Creating a Digital Classroom

*Schoology

*Today’s Session

*Introduction

*The Student Experience

*Schoology’s Features

*Create a Course & Experiment

*School – o - gy

*The Student Experience

*Log in

*Click COURSES

*Click JOIN

*Enter the Access Code

*Getting Started

*Create a Course

*Create a Course Resource Folder

*Link to a Cloud Service

*Create Unit Folders

*Add Materials

*Create a Course

*Click COURSES

*Click CREATE

*Course Name (e.g. “English IV”)

*Course Section (section, period, etc)

*Subject Area (e.g. “Language Arts”)

*Subject Level (e.g. “12”)

*Resources

*Click RESOURCES

*Click PERSONAL

*Click ADD RESOURCES

*Click ADD FOLDER

*Create a course folder (name, color, description)

*Why Resources?

*Creating a course folder in the Resources section allows you to:

*Organize course materials

*Save course materials from year to year

*Quickly share course materials between courses

*Materials can be saved to the Resources folder from the course page.

*Search public resources for additional course content

*Link to the Cloud

*Click RESOURCES

*Click APPS

*Click INSTALL APPS

*Choose the Apps you wish to link to your Schoology account to

*Easily move course documents into course folders

*Unit Folders

*Open the Course Folder in the Resources section

*Click ADD RESOURCES

*Create Unit folders (e.g. “Unit 1,” “Chapter 1,” “Cell Structure,” etc.)

*Place unit materials in individual unit folders

*Makes course structure clear to students

*Makes organizing materials easy

*When moved to course page, you can edit

* File color

* Start & End Date

* Availability

*Course Materials

*Assignments

*Test & Quizzes

*Files & Links

*Discussions

*Pages

*Media Albums

*Advanced Features

Easily add materials to unit folders.

Select the Materials tab inside the unit folder and choose content type.

*Gradebook

*Doesn’t take the place of GradeConnect

*Can still be helpful

*Allows you to use all grading options on Schoology

*Under Course Options, select Gradebook

*Select Grade Setup

*Create categories and grading periods

*Assignments

*Great for written assignments or digital worksheets

*Students can respond within Schoology or upload a file

*Grade and return student work

*Annotate or use a rubric

*Attach files from computer or the cloud

*Schedule a due date

*Individually assign to certain students

*Tests & Quizzes

*Create self-grading assessments

*Import tests from Blackboard, Edmastery or ExamView (click to watch video)

*Question-by-question data

*Question types

*True/False

*Multiple Choice

*Ordering

*Short-Answer/Essay Question (can’t be self-graded)

*Fill-in-the-blank

*Matching

*Tests & Quizzes Settings

*Set availability manually or by time

*Set time limit

*Allow students to take once or multiple times

*Randomize questions

*Allow students to see the correct answers after they are finished

*Leave question & answer feedback for the questions students answered incorrectly

*Files & Links

*Great for handouts and worksheets (or back-ups of materials handed out in class)

*.pdf format is best

*Post PowerPoints

*Link to online sites related to unit

*Organize materials to make it easier for students to find

*Discussions

*Great for discussion of outside reading

*Gets everyone involved in discussion

*Discussion Options

*Individually assign to groups of students

*Require students to post before seeing what other students posted

*Make it a grade

*Pages & Media Album

*Create website-style pages devoted to a subject area

*Pages Features

*Include text, images, videos, files, charts, etc.

*Hyperlink from text to web material

*Ability to include math formulas

*Media Album: collect images and videos related to content (instructor only or allow students to post as well).

*Advanced Features

*Student Completion: Guide students through assignments by requiring that they complete them in order or get a certain score.

*External Tools: You can integrate other web-based services (often subscription based) into your Schoology course page, which makes using those tools seamless.

*Packages: Add your personal web content within your Schoology page