Schoology Resource Guide

Getting Started

Courses vs. Groups (A video detailing distinctive features of both courses and groups)

Create a Group (Walk through of creating a group and adding members with PLC collaboration focus)

Setting the Landing Page

Communication

Schoology for Parents - gaining access (For districts that have NOT auto-enrolled parents. This is a manual setup for parents.)

Setting Notifications

Finding Parent Access Codes (How to find and distribute Parent Access codes to their child's class)

Adding Content

Adding an Assignment (Short how-to video to create an assignment)

Schoology Discussions Beginner (How to create a discussion board)

Schoology Test/Quiz (creating and managing a Test/Quiz)

Add file (add any supported file for students)

Add page (add a new page for content)

Create Updates (tutorial on how to create an update)

Create Update Resource

Create an Event (create events using the calendar)

Create an Account (Free) (Overview of features but not a tutorial)

Course Setup

Create a Course (Free version only)

Are My Courses created by me or my district?

Adding an Image to a course or group

Schoology Basic Overview (One-sheet of Schoology description, purpose, & uses. 10 minute read)

Gradebook Setup - Traditional

Reorder the Course Tiles (Video instruction on how to reorder course tiles)

Reordering the Group Menu (Reorder Group courses menu.)

Sample Primary Course (A one-sheet overview of a sample course description)

Sample 4th-6th Grade Course

Sample Middle School Course

Sample High School Course

Adding a Folder

Schoology Tech Support

Student completion rules (How to create rules for students to accomplish tasks)

Custom Learning Objectives (How to add learning objectives efficiently)

Course Analytics (How this feature can provide insight into student data)

Moderate Comments (How to moderate discussion board posted comments)

Workload Planning (Display insight into students' overall assigned work in all classes)

Change icon picture for course

Schoology Assessment (How to create and manage assessments in Schoology)

Free vs. Enterprise (A side-by-side bulleted description of free vs. enterprise)

Requesting a new Feature

Making Your Courses Student Friendly

Rubrics in Schoology (Communicate standards to students and speed up your grading and feedback with rubrics!)

Embed Videos In a Course (How to make videos play on your page, rather than in a new tab)

Create Recordings Inside of Schoology (Record audio or video for directions, demonstrations and more!)

Teach Students How to Create Recordings (Directions for students to use Schoology's recording tools)

Setting Schoology's Language (Personalize your account with language settings)

Keeping Assignments and Gradebook Organized

Schoology's Instructor Guide (Links to written directions for multiple Schoology tools)

Attaching Learning Objectives to Assignments (This allows you to track student progress by standard)

Publish or Unpublish Assignments (Keep work hidden until you want students to see it)

Grade Setup Options (Make the gradebook work for you!)

Standards-Based Gradebook Setup (written directions with tips to help with standards-based gradebook setup)

Student Completion Rules (How to require students to complete tasks in a certain order and track their progress)

Customization Options

Custom Grading Scales (Create a grading scale to match your instructional style)

Writing Custom Learning Objectives (Create your own standards or standards in student-friendly language)

Sharing and Collaborating

Sharing Resources with Colleagues (Create a space for sharing the work with your teammates)

Schoology's Public Resources (How to find resources from other teachers and add them to your resources or course)

Communicating with Students and Families

Using the Schoology Calendar (Learn how to use this best to communicate with students and families)

Grading Electronically Submitted Work (How can you grade work students turn in to Schoology?)

Using Gradebook "Flags" (Learn how to add and remove flags and what impact they have on student grades)

How Do Students See Recent Activity? (A written resource with good student perspective)

Send a Message to an Entire Class (See how to quickly send a Schoology message to all of your students)

Send a Message to One Student or Parent

Time Savers

Top Ten Schoology Teacher Tips (Part 1)

The Recycle Bin (How to get something back if you have accidentally deleted it)

Sharing Resources with Colleagues (How to create a space to share assignments, tests and links with your team)

Gradebook Tools

How the Gradebook Calculates a Grade

Gradebook Filters (How to sort your gradebook and customize features)

Using Factors in the Gradebook (A useful Schoology tool, but be sure to check how it syncs with your SIS!)

The Bulk Edit Tool in Gradebook (Change categories, due dates or other features of multiple assignments all at once!)

Test/Quiz Tool

Grading a Schoology Test/Quiz

Using Question Banks to Build Test/Quizzes (Create a bank of questions and then you can generate tests quickly from them!)

Bells and Whistles

Course Analytics (Learn how to see when and if students have logged on to Schoology or looked at your course materials)

Checking Student Progress (If you set Completion Rules on a folder, here is how to check how students are doing)

Save an entire course to Resources (Excellent end of semester strategy so you can re-use parts next school year!)

Save one file or item to resources (Written directions for accessing and managing your private Schoology resources)

Adding Apps (There are both free and fee-based apps you can connect to your Schoology account for added features.)

See the Student or Parent View (Temporarily change your view to the way your students or parents will see things)

How to Pre-Approve Student Comments before they post (Turn on moderation so comments and discussion posts need approval from you)

Understand Roles and Permissions (What can students do and see? What about parents? What permissions does the district set?)

Workload Planning (Use this tool to see when other teachers have due dates to avoid overloading your classes with assignments)

Creating Grading Groups (Organize your students into groups to make sure they get just the right work for where they are.)

Individually Assign Work and Materials (How to add materials and assignments for individual students or just groups of students.)

Student Directions for Submitting Recordings (How to allow students to submit audio or video recordings instead of written work.)

Accessibility Tools in Schoology (How to change the language of the Schoology-created text )

Provide Audio/Video Instructions and Updates (How to use the Schoology tools to record yourself)

Tools for Building Community in Schoology - Media Album Uses (Video explaining 5 different ways to foster engagement in Media Albums in Schoology)

Schoology Media Albums (How to create Media Albums)

Tools for Building Community in Schoology - Discussion Boards (Video explaining how to create and use basic functions of an online discussion board)

Schoology Discussions - Next Steps (Covers graded discussions)

Embed video or video clips

Polls (Creating Polls in Schoology)

Schoology WA Facebook Help Desk Group

Schoology WA Twitter

Schoology Wakelet

Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession Teacher Tech Project Webpage