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SCHOOLOGY
SCHOOLOGY
www.schoology.com
• Click on Sign Up
• Choose Instructor
• Fill Out Form / Register
o Use SCHOOL email address
• Fill in Country / State / and type in Mississinewa
Click the search icon
• Select our High School
• Close the Tour
Notifications
• Click on Arrow by Name at top right /
Notifications
• Accept default or make changes when
needed
o Notice there are both EMAIL & Mobile choices
Account Settings
• Click on Arrow by Name at top right / Acct
Settings
• Fill in information at top
• Connect with Google (if you have GMAIL)
o Makes GOOGLE DOCS accessible through
resources
• Save changes
Privacy Settings
• Click on Name at top right / Privacy
• Accept Defaults for now & Save
Set Up Your Profile
• Click on Name at top right
• Upload a photo if you have one available!
o Can copy photo from web page
o Use your camera on iPad
• Write a short bio
o About Me
o Interests & Activities
o Contact Information
Join Groups
• Click on Groups drop-down arrow at top
o Find Schoology Groups you are interested in &
join
• Join MHS group
o Check your email You should have received
an Access Code to enter• VSX6K-X8S4D
Create Courses
• Courses drop-down menu / CREATE
• Complete Form / Create
o Each Course can have multiple sections
o Course/See All / Select Gear Icon / Copy section
o Complete the Copy Course Section form/Create
• Gear Icon also used to delete sections
Add Members to Courses• Distribute the Course Access Code to
students
• Students will login to Schoology and “join”
your section
• You can also “Require Approval” before
anyone can join your section
Course Materials
• Course Folders
o Add Materials/Add folder (name & description)
o “Publish Upon Creation” determines whether
student can view the folder or not• Control folder availability
o Any content can be added to a folder and
organized and/or reordered as needed
o All items can be modified, moved, copied, deleted
or saved
Course Materials
• Course Assignments
o Each assignment has an optional “dropbox” where
students can submit files and you can view, edit,
and grade or comment on assignments
o Each assignment can be given a due date
o Assignments can be viewed or downloaded
individually or in bulk using a .zip file
Course Materials
• Document Viewer for Assignments
o Allows you to edit and annotate student assignment
submissions directly through your Schoology account.
Comment & discuss in right column Link a file to discussion feed
Highlight selected text Comment in document
Strikeout selected text Draw on document
Grade assignment Download assignment/save to computer
Return the annotated/graded assignment by clicking Save Changes
Course Materials• Course
Tests/Quizzes– T/F– Multiple Choice– Ordering– Short
answer/Essay– Fill in the blank– Matching
• Settings– Instructions– Availability– Time limit– Attempt limit– Graded by– Paging– Randomize order– Question review– Resumable– View submissions
Additional Materials
• Files/Links
• Course Discussions with threaded commenting
o You can approve every post
• Course Pages
o Customize with text, images, videos, html, etc.
• Media Album
o Photos, videos, audio files, comments, tag users
Additional Materials
• Course Updates
o You can post announcements . . . if you click
the "bell" the Update is promoted to the top of
the page as well as to the top of the Course
page until you remove it. You can also connect
with FB or Twitter with your announcement.
o Post a “poll” . . . resource . . . file
Using Your Gradebook
o Grades can be edited
o Track revisions
o Fill grades with a single value
o View Statistics
o Delete
o Comment
o Print Grade Reports
o Export/Import as XLS or CSV format
Grade Setup
o Create Categories
o Create Weighted Categories
o Grading Period & Final Weights
o Final Grade Settings as numeric or
letter
o Create/customize grading scales
Attendance
o Present
o Absent
o Late
o Excused
o Make comments on specific dates•Display or not to student
o Print Reports
Resources / Personal / My Resources
o Collections stored in one place.• Each collection is a container storing courses, folders, and files.–Collection = year or semester»Folders for each course taught
o Google Docs can also be a “Collection”• Anything in your Google Docs can be imported to a Course or Course folder
Adding Resources
o My Resources•Add Collection (2012-13)•Click on Collection Box–Add Resources / Add Folders»Class Name #1»Class Name #2»Class Name #3
Adding Resources
o Click on Class Name
•Add Resources / Folder–Q1
o Click on Q1 for this class•Add Resources / Files
Resources
o All Resources can be:•Edited•Copied•Moved•Deleted (cannot be undone)•Re-ordered•Auto-arranged
Any COLLECTION can be shared with others –
o Click on your collection and choose
Share
o Select the people with whom to
share
o Set permissions (view only or edit)
Public Resources
o Anything saved in your
Collections/Resources can be made
public
• View, download and integrate
resources from others into YOUR
collection
