Schoology Essentials: FCPS is an on-demand, self-paced course we created in Schoology that covers everything you need to know to start using Schoology with your students, and allows you to experience Schoology from the same point of view as the students you teach. It is not a credit bearing course at this time. To enroll in this course, go to your Schoology account, click Courses > My Courses > Join a Course, and enter the Access Code:
These videos are curated from the Schoology Essentials online course for quick access.
Adding Materials
Groups and Resources
Grading & Gradebook
Gradebook - Basics / Menus and Features
Rubrics Part 1 - P2 - P3
Communications
Student and Parent Videos
Parent Videos (FCPS Playlist - 9 videos)
Student Videos (FCPS Playlist - 10 Videos)
Are you new to a learning management system? Are you coming to FCPS with experience in a different learning management system like Blackboard? This webinar provides an in-depth look at the elementary approach to Schoology.
Note: We always recommend taking our Schoology Essentials course to maximize your ability to learn the teacher and student perspectives!
An in depth look at using Google in Schoology, including Google Assignments, embedding Google Forms, adding videos from Google Drive, a better way to add Google Slides, how to manage Google doc access for co-teachers, troubleshooting issues, and a technical look at what happens in the background as you use Google in Schoology. The webinar will be followed with an open Q&A session about Google in Schoology
Student completion and individualizing in Schoology Agenda
Learn how to use Schoology to place rules (must view, must submit, must score at least) on your materials that students must complete before they can move on to the next material, as well as how to track students progress as they move through the materials. We’ll also cover various ways that Schoology can help you differentiate, individualize, and personalize instruction. The webinar will be followed with an open Q&A session on student completion and individualization in Schoology.
Join us for deep dive into Assessments. We’ll dig into the setup options, many of the 18 questions types, the student perspective, grading and providing feedback, how to handle various situations that arise during assessments, and various ways Assessments can be used in the classroom. The webinar will be followed with an open Q&A session on Assessments.
Screencasting and Schoology Agenda
Explore with us various options on screencasting and how to get those screencasts into Schoology. This webinar will also cover the many ways that videos can be created in or added to Schoology. The webinar will be followed with an open Q&A session screencasting and Schoology.