Grading in Schoology

Courses: Gradebook: This is the support page for using Schoology's Gradebook. Click here to learn how to add and edit grades, filter the views, view submission, add comments, edit the gradebook in bulk, and more.

🎬Overview of the Gradebook: Watch this video to learn how to navigate and use the Gradebook feature in an RCPS Schoology account.

🎬Video: How to Create Grading Categories: All graded materials in Schoology require a category. This video shows how to create those categories in Schoology.

💥Pro Tip: If you plan to sync your Schoology Grades to PowerSchool, try to match your category names exactly to those names in PowerSchool.

Grading with Linked Sections: If you linked Course sections, this Schoology article outlines best practice and procedures for using the Gradebook feature with multiple linked sections, as well as how to grade assignments, discussions, test/quizzes, and assessments.

🎬Video: Using the Bulk Edit feature: This video demonstrates how to make multiple changes to due dates, categories, assignment titles, and more all at once in the Schoology Gradebook.

How to use the Bulk Edit feature in Courses: Schoology's article describing how to use the Bulk Edit feature within the Course (not the gradebook) to change the category, point values, rubrics, due dates, and grading period for multiple assignments all at once.

Guide to Using Rubrics: Schoology's resource for creating and using rubrics with Assignments, Discussions, and Assessments. This article also explains how to save the rubric to Resources so you can use it for multiple Courses and years to come.

🎬Video: Creating Schoology Rubrics – Part 1: This video demonstrates the basics of creating a Rubric for scoring Assignments.

🎬Video: Creating Schoology Rubrics – Part 2: Learn how to use Learning Objectives and Custom Learning Objectives in rubrics to drive Mastery reporting.

Setup email notifications for late submissions: Read these directions to create Gmail filters that bring Schoology's notifications for late submissions to your Inbox (and hide the other ones you do not want to see!).

How to grade a Schoology Assignment: This Schoology blog shows teachers how to grade and provide feedback in a Schoology Assignment.

How to grade a Schoology Assignment using the Google Drive Assignments app: Learn how to find student work in the "Submissions" tab of an assignment and how to add a grade, use a rubric, and provide written feedback.

Guide to Grading Schoology Assessments: Learn how to grade an Assessment by student and by question, as well as providing text and audio feedback.

How to grade a Schoology Assessment by Question: Schoology breaks down the most frequently asked questions about how to grade Assessments, such as grading linked sections, giving feedback, viewing multiple attempts, and more.

How to rescore Assessment submissions: Once students have submitted their assessments, teachers can alter the correct answer setup, and Schoology will rescore the assessment with the new scoring criteria.

FAQs about Time Assessments in Schoology: Through trial and error, here is a list of considerations for teachers administering and students completing a timed Assessment.

How to grade a discussion: Schoology's article that describes and annotates how to grade a discussion board.

🎬Video: How to grade Discussions: This short overview video shows how teachers can see student responses, provide feedback, and post students' grades.

RCPS's Grading Tips and Schoology Sync Checklist: ITRTs collected a list of best practices, tips, and a checklist based on the feedback from our RCPS teachers.

Best Practice: Mapping Grading Categories between PowerTeacher Pro and Schoology: Schoology provides best practice ideas for how to create PowerTeacher Pro and Schoology categories and then how to map these categories in Schoology's PowerSchool Teacher app.

Syncing the Gradebook: How to map grading categories in the PowerSchool Teacher app: In this portion of Schoology's article about syncing grades, see how to map categories in Schoology to the categories in PowerTeacher Pro.

Syncing the Gradebook: How to Sync Grades with the PowerSchool Teacher app: In this portion of Schoology's article about syncing grades, see the procedure for syncing grades from Schoology to PowerTeacher Pro, as well as a list of possible error messages and the corresponding solution.

Syncing the Gradebook: Understanding your Status Log: If you see and error message on a graded material when syncing, check this list of error messages and solutions.