Hacking Schoology Assessments

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Hacking Schoology Assessments is a presentation I did at one of the Schoology conferences. The idea for it came about during one of my trainings on using the Google Assignment app. A teacher asked what the benefit was to using it over one of the other tools in Schoology. I started looking at all my examples and realized that many of them could be done in Schoology Assessments and the system would grade it for me! Below you will find ways to use Assessments in non-traditional ways. Many teachers use Assessments for almost everything they do in Schoology.

Homework or classwork.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for Homework or Classwork - Get more accomplished when Schoology grades your classwork or homework for you. Check out these ideas!

Reading Text.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for Reading Text to Students - Need a story read to your students? Add it to the question area of any question type and turn on the text to talk feature.

station work.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for Station Work - Take your station activities and make them self grading when in Schoology.

Task Cards.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for Task Cards - Take screen shots of your task cards and add them to Schoology. You can make them even more interactive by adding a ruler or protractor to the question.

Exit Tickets.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for Exit Tickets - No more taking a stack of exit tickets home to grade. Just grade them from your computer or hand held device. Or better yet, make them self grading and same some time!

Student Self Assessments.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for Student Self Assessments - Students can self reflect with these student self assessment ideas.

surveys.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for Student Surveys - Give those beginning of school year surveys to your students in Schoology! It saves paper and gets your students introduced to using Schoology.

On a scale of.mp4

Using Schoology Assessments for SEL Check-Ins - Do you do a morning SEL check-ins with your students? In the attached video, you can see several ways that you can use "On a Scale of..." in Schoology Assessments.

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