Designing Your Schoology Course
One of the benefits (and not to mention fun features😆) of Schoology is the ability to aesthetically design your course by adding customized course profile pictures, banners, and live linked buttons. Below you will find video tutorials and templates that you copy and edit for your course.
Course Profile Pictures
Use these images to help students identify your course quickly on their dashboard.
Pro Tips:
📌Adding the subject/Title and Period to your image helps students find your course quickly.
📌If you plan on linking your courses, make sure you link your courses first, then design a profile picture and banner that all linked courses can use.
📌OPTIONAL: You can also add T1 in small font to quickly identify Trimester 1/2 courses
Click the image above for
Course Profile Templates
Course Banners
Course banners are a fun way to make your Schoology course feel welcoming to students while also providing quick links to resources. Click on the images below for video tutorials and resources.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
Don't have much time to design? Click the image above to learn how you can create & add a banner with ease.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
Want to take your banner to the next level? Click the image above to learn how to use Google Docs add linked buttons to your banner.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
Do you love adding multiple linked resources in a Bitmoji classroom for your students? Click the image above to learn how to turn your banner into a Bitmoji classroom.
💡TIPS TO REMEMBER💡
📌Don't forget to set your share settings for your Google Drawing to "anyone with the link can view."
📌Make sure to link all items in the Google Drawing before embedding it in your page
📌Uncheck Constrain Proportions
📌Dimension for the Banner:
975 x 380
RESOURCES
Want to just remake a banner from a template? Click the image above to find a premade banner you can use.
Embedding Google Slides
Many teachers have found that embedding Google Slides has been helpful in giving students access to daily assignment sheets and directions.
Examples of How Teachers Are Using Embedded Google Slides in Schoology
How to Embed Google Slides in Schoology:
Add Materials
Add a Page
Title your Page
Click on "Insert Content" →"Google Drive Resource App" and select the slides you want to embed.
Click "import"→"import embed"
Click on the "ABC paper icon" so it says "Display in line"
Assignment Instruction Design Tip
