The Bitmoji classroom is a creative platform created by the teachers for the students to see their digital classroom in a more exciting and fun way, rather than just links and plain text.

Bitmoji, the personalized-emoji app, has become increasingly popular among elementary- and middle-school teachers as a way to interact with students and make remote learning more fun.

DeWitt is teaching his roughly 20 students in person this fall but says he started creating his bitmoji classroom over the summer. “I didn’t know and still don’t know what is going to happen.