Saving the images and videos from your ClassDojo storyline

download-classdojo-media.md

Archived

Please see Patrick330's fork of this script.

ClassDojo changes their site regularly, so a script like this needs regular maintenance. I have decided to archive this project and stop providing updates. Patrick330's fork linked above may be a good alternative.

Original Purpose

ClassDojo is a classroom communication app used to share reports between parents and teachers. Teachers track student behavior and upload photos or videos. The gamification style system teaches developmental skills through real-time feedback.

When your child's teacher shares a photo, it goes on your parent "storyline". Unfortunately, ClassDojo does not provide any means of saving these photos. In fact, the photos are displayed in a <div> using style: background-image('...'); so right-clicking and choosing "Save image" is not an option.

You are an absolute legend! 👑

Tried so many scripts before this and none worked, but yours saved years of our child's school memories in minutes. The File System Access API approach is pure genius—no endless "Save As" prompts!

Thank you so much for building and sharing this masterpiece! 🚀👏

Welcome! ❤️
Just sharing the solution to my own problem/laziness - that's why when you rerun it in a few months, if you pick the same target directory, it should only download the new ones, and hopefully with more comprehensible filenames than the defaults :)

I created a newer version, which uses the browser extension TamperMonkey, as well as embeds some metadata into the files to preserve the date the images were taken as well as captions.