Schoology Advanced

Use access code 8SNH9-5SG4X to join the Schoology/PowerSchool Teacher Resource Schoology Group. Make sure to turn on your Group Update Notifications for important announcements posted in the group.

Once you've mastered the basics of Schoology, there is still so much more that you can do with Schoology. Below are some ideas to help you take using Schoology with your students to the next level.

Using Schoology to Increase Student Interaction

Teachers have said the using the discussion feature in Schoology has lead to more interactions between their students, here is way to use this feature.

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Using Discussions for Peer Tutoring in Schoology - This idea gives students the opportunity to discuss with one another issues they might be having with an assignment.

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Installing Apps into Schoology Courses - There are many apps and websites that can integrate into Schoology. With just a few quick steps, you can add them to each of your courses.

Using Google in Schoology

Many teachers love to use Google products with their students. There are multiple ways that you can use them in conjunction with Schoology. Here are a few ideas that you might want to try.

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Using the Google Assignment App - Assign anything on your Google Drive (except Forms and it MUST be an actual Google product) to your students using this tool. This will give each of your students their own copy of the assignment. They can complete the work right in Schoology and you can grade it there as well.

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Embedding Google Slides into Schoology - This can be useful for posting information when students are absent or when the teacher is out. Students still have access to the information presented for the day.

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Using Google and Schoology for Group Work - This allows for the groups work to be centrally located. No more excuses of the project being left at one of the student's homes.

Differentiating Lessons for your students

Schoology makes it easy for teachers to differentiate lessons for their students by creating grading groups and with using student completion rules. Learn more about these features below.

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Using Grading Groups in Schoology - Grading groups allows you to assign students to different groups. This makes it a snap when assigning different assignments to different groups of students. Instead of typing in the students names each time, you just type in the grading group.

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Using Student Completion Rules - Student Completion Rules allows you to set up assignments to be completed in a certain order. This is perfect for setting up self paced lessons for students.

Keeping Students Informed

When the world pivoted to online learning, it became essential that teachers make it easy for students to find their work in the online platforms they were using. Bitmoji classrooms became something that many teachers began using in their classrooms. Agendas also became popular. Find out how to create and upload an agenda as well as two ways to upload a Bitmoji classroom into Schoology.

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Creating an Agenda in Schoology - Use an agenda to list each day's activities and link the assignments directly in the chart for easy student navigation.

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Adding a Bitmoji Classroom to an Announcement - Many teachers in all grade levels like to add a Bitmoji Classroom to their course. When adding it to the Update, it make the file front and center for students.

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Adding a Bitmoji Classroom to a Schoology Page - Another way to display the Bitmoji Classroom is to add it to a page. This way make it a little less overwhelming on the page and adds it with the rest of the materials for the course.

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