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Schoology: Communication

Parent Access Codes connect learners & parents in Schoology.

Parent access codes are used to link a FREE parent-created Schoology account to their learner within the Schoology system. This is a one-time process for the career of the learner; this is not a per-course connection.

*You'll know a parent is connected if you enter your Course's member section and a learner has a name or names in grey text below their own as shown in the picture below for Test Stu.

Once connected, a parent can view any content their learner interacts with and can be communicated with via Schoology courses through the steps below.

Facilitator support article for parent codes
Parent support article for parent accounts and codes

Parent Access Code Mail Merge Letter

You can send a personalized letter using this letter template and a mail merge to send instructions to parents on connecting to learners within our Schoology system.

Here's the template, which you can feel free to File --> Make a Copy or Download to be used in a mail merge for adding parent information.

Create Schoology Course Updates

Home-to-School communication is critical for parent buy-in. Course updates in Schoology are one way that Schoology help that home-to-school connection.

Use cases for Updates are daily or weekly agendas, course announcements, and updates on events that are relevant to all parents and learners alike.

Check out the tutorial to see how to use Updates.

*For those migrating from Dojo, this is like the Stories section of that application.

* Course Updates only produce mobile notifications for those directly enrolled in courses ie Course Admin and learners. They are viewable to all on the Schoology Dashboard.

Insert pictures into Schoology Updates

We all know it's the little things that make a big difference and this is one of those little things that you may have been working around that will make life a little easier.

You'll find it uses the same Insert Content icon and workflow that you've seen in your course assignments!

Schoology Announcements

Announcements are banners that stay at the top of your Schoology Materials and Updates pages within a Schoology course.

* Course Updates only produce mobile notifications for those directly enrolled in courses ie Course Admin and learners. They are viewable to all on the Schoology Dashboard.

Schoology Parent Sections

Course updates generate a push notification for direct members of a course, i.e. course admin or students inside of course sections. Currently parents are not direct members of a course, which is why they are not receiving notifications or able to interact with your updates.

· Parents currently receive a digest/summary of course updates, either weekly or daily based on the preference they set on their account for each of their learners.

· If you want parents to receive regular push notifications when you make course updates, you are able to create a section within your existing course for parents. You will find those steps here.

· Parents connected to learners have been added to our Pequea Valley Schoology Directory. In the member’s section of a course, you can see their names in grey underneath learner names.

Send Course Updates to specific Sections

You are able to create a section within your existing course for Parents to receive push notification from your course updates. You will find those steps here.

Course updates can be sent to only particular sections, such as the Parent section.

Schoology App Update Notification

Parents and learner alike that have the mobile app with push notifications turned on can expect this type of notification for all private and group messages.

Learners enrolled within a Schoology course will receive this type of push notificaiton when a course update is posted.

From your Course or Group, select Members, then click the gear to the right of the learner name. Choose Send Message or Message Parents to open the message editor for quick and easy communication!

You can also always click the envelope from the top navigation in Schoology, New Message, then type a learner's name to start a Schoology message to them.

* Private and Group messages produce mobile notifications.

How to message a learner or their parent in Schoology

How to email message all parents or members of a Course

Ever need to email all the learners in a Schoology but for one reason or another want to steer away from the Updates section? Well, you're in luck, you can use Course Options and Group Options to accomplish just that!

* Private and Group messages produce mobile notifications.

Schoology App Message Notification

This is what a banner notification for a parent or learner within the Schoology app when they receive a Schoology message.

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