This document discusses the features and benefits of the learning management system Schoology. Schoology is easy to use, organized, and has useful features for both teachers and students. It allows teachers to create courses, add students, upload assignments and other materials, track grades automatically, and facilitate discussions. Schoology provides a full suite of digital tools to organize and enhance the classroom experience.

1. SchoologySchoology
WorkshopWorkshop
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Dana Sobczak
ET5063
American College of Education

2. Schoology is a Learning Management System (LMS)Schoology is a Learning Management System (LMS)
that is easy to usethat is easy to use!!
Schoology has a lot to offer educators and students.Schoology has a lot to offer educators and students.
VideoVideo
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(St. Mary’s Academy, 2013)
Figure 1: Schoology is a LMS that incorporates
learning collaboratively

3. Schoology is organized, easy to operateSchoology is organized, easy to operate
and has great useful features.and has great useful features.
Teacher Homepage
These tools
help keep
your
Schoology
page
organized
© 2013 Dana Sobczak
(Schoology, 2003)
Figure 2. This pictures shows the tool bars on the
Schoology homepage

4. Create your own Schoology account, it isCreate your own Schoology account, it is
free and easy.free and easy.
Log on to www.schoology.comLog on to www.schoology.com
Create an instructor account
Fill in the basic information
* If you are a Sparta School District
Employee, use your school email.
© 2013 Dana Sobczak
(Schoology, 2003)
(Schoology, 2003)
Figure 3: Schoology accounts can be
made as an instructor or a student
Figure 4: Schoology accounts ask for basic
information and it is free to sign up

5. Schoology features are teacher friendly.Schoology features are teacher friendly.
Create a course in Schoology.
You can name this course anything
you want your students to see.
Example: Science hour 3
Upload your students into your courses.
You will add each of your students as
new members to your course.
© 2013 Dana Sobczak
(Schoology, 2003)
(Schoology, 2003)
Figure 5: This picture highlights how to create a
course in Schoology Figure 6: This picture highlights how to add a
student to the course

6. Organize your daily teachingOrganize your daily teaching
tools using Schoology.tools using Schoology.
Your Schoology page will be the one place
where all of your daily assignments, links,
quizzes and grade book can be stored.
GRADEBOOK
Schoology will
automatically
grade quizzes!
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(Schoology, 2003)(Schoology, 2003)
(Schoology, 2012)
Figure 7: Schoology has a lot
of tools for teachers to use
Figure 8: This figure shows the
different items a teacher can
have in their course
Figure 9: The grade book is a
great feature of Schoology

7. Uploading assignments you have already generatedUploading assignments you have already generated
and creating new assignments are easy when youand creating new assignments are easy when you
use Schoology.use Schoology.
Easily upload
assignments
for your
students to
see.
Hide the
assignments
you do not
want your
students to
see yet.
© 2013 Dana Sobczak
(Schoology, 2003)
Figure 10: This pictures highlights the “hide” features
that the teachers have control over

8. Explore your new Schoology page.Explore your new Schoology page.
GOAL(S)
1.Create a course
2.Input at least one student
3.Upload an assignment
© 2013 Dana Sobczak
(Schuetz, 2012)
Figure 11: This puts a visual to the
many layers of Schoology

9. Creating Discussions in Schoology is simple and discussionCreating Discussions in Schoology is simple and discussion
are great for student collaboration.are great for student collaboration.
How to create a discussion
on Schoology video
Add one comment to the discussion before break
BREAK
Return at 10:45
(Evenbrite, 2013)
Figure 12: Schoology can be used as a digital
classroom
© 2013 Dana Sobczak

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