' interest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/19/2017

"Good resource but not everything is free"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

Shmoop is one of the few websites, that can boast the breadth and depth of the content that they offer. I think History, Social Sciences, and Humanities are their best offering. I recently also started looking at their test prep courses and felt they are good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

Shmoop needs to work harder on their offerings in sciences. Would help if they are more interactive than what they currently are. Sometimes it gets boring and repetitive. I hate that many great courses are hidden behind a premium subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Shmoop:

I recommend this product and feel that every teacher and student needs to have this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Shmoop solving and how is that benefiting you?

As the depth and breadth of the content are phenomenal, Shmoop is a go-to resource for any quick update on a concept. I also prefer to use Shmoop to get a good overview of the scope of the certain subject and its coverage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lisa D.

Teacher

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/24/2018

"Good review tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

Written in such a way that’s friendly to teens Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

Seems a bit superficial. Would like to see more analysis help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/2/2018

"Shmoop Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Shmoop?

Shmoop is excellent for summarizing literature for students. It is easily accessible for students and very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Shmoop?

The interface needs more interaction to keep student's interests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.