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You can use Course Updates to create announcements in your course. Post updates in your course to quickly communicate brief messages for your students. When updates are posted, they appear in the Updates section and on each individual homepage of all members in your course.

Text, Audio, Video

Polling Feature



To create an assignment, use the Add Materials button at the top of your Course Materials page. You can also access the Add Materials button from within a folder.

Instructors can add content from their Google Drive accounts directly from within a Schoology Assignment


Read the article to understand how to create, manage and grade Discussions in your Schoology Courses.



Your materials are the backbone of your course. We give you the tools you need to build diverse materials designed to engage students on all levels. You can tailor folders, assignments, and quizzes to fit specific needs within each class. You can also pace students individually using our Student Completion feature.

Getting started with PlayPosit in Schoology

Assigning a PlayPosit Bulb in Schoology

Interactive video is three times as effective as standard video - learners explore and apply new material at their own pace in a digital setting.


Looking for a versatile virtual classroom within Schoology? You have it with Schoology Conferences.

Schoology Conferences enables you to hold:

  • Virtual office hours

  • Group collaborations

  • Full online classes

  • Schoology Conferences provides real-time sharing of audio, video, slides, chat, and screen.


Notifications control how you are alerted to certain activities within Schoology like course updates, assignment submissions, and private messages.

Course and Group messages allow admins to send a Schoology message to all members of the course or group.

Text, Audio, or Video





The audio/video recorder can be used in the many areas of Schoology. The recorder has been updated to HTML 5 replacing the older Flash based tool.

The top menu provides a quick and easy way to access your messages from anywhere within Schoology.

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