🌟Secondary 🌟
Beginning of the Semester/Year Information
At the beginning of the school year (or each semester), Secondary teachers must follow the steps below in order to ensure the proper sync occurs between Schoology courses and PowerSchool.
Step 1: Link Schoology sections before setting up the Gradebook (Optional)
Step 1: Link Schoology sections before setting up the Gradebook (Optional)
Linking sections will ease content creation and allow teachers to easily retrieve student information by switching between class periods. It essentially allows teachers to share content in one location to all linked sections at once.
Linking sections will ease content creation and allow teachers to easily retrieve student information by switching between class periods. It essentially allows teachers to share content in one location to all linked sections at once.
Requirements for Linking Sections:
Requirements for Linking Sections:
📌You can only link sections for the same course in PowerSchool.
📌You can only link sections for the same course in PowerSchool.
📌The sections must be associated with the same grading period.
📌The sections must be associated with the same grading period.
📌Enrollment must be unique across the linked sections. There cannot be any overlap in the students.
📌The sections must have the same Course Admins.
⚠️ It is critical this step is completed first. ⚠️
⚠️ It is critical this step is completed first. ⚠️
🚨 Once linked, do not unlink your sections. Assignments and grades will be erased if you do. 🚨
Step 2: Set up the Gradebook & Syncing Grades to PowerSchool
Step 2: Set up the Gradebook & Syncing Grades to PowerSchool
This will enable teachers to sync grades from Schoology to PowerSchool.
This will enable teachers to sync grades from Schoology to PowerSchool.
Quick Tip for Second Semester Courses:
Quick Tip for Second Semester Courses:
📌Save time by copying settings from a previous course into a new course.See how below:
📌Save time by copying settings from a previous course into a new course.See how below:
Copy Settings in Schoology.webm
Step 3: Design Your Course
Step 3: Design Your 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 linked buttons.
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 linked buttons.
