Schoology Advanced (301)

Learning Objectives

Setting up a course for engagement
Connecting OneDrive to Resources
Creating Rubrics
Creating Categories in the Grade Book
Individually Assign & Completion Rules

Schoology Join Code: S85G-NZ4K-6786X

Organizing your course for student interaction

Schoology Folders allows educators to create an organized work flow in a course.

Recommendations!

Create a Course/Class Information Folder to remain static at the top of the course
- Include course syllabus
- Office hours and contact information
- Class Agreements/Norms
- Q & A Discussion Question that is ungraded and open during the duration of the class.
Create classroom agreements with students on expectations of behavior and interaction in an online course
Organize folders by Unit or Curricular area such as Unit #1 or ELA, Math
Depending on the age of your students, include information in the folder description such as; This folder includes butterfly learning experience, butterfly activity, and butterfly discussion.
If your students need additional guidance, add text such as Unit #1 - Start Here
Be explicit with directions, names of folder and order of completion.
Schoology Folders can be layer and you can have numerous folders within folders
Keep each folders structure similar for ease of use by students
Use student completion rules if available to ensure they access each learning experience and activity

Engaging Students - Schoology Example

Example #1

Schoology Example #2

Example #2

OneDrive Resource App

Using the OneDrive resource app is a great way to connect your OneDrive and Schoology accounts for a simple way to easily add documents to your course and for students to submit work without having to download from OneDrive!

Rubrics & Grading Categories

Rubrics may be used to grade course assignments and discussions by measuring performance for your students. Rubrics can be visible to students.

Rubrics may be added to the following:

Assessments (subjective questions only)
Assignments
Discussions
Tests/Quizzes (Short Answer/Essay Question only)

Rubrics allow for You can add two types of criteria to a rubric:

Custom criteria that you add and update manually.
Criteria aligned to standardized learning objectives, such as Common Core or state standards.

Creating Rubrics in Schoology

Creating Grading Categories in Schoology

Individually Assigning Materials and Using Completion Rules

The Why

These tools allow you to differentiate assignments to specific students

You can still assign group work to students or even work based on math/reading groups

You have the ability to track if students are completing activities or require them to complete activities before moving to the next activity

The How

Assigning Student Completion Rules

Individually Assigning Single Course Materials

Individually Assigning Folders

Creating Groups to Assign Materials/Folders