Schoology closed captioning

by PowerSchool

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Schoology plays captions from a subtitle file. Here is how to produce an SRT or VTT for a lecture recording and attach it, and what Schoology itself does and does not caption.

Web, iOS, Android  ·  contact-sales

TL;DR

K-12-focused LMS from PowerSchool with caption-friendly media tools.

Best for k-12 districts standardizing on PowerSchool that need an integrated LMS with caption-ready media. Pricing: contact-sales.

Category
Products
Pricing
contact-sales
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android

What it is

Schoology Learning is PowerSchool's K-12 LMS, widely deployed in U.S. school districts. Captioning workflows rely on integrated video providers — district-licensed YouTube, Vimeo, or Kaltura — surfaced through Schoology's content tools.

Best for: K-12 districts standardizing on PowerSchool that need an integrated LMS with caption-ready media.
Watch out for: Captioning is delegated to integrated tools (YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura); not a native feature.

What people actually do with Schoology Learning-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supportedNone
HIPAA eligibleNo

Schoology Learning vs Whipscribe

FeatureSchoology LearningWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages—99
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Schoology Learning

Frequently asked about Schoology Learning

How much does Schoology Learning cost?

Schoology Learning does not publish a self-serve price — it is quoted by the vendor on contact. Expect an enterprise-style agreement rather than a card-and-go signup.

Does Schoology Learning work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Schoology Learning runs on Web, iOS and Android.

How do I get started with Schoology Learning?

There is nothing to install — Schoology Learning is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

What are the limitations of Schoology Learning?

Captioning is delegated to integrated tools (YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura); not a native feature.

Who is Schoology Learning best for?

K-12 districts standardizing on PowerSchool that need an integrated LMS with caption-ready media.

Is Schoology Learning open source?

No. Schoology Learning is a proprietary product from PowerSchool. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

Who makes Schoology Learning?

Schoology Learning is made by PowerSchool.

What kind of tool is Schoology Learning?

In this directory Schoology Learning is filed under lms as a product.

What are the alternatives to Schoology Learning?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/schoology-alternatives comparing Schoology Learning with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Schoology Learning-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Schoology Learning?

Schoology Learning is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Schoology Learning?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Schoology Learning category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

What we measured, last 30 days

2,547 recordings, 1,244 audio hours, 66 languages detected. An hour of audio came back in 3.5 minutes for half of the recordings and within 18.0 minutes for nine in ten, measured from the moment the file landed to the finished transcript. Refreshed 2026-10-07; method on how we test.

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Need the subtitle file itself?

Upload the recording or paste a link and download SRT or VTT: see the SRT generator, YouTube to SRT and the subtitle generator.

Rather have it done for you?

Free tools cost setup time. When you want a finished transcript instead: see the best transcription services side by side, the cheapest way to transcribe an hour of audio and our transcription service with prices and turnaround.