Schoology for Elementary

1. FOR THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
November 6, 2018

2. TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
 To log in and find your classes in Schoology
 To understand the navigation in Schoology
 To understand the difference between Courses and Groups
 To customize your course settings
 To make a file and an assignment in a class

3. Please log into your Schoology account
http://cvs.schoology.com

4. WHY SCHOOLOGY?
/skoo-luh-jee/—a learning management system (LMS) that has all the tools your institution needs to create
engaging content, design lessons, and assess student understanding.
● Blackboard replacement
● Ease of use
● High adoption rate
● Integration with Power School
● Collaboration features:
○ Groups
○ Courses
○ Resources

5. THE POSSIBILITIES OF SCHOOLOGY

6. SCHOOLOGY IN ELEMENTARY
LMS for upper el
Student Portfolios
Parent site
Secure online discussions
ExtracurricularGroups
(GreenTeam, Broadcast Club, Safeties)

7. OFFICE 365 INTEGRATION
One Drive Resource App
 add files directly from your One Drive
One Drive Assignment App
 hands out a copy of a file from your One
Drive to every student
Classroom Notebook App
 create classroom notebooks right from
inside Schoology to share with students

8. MORE INTEGRATION OPTIONS

9. Tour of the
Home
Page/Feed

10. Tour of the
Home
Page/Feed

11. Courses vs. Groups

13. Courses are set up
automatically through
PowerSchool and
students added
automatically.

14. Courses and Codes
Students do not join Schoology Courses
with a code
They are created from PowerSchool
Students can join Groups using a code
Think extracurricular groups

15. Courses and Codes
Teachers can join Courses with a code
Think co-teaching and PD
Parents can join Courses with a code
Parent access codes

16. Parents Access Codes
The Good:
Parents can create a Schoology
Account and you can provide them
with an access code to join your course
Great way to share materials with
parents
Parent codes allow them to only see
teacher materials and their own child’s
work – nice security!

17. Parents Access Codes
The Bad:
Each student has a unique code for
their parents – this could get hard
to manage
BUT –
Mail merge could be your friend!

19. Groups

20. Schoology Groups
• Create groups
• Join groups (with a code)
• Search for groups
• See all groups you are in
• Reorder your groups

22. Resources
Allows you to:
-Save your content to use in
other courses / terms
-Share resources for groups
across grades, subjects,
building, or schools in your
district
-Connect your apps to
resources (Office 365
Quizlet and more)

23. LET’S CREATE A COURSE!

24. REVIEW
TEACHERS DO NOT USUALLY CREATE
COURSES!

25. COURSES  MY COURSES 
CREATE COURSE

26. Tour of the Course Landing Page

28. Course Options
• Change course profile picture
• Review your privacy settings
• Moderate posts
• Send messages

29. Add to
Course Feed

30. Add to
Course Feed
• Use the Add Materials option to add
information and activities for your students.
• Use folders to organize your materials into
units or topics of study.
• Add interactive elements to get your students
engaged.

31. Let’s Create Some Folders

32. Pages
• Pages are the main instructional
content tool in Schoology.
• A page allows you to create or
upload content
• Includes text, video/audio,
embedded websites, Office
365 documents, files, links,
tables, etc.
Think of a page as your canvas for your
lesson materials.

33. Pages

34. Let’s Create a
Page

35. Create an Assignment

37. Elementary
Course
Examples

38. Check These Out!
Take a look at these examples for ideas to use and organize Schoology with your
elementary students.

39. Find an Example
You Like?
No need to re-create!
Send the set of folders
you like to your
Resources, then copy it
into your course.

41. Now In Your Resources

42. MISD: Grade Center Information
Grade Passback is
up and functional,
contact Sarah for
instructions to set
up.

43. NEW - Assessment Feature Now Available

44. NEW –
Assessment Feature
Hint:
Choose Assessment
rather than Test / Quiz
to have all of the
newest options
available.

45. Schoology Support Page – A Great Resource!
https://support.schoology.com

46. MISD Schoology Webpage
http://www.misd.net/schoology