Organizing Your Digital Classroom with Schoology (Grades 6-12)

 See examples of and learn about:

• Creating an assignment with Schoology created response

• Creating an assignment with a Google Drive response

• Creating an assignment using the Kami response

• Creating a Test/Quiz 

  • Specific Test/ Quiz Question Types

• Creating an Assessment 

  • Specific Assessment Question Types

• Creating a Discussion Board assignment

See examples of and learn about: 

• Creating a BrainPop classroom & post in Schoology (Teacher & Student Directions)

• Creating EdPuzzle assignments

• File/Link/External Tools

• Student Portfolios

See examples of and learn about: 

• Adjust grade settings for your course in Grade Setup

• Create custom Grading Scales 

• Create custom Rubrics 

• Navigating the Gradebook

• Additional options for Adding Materials from within the Gradebook 

• Using Gradebook Bulk Edit

• Understanding Gradebook Expectations

• Create Grading Groups 

Schoology Support Website for Students

Google Drive Integration Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting the Google Drive App in Schoology

• Schoology Support: Troubleshooting the Google Drive Integration for Students 

Schoology Showcase: Student Experience Video Examples

• Submit Assignment Using "Create"

• Submit Assignment through Resources

• Google Drive Assignment

• Google Drive Assignment

Change the landing page of your course

Creating Course Updates

Creating Updates as an Announcements

Creating a Poll

Send a  Message to Students

Creating Calendar Events 

Customize your Notifications

View Course Analytics

View Workload Planning

Section Override Roles & Advisor Roles

From student survey and focus groups this past spring, and having talked to teachers who are avid users of Schoology, we have compiled a list of best practices for to you to review.

Read through the list below.  Add your own thoughts about best practices for an online course and remote learning in the discussion area.

Share ideas, successes, or ask for advice from others!  You can even practice different ways to add a discussion post (text, audio/video, upload images).  

• Just as you would thoroughly explain all your expectations and routine for your physical classroom, take time at the beginning of school to walk your students through the layout of your digital classroom.

• Storing all your weekly templates in one folder in Schoology instead of posting to Updates.

  • Students found it helpful to have the template posted in Updates but found it hard to find if a teacher posted more than one update each week.

• Start the beginning of the year by posting all your materials in your Schoology course. Make as much of your in-class course available online so that students have an easier transition if we move to distance learning.

• Students like Schoology messaging and find it to be an easy way to communicate with teachers.

• Use folders! It helps students stay organized

• Many students really liked it when teachers organized their distance learning assignments by week (in folders).

• Use due dates on assignments so that students get overdue assignment alerts. 

• Use the build in audio and video features to make your course more personal

  • Discussions

  • Updates

  • Feedback 

• Support staff can get access to Schoology courses as an Advisor allowing them to view lots of courses for a small group of students.