SCHOOLOGY

Click on Sign Up Choose Instructor Fill Out Form / Register o Use SCHOOL 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 & 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 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 columnLink a file to discussion feed Highlight selected textComment in document Strikeout selected textDraw on document Grade assignmentDownload 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 ( ) 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