How to Submit an Assignment

There are a variety of ways that students can submit work to an assignment. First, it is important to know that there are three methods that teachers can use to create an assignment.

1. Assignments that ask students to submit work they've created from scratch.

2. Assiginments that ask students to edit a personal copy of a Google doc the teacher has provided through Google Drive.

3. Assignments that ask students to annotate a PDF using Kami

Method 1: Submit work students have created from scratch

Using the first method, there are several ways for students to submit work in Schoology.

Click on the "Submit Assignment" button in the "Submissions" area to the right of these directions to explore the different ways you can submit work to a Schoology assignment.

Method 2: Submitting your copy of a Google Doc created for you in the assignment

If a teacher has used method 2 to set up an assignment, it will create a personal copy of a Google document the teacher has attached and it will have a different appearance than a regular assignment when the student clicks on it.

Student will first see any directions and resources the teacher has provided seen in the format below.

Students click on the "My Document" option to access their personal copy of the Google doc provided by the teacher. The Google doc will open so that they can edit directly within the Schoology platform and changes will be saved as they work. When they are finished, they will click the Submit Assignment button at the top.

You get an "Access Denied" message when they click on the "My Document" option.

Follow these directions to change a browser setting that is causing this issue.

1. In the Chrome browser, at the top right, click the 3 dots and then Settings.

2. Scroll to the Privacy and Security section, click Cookies and other Site Data.

3. Select Allow all cookies

4. Sign out of Schoology, then back in.

5. Check the Course Materials. The content should be visible now.

Method 3: Submitting a pdf that was annotated using Kami

If a teacher has created an assignment where you need to fill out a pdf document, you will be opening and submitting the assignment using Kami.

Opening your assignment with Kami

In this case, you will see a "Complete Kami Assignment" button when you open your assignment in Schoology.

When you click that button, Kami will open and load the file. The file will be automatically uploaded to your Google Drive, and also shared with the teacher's Google account, so they they can view the work in progress. The folder in Drive will be name "Kami Schoology Assignments".

You can come back to Schoology later and click the 'Open Assignment' button again to get the same copy of the file so you can continue your work. You can also open the file with Kami directly from their Google Drive, and continue their work or turn in that way.

This will export the document with your changes, return you to Schoology, where you can click 'Submit' to complete the submission.