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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) >
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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
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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
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i. Question Types: Add Question
1. True/False - Type statement in box. Provide correct answer
> provide point value > Create Question
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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