June 19th, 2012

Stanford Teams Up With Piazza, Apple To Bring Social Features To Its iTunes U iOS Development Class

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With over 700 million downloads, Apple’s iTunes U has been a massive success, but unlike other new online learning services like Udacity or Codecademy, it’s missing a social component where students can ask questions and learn from each other. Apple, Stanford University and the Palo Alto-based startup Piazza have now teamed up to bring Piazza’s social learning platform for students, TAs and… → Read More

January 6th, 2012

Bessemer Leads $6M Round In Q&A Platform For Students And Teachers, Piazza

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Piazza, a Q&A platform for students and instructors, has raised $6 million in Series A funding from Bessemer Venture Partners with Kapor Capital and Felicis Ventures also participating in the round. The company is also backed by Sequoia Capital and SV Angel.

Piazza’s platform helps classmates share their questions and answers in a format that’s a mixture between a wiki and a forum. Each… → Read More

November 8th, 2011

Sequoia-Backed Piazza Takes Q&A Platform For Students Mobile With iOS And Android Apps

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Piazza, a Q&A platform for students and instructors, is debuting iOS and Android mobile apps, allowing students to share ideas and get answers on the go.

Piazza’s platform helps classmates share their questions and answers in a format that’s a mixture between a wiki and a forum. Each class gets its own hub for Q&A, and students can bookmark any questions if they’re also eager to… → Read More