Schoology Course Template Training


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The Alief ISD Course Template

In this section, you will learn about the Alief ISD Course Template, and have a chance to create its components in your Sandbox.

About the Alief ISD Course Template:

In an effort to provide a consistent experience that allows families, parents, and students to find information and learning materials across campuses and grade levels, all Alief ISD Schoology courses will include the following three (3) folders:

Online Learning - All learning activities will be located in this folder

In the Online Learning folder, you will have weekly/daily folders with lessons, materials, and other learning items.

Additional Resources - this folder will include links to additional learning resources

Parent Communication - newsletters, weekly communication, etc. for parents and families will be housed in this folder

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Note: Families and students should only see these three folders when they click into your courses. Any course materials that you have created or will create will reside within these folders.

Your campus leadership and district content leaders may provide additional guidance and expectations for developing course materials within these folders.

Sample image of a course page that includes the three template folders

Let's set these folders up in your course sandbox, so that you can easily add them to each of your courses later.

To create the Online Learning folder:

  1. Go to the Schoology Sandbox course that you created

  2. Click on Add Materials

  3. Click on Add Folder

  4. In the Title box, type or paste: Online Learning

  5. Choose green for the folder color

  6. In the Description box, type or paste: All learning activities are located in this folder.

  7. Click Create

To create the Online Learning folder: Go to the Schoology Sandbox course that you created Click on Add Materials Click on Add Folder In the Title box, type or paste: Online Learning Choose the green folder In the Description box, type or paste: All online learning activities are located in this folder Click Create

To create the Additional Resources folder:

  1. In your Schoology Sandbox course, click on Add Materials

  2. Click on Add Folder

  3. In the Title box, type or paste: Additional Resources

  4. Choose yellow for the folder color

  5. In the Description box, type or paste: This folder includes links to additional learning resources.

  6. Click Create

To create the Additional Resources folder: In your Schoology Sandbox course, click on Add Materials Click on Add Folder In the Title box, type or paste: Additional Resources Choose yellow for the folder color In the Description box, type or paste: This folder includes links to additional learning resources. Click Create

To create the Parent Communication folder:

  1. In your Schoology Sandbox course, click on Add Materials

  2. Click on Add Folder

  3. In the Title box, type or paste: Parent Communication

  4. Choose red for the folder color

  5. In the Description box, type or paste: This folder contains all newsletters, weekly communication, etc. for parents and families.

  6. Click Create

To create the Parent Communication folder: In your Schoology Sandbox course, click on Add Materials Click on Add Folder In the Title box, type or paste: Parent Communication Choose yellow for the folder color In the Description box, type or paste: This folder contains all newsletters, weekly communication, etc. for parents and families. Click Create

Now that you have created the Alief ISD Course Template folders in your sandbox, we will add a few more things to the Online Learning folder.

Schoology Help Center Resources:

Course Materials: Create Folders