Schoology

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For teachers: List of Must Haves based on experience of Highlander Virtual teachers so far

Students

• How do teachers see what students see (demo student)?

• How can students learn to use Schoology?

• A student can't access a Google doc assigned using the Google Drive Assignment app in Schoology.

• A student can't access a Google Drive assignment, and the error message says to ask the instructor to reconnect their account to Schoology.

• A student can't access or submit a Texthelp PDF Reader assignment in Schoology.

• A teacher has manually added a student to their Schoology course, but the student disappears the next day.

• How do I get rid of old overdue assignments that still show up in my calendar?

Parents

• How do teachers see what parents see (demo parent)?

• How do parents / families access Schoology (parent access codes)?

• How do parents / families change their Schoology password?

• How do teachers communicate with parents / families in Schoology?

• How do parents / families communicate with teachers in Schoology?

• A parent / family is not receiving their Parent Email Digest (regular summary of student's work).

• How can parents learn to use Schoology?

Courses and Materials

• How do teachers copy a course structure / template from the course design team?

• How do teachers add a Zoom / Google Meet link to the Schoology Calendar?

• Material is missing or deleted from a teacher's course

• A course is missing from my Courses drop-down menu

• Can a course have coteachers?

• How do teachers save a course to Resources (reuse a course in the future)?

• Can I change the name / order of courses in Schoology to match the period / hour?

• How do teachers hide / archive their Sandbox courses?

• How can a teacher add a Bitmoji image to a Schoology course?

• How could a physical education, art, music, drama, etc. teacher work with students in Schoology?

• When should I use a discussion?

• Students cannot take an assessment that has been created and published.

• Trying to add an image or video gives an error message, "refused to connect."

• Why and how should teachers link sections of a course together?

• Why attaching a Google doc to every assignment might be a good idea.

• Why inserting links to Google docs instead of files in Schoology is better for the long run.

• How can I use the Publish / Unpublish feature in Schoology?

Special Education

• Can special education teachers create their own course to use with students?

• Can teachers create their own groups to use with students?

• Can special education teachers become coteachers in the general education Schoology course?

• Can special education teachers see their caseload students' courses and grades without becoming a coteacher in the general education Schoology course?

• How can course materials (assignments, assessments, etc.) be differentiated in Schoology?

• How can students have text read to them in Schoology?

Google

• How do I see the Schoology calendar in my Google calendar?

• How do teachers add a Google doc to a course or their Resources (same document for all students)?

• How do teachers create Google Drive Assignments (one copy of the document for each student)?

• Why can't parents / families see the Google Drive Assignment created by the teacher?

• Why can't coteachers see the Google Drive Assignment created by the teacher?

• How do students add a Google doc to a traditional Schoology assignment (student creates their own doc)?

• How do students submit Google Drive Assignments (one copy of the document for each student)?

Schoology, PowerSchool, and Grades

• How do teachers set up their gradebooks to synchronize grades with PowerSchool?

• A graded assignment in Schoology is not synchronizing to PowerSchool (teacher).

• Can teachers change the name / order of courses in PowerTeacher Pro to match the period / hour?

• How can I use grade exceptions like 'Missing' in the Schoology gradebook?

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