Embedded Files
Assignment Submissions
Assignment Submissions
Paper Assignments
Paper Assignments
When you have an assignment that is turned in on paper, the best practice is to:
📝 write in the description that it will be turned in on paper
🗳️AND disable assignment submissions. (See GIF below)
This way, the assignment will have a due date in Schoology's calendar, appear in your grade book, AND students and parents won’t receive an overdue assignment notice.
Materials Organization
Materials Organization
3 Folder System
3 Folder System
There are two things to keep in mind
Keep work above the scroll (so, at the top of Schoology)
Help students get to it in 3 or fewer clicks
The 3 visible folder system works the best (Marie Kondo would approve).
📁 Syllabus or other important information - important links, teacher contact info, handouts students need repeatedly
📁 Current week or unit - good to color this green
In this folder organize by week or day depending on set up - remember you want kids to get to the work in 3 clicks
📁 Old work (do not unpublished this work! It will remove things from your grade book) - it’s good to color this one red
Course Updates
Course Updates
Make your uPdates Useful
Make your uPdates Useful
Best practice is to post Course Updates with learning targets and agenda items daily. This serves as a focal point for students (and parents) to know what’s happening and what is possibly missed. It also creates an “archive” that a student can scroll back through on your Updates page to get important information.
The Course Update can go a long way in communicating Feedback to students in the style of Marzano’s New Art and Science of Teaching.
You can also use an update to:
🎯 Clearly articulate learning goals in Student Friendly Language (Element 1)
🎉 Celebrate Success of Students or the Class (Element 3)
📋 Post polls for informal assessment (Element 4)
But students don't always see them.
Solutions
Solutions
Change Settings to Land on Course Updates
Change Settings to Land on Course Updates
Click on Course Options
Scroll down to Course View Settings
Change Default Landing Page to Updates
Post Update as an Announcement
Post Update as an Announcement
After you type your update, click the speech bubble and check mark the bell.
This places the update at the top of the Materials section.
The Daily Agenda Slides as a Course Update Announcement
The Daily Agenda Slides as a Course Update Announcement
This video will show you how to turn your Daily Agenda slides in your Course Updates so you can set it and forget it.
COnsider Workload
COnsider Workload
Using the Calendar
Using the Calendar
✅ Color Code Courses: Encourage students to assign each course a different color so due dates stand out.
🗓️ Adjust the View: If the month view feels cluttered, switch to week or day view for clarity.
Review Workload Planning
Review Workload Planning
📊 Check Workload Planning: Review this section in your course to spot assignment overloads or heavy due-date days.
💡 Plan Smart: Stagger major assignments on lighter days to reduce student stress and improve completion rates.
Mastery
Mastery
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Mastery Dashboard
Mastery Dashboard
Want a clearer picture of how students are performing on specific learning targets?
The Mastery tab in Schoology helps you see progress over time — beyond just points and percentages.
Why It Matters
🌱 Promotes a growth mindset - this allows you to have clear discussions with students about how their learning is improving.
🎯 Aligns with NASOT’s Element 2: tracking student progress.
🎯 Gives you standards-based data to help support targeted intervention and reteaching
💬 Supports meaningful feedback and goal-setting with students and parents.
Align Standards to Assignments
Align Standards to Assignments
In the assignment click on Align
Choose State Standards >> Kentucky
Drill down to your standard set and standard
Click add learning objective
Save Changes
Align Standards to questions on an assessment
Align Standards to questions on an assessment
In the assessment - or test/quiz, open the question
Choose Learning Objectives
Choose State Standards >> Kentucky
Drill down into your standard set and standards
Click Save
Customize Mastery Settings
Customize Mastery Settings
In the Mastery dashbaord >> Click the settings wheel >> Choose Mastery Settings
Establish your baselines
Establish your baselines
Identify the percentage students should earn on items to meet expectation
Identify the exceeds expectation requirement
Set the number of instances a student should engage with a standard to meet the standard with a star in the report
You can also establish a decaying average which will weigh more recent assignments heavier than those that were done when a student was first engaging with a specific standard
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