SCHOOLOGY TUTORIAL #3

COURSE MANAGEMENT by D. Kritikos (8/2015)

1. Creating Courses (top menu from Homepage)

a. Course > Create

b. Complete course information and click CREATE (teacher must be

enrolled as admin)

c. Provide students with access code from left menu (if students are not

uploaded into course) >

2. Add Materials: Course (top menu) > teacher clicks on course (Note crown

next to class to denote the teacher, second class is no crown--it was the

training I went through as a student) -- You will spend the most time here.

a. Folder - keep materials organized (good to do by units and have one

informational folder): Add Folder > Type Title (unit 1) > select color >

Type description > Select Date, due date, and Available > Create

b. Assignment - Add Assignment > complete Name, due date, points,

category, period, factor, scale > Create (submission box is auto on - turn

off if not submitting electronically EX: art project)

c. Test/Quiz - Add Test/Quiz > complete name, due date, points, category,

scale > CREATE

i. Question Types: Add Question

1. True/False - Type statement in box. Provide correct answer

> provide point value > Create Question

2. Multiple Choice - Type question in box > Type choices and

check correct answer > input points > CREATE (Note:

Random choice switches the order)

3. Ordering - Type instructions/question in the box > Place

answers in correct order (Schoology will randomize answers)

> option to add/delete answers > assign points > partial

credit option > CREATE QUESTION

4. Short-Answer/Essay Question - Type question in box > input

point value > CREATE QUESTION

5. Fill in the Blank - Type the statement in the box (use one

underscore for the missing word) > provide for all possible

answers > input point value > CREATE QUESTION

6. Matching - Type directions in box > type questions on left

side and answers directly across on right > partial credit

option > input point value > CREATE QUESTION

7. From Question Banks

8. Import Test/Quiz

9. Page Break

10. Text

ii. Settings - Type instructions in box > options for availability, time

limit, attempt limit, randomize order, Paging, Language keyboard,

question review, resumable, view submission > SAVE CHANGES

iii. Preview - Shows the student view of the test - Click BEGIN

TEST/QUIZ to begin

iv. Results - after test is completed, name, submissions, latest

attempt, and final score are show (attempts can be more than

one if for practice).

v. Comments - Students or teacher can add comments about the

test (if comments are turned on)

vi. System can grade all but open-ended questions - View

Responses > View by student (click on student) - shows student

name, how long it took, score > click view/edit (use down arrow

to right of name to move to next student)

d. File/Link/External Tool

i. File (word doc, Google doc, etc.)- Attach Files > Select File >

Open > Add

ii. Link - type URL and title > ADD (links can be entered in directions

or at bottom of instructions)

iii. External Tool

e. Discussion - Type title, description, due date, point value, Enable

grading option > CREATE

f. Page - Use for information such as Homework Help Sites (has math

symbols) - use table to keep things organized on page

g. Media Album - use for students and/or teacher to insert media

h. Package

i. Import from Resource

j. Find Resource

3. Copy Materials - Materials can be copied from one course to another (for

teachers teaching more than one section of a course - must have at least 2

sections of the same course for this to work).

i. From Course page of course material is being copied from, click

the down-arrow to the right of the gear of the material to be

copied (could be a file, document, test, survey, etc.) > COPY TO

COURSE

ii. Select Course to Copy to (from listing of different sections of same

course) - click in box in front of course section

iii. Folder Option - If Folders exists in section, you have the option to

select a folder to place copied materials into > COPY (FOLDER)

Second example is of a single file being copied into a Folder in the

receiving course.

iv. Copy to Verification - Click COPY FOLDER if information is correct,

CANCEL if not

v. Copy Complete - message in green section at top appears

verifying copy was complete. Check course copied to for

verification

4. Save Materials to Resources (Virtual File Cabinet)

a. From Course, click the down-arrow to the right of the gear of the item

you want to save to Personal Resource (file, assignment, doc, etc.) >

SAVE TO RESOURCES

b. Collection Option - Home (default) goes to your personal folder. Group

resources have their own personal storage as well as each school >

SAVE COPY

c. Go to your personal resource (RESOURCE > PERSONAL > HOME (under

My Resources - left)) to verify that material has been saved

5. Install Google Drive to Resource Center (go over with students--may be

turned on automatically for everyone) - iPad work can be saved to Google

Drive and submitted through Schoology

a. In top menu, click RESOURCES and select APPS

b. Click Install Apps in My Resource App list

c. Select the option to INSTALL Google Drive

d. CONNECT to Google Drive Account

i. Click on the ACCEPT button to approve Google Drive's access to

your Schoology account

ii. Click the Connect button to sign into your Google Drive account -

Enter your username/email address and password, Click Connect