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Schoology Student Resource Kit
Schoology has provided a plethora of resources for teachers, students, and parents. Most of these resources can be found on YouTube. This post will talk about some resources to help students.
Sharing Your Rubrics in Schoology
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,...
Create Editable Worksheets in Schoology with Google Drawings
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...
You’ve Got Company!
Did you know that you can enable a sound notification in Zoom that lets you know when someone has entered or left your meeting, or if someone is in your waiting room? Well you can!
Have Students Annotate or Show Their Work
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...
Student Engagement Hacks in Schoology
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...
Increase the Visual Appeal of your Schoology Page
There are several ways to make your Schoology Course page more aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. You can find many of these methods with a quick Google or YouTube search. The video below shows one teacher's method for doing this. If you view the video on...
Make Your Remote Learning Norms Clear
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...
Linking Zoom on Schoology: The External Tool
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)....
Zoom Tip: Turn OFF Private Chat
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,...
Using Google Drive Assignments in Schoology + Tips/Troubleshooting
Teachers are able to use an app to allow them to create Google Assignments in Schoology. These work similarly to the ways Google Classroom assignments work. To use Google Drive Assignments, the teacher must first add the app. Here's how: In Schoology, click the Apps...
Reminder! The Tech Coaches are Here for YOU!
Bob and Amy are available for virtual Tech Coach meetings! To set up an appointment with either Bob or Amy, click on the appropriate button located at the top of the Tech Coach homepage. After selecting your choice of meeting times, you will receive a calendar...
Customize your Waiting Room in Zoom
Did you know that you can customize your Waiting Room in your Zoom meetings? Think about the possibilities! You can pose a math Problem of the Day, post a topic you will be discussing, or even a riddle!
Students Having Trouble Joining Your Zoom?
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...
Locating Standards for Special Area and Elective Teachers
If you teach Health, P.E., Technology, Music, Theater, or Art, this post is for YOU!
View Participants Lists for Zoom Meetings
In order to track participation in your Zoom classes, you may want to utilize the Reports feature on your Zoom Dashboard. You can access your Reports at the bottom of the menu on the left once you are logged in (see below). After you click on reports, you will find...
Resources for Digital Citizenship and Student Norms (Lower Elementary)
We continue to work on resources for teachers to use with students, and will release them as they become available. We’re happy to say that the Digital Citizenship course for PreK-2nd Grade is now ready!
Zoom Tip: Prevent Students from Changing their Name in Zoom
By default, users can change their names as they appear in Zoom. To prevent this, there is a quick setting that you can change. Here's how to prevent them from changing their name: Log in to Zoom.Go to Settings.In the secondary menu, select In Meeting (Basic).Scroll...
Avoid Confusion with Schoology Grades
As you may know by now, grades will not transfer automatically to MiStar from Schoology. This means that a student's overall grade in MiStar may end up being different than their overall grade in Schoology, especially if you are grading other assignments than those in...
Linking Courses in Schoology
Many teachers--especially those at the secondary level--may find that you have multiple sections of the same course that appear as multiple courses in Schoology. One way to clean up your courses and save time posting and sharing materials is to link the courses....
Zoom Tip: Scheduling Recurring Meetings
Since you will be meeting with students regularly, and since many schools are meeting on A day and B day schedules, one way to make your life easier when it comes to scheduling Zoom meetings is this: schedule your Zoom meeting for a given classchoose Recurring...
Technology for Lifelong Learning
Our Goal
The goal of instructional technology coaches is to help teachers become effective at using technology to provide the most technology-rich, positive learning environments possible. To this end, we believe effective teachers…
- Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity.
- Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments.
- Model digital age work and learning.
- Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility.
- Engage in professional growth and leadership.
from Standards for Teachers.
