Transforming Learning

Here are a few more tips you may not know about that may help make yours and your students’ lives easier (and maybe less stressful) as you continue to make your way through the year with Zoom. 1. Split Screen (Chromebook) You can use these buttons on a Chromebook to split your screen: Alt+[ or…

Considering the nature of the situation in which we find ourselves at the present time, it would be wise to prepare a couple days of emergency sub plans in your Schoology course. One way to do this is to create a folder that will forever sit at the bottom of your course page that is…

Well-made rubrics can be a valuable means of communicating student expectations and giving standardized feedback on student work. Just as importantly, they can be an essential tool in supporting a viable curriculum when shared among teachers in a PLC. Fortunately, Schoology makes it easy to create and share these rubrics. You can use rubrics to…

In addition to the methods I posted on recently on how to allow students to draw, write and annotate in Schoology, here’s another way to create an assignment that students can write on. This method involves using Google drawings, which you can access by going to drawings.google.com or by going to your Google Drive and…

One popular request we’ve had from teachers of multiple disciplines and levels is this: How can I have the students annotate or show their work on Schoology? There are a few ways to do this. One way is to create an assessment in Schoology and add a question of the type “Highlight image” This question…

As you have already found, there are many avenues teachers can take within Schoology to engage students in the learning process. Schoology has assembled a crowd-sourced publication with 27 strategies for engaging students further. Before you get too excited, know that many of these strategies are geared toward blended learning, with learners in a physical…

With all of our new tools and despite the fact that efforts have been made to simplify things for students, parents, and teachers, there are still a gazillion combinations of ways to do things within each of these tools. Students approach our classes, wondering: Where do I go for this class? How do I contact…

One way to link Zoom in Schoology is to create meetings and simply add the link to your Schoology page. Another way to link to Zoom in Schoology is to use the External Tool. To do this, In Schoology, Click Add Materials (or hover over one of the section dividers). Select Add File/Link/External Tool. Select…

One way to help maintain focus in your Zoom classroom is to disable private chats within Zoom. You can set this for all of your Zoom meetings. Here’s how: In your Zoom Dashboard: Click Settings. Click In Meeting (Basic). Make sure the Private Chat setting is OFF (gray, slider to the left).

Some students are receiving a message that reads “This meeting is for internal use only sign in…” Not to worry–they simply need to sign in. Students need to be logged in to their district Google account and log into Zoom via Google using this same district account in order to enter your Zoom meetings. For…