Newlogy: Enhancing the Schoology Interface
Newlogy is a Chrome add-on developed by Erik Boesen that aims to clean up and enhance the interface of Schoology, a popular Learning Management System. This free program simplifies the Schoology interface by removing seldom-used components and modernizing the styling.
The changes introduced by Newlogy include replacing the school logo with a simple "Home" link, removing the "RECENT ACTIVITY" and "COURSE DASHBOARD" tabs, and displaying course and group menus as a list instead of a grid. The add-on also ensures that header tabs use normal capitalization to match the rest of the interface and disables school-colored links to align with the blue color scheme.
In addition to these changes, Newlogy replaces the blurry smiley faces next to like buttons with thumbs-up emojis, uses consistent text coloring, and conforms better to the new modern design language. As a fun touch, the add-on adds a flag emoji next to the language selection.
It is worth noting that Newlogy goes beyond these mentioned changes, with the developer mentioning "literally hundreds of other graphical tweaks." The code for this extension is available on GitHub for those interested in exploring it further.
Overall, Newlogy provides a clean and enhanced interface for Schoology users, improving usability and visual appeal.
