Use Schoology
 | Schoology is our Learning Management System. This should get you started on the path to Schoology mastery. |
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Schoology is our Learning Management System.
Teachers
Course setup
Once you've logged in, consider doing the following if you want to prevent students from seeing course materials until school starts:
- Click into course privacy
- Set content privacy settings to "no one"
Make sure you change these back by start of school so students can see your course content!
Feel free to create courses or groups and play around! You won't damage anything, don't worry. And you can add Morgan Duffield, Matt Ringh, or Sean Dagony-Clark as students if you want to create and grade assignments before our actual students are in the system.
Courses will be auto-generated sometime in July, most likely.
Copying a course (e.g. ILS Q2/Q4)
Duplicating a course for use next year? Don't do this. You'll usually want to selectively copy course materials to Resources, organize them there, and copy them to a new course in the fall.
However, there are certain situations in which copying a course mid-year makes sense. Our ILS Q2/Q4 teacher swap is one of these.
Follow these steps to duplicate a current course for use with other students than those currently auto-enrolled.
You might have a short delay before the course is available. Once it is, it'll show up as just another course with you as the teacher. You can click into it and manipulate it like any other course.
You'll now need to manually enroll your students (course main page > "Members" link at left), or they'll need to use the Access Code to join (any course page > green Access Code box).
Note: do NOT edit the name of your original course (e.g. C1 - Q1/Q3). Doing this will irreparably sever the very fabric of space-time and we might even need to reset your password.
Grading periods
A small number of Schoology Courses (ILS, and perhaps others) are currently associated with the Fall 2016 grading period, but not Spring 2017. If this issue is affecting a course you teach, you will see a banner across the top announcing “This course is associated with grading periods that will end on Jan 20, 2017. It will remain available in the "Archived" area of "Courses".
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
Posting an Assignment: Workflow
Create your assignment
Will your students turn in anything via Schoology?
- No?
- Uncheck the Submissions button and skip the gradebook step
- Yes?
- Continue below
Are you using the gradebook in Schoology?
- No?
- Leave category defaulted to "ungraded"
- Yes?
- Assign a category
Decide on due date and time:
- 11:59pm the night before
- Fewer changes to make as this is the default time; will mark students' work late if completed before class on the due date.
- 8:25am the day of
- Allows you to use a consistent time; will mark students' work late if completed before class on the due date.
- Class start time
- Requires you to change the time every day, dependent on the class schedule
- 3:30 the day of
- Allows you to use a consistent time; will not flag late work if completed after class and before 3:30
Deleting or Unpublishing Multiple Assignments at Once
The Bulk Edit feature is located in the Gradebook and Materials Index. This feature allows you to adjust settings associated with graded assignments, tests/quizzes, and discussions from a single page.
To access Bulk Edit from the Gradebook, follow these steps:
- Click on the Courses area on the top menu.
- Click into a course you administer.
- Click on the Gradebook area on the left menu of the course profile.
- Click on the Options button (3 vertical dots).
- Select the Bulk Edit option from the dropdown menu.
To access Bulk Edit from the Materials Index, follow these steps:
- Click on the Courses area on the top menu.
- Click into a course you administer.
- Click on the Assignments Index or Tests/Quizzes Index.
- Click on the Bulk Edit button near the top of the index.
Here's some general info on using Schoology.
General use
Join our Getting Started Schoology Course. When logged in, select "Courses" and "Join." You'll enter this code when prompted: KBZ8J-JDX3Z Each folder in the course is stocked with information and tutorials on setting up your own courses and utilizing all of Schoology's features.
This is a good (and quick) getting started guide.
Schoology's official help pages for teachers.
If you prefer video learning, go here (though it doesn't cover exactly the same content as above).
Groups
Students
Install the iOS or Android apps on your devices. To log in via iOS, select Riverdale Country School from the "school" menu and then log in on the new screen with your Riverdale e-mail and password.
Courses and other info
Courses become visible on Labor Day. For now, you might want to start customizing your profile.
In case you want more info: Schoology's official help page for students.
| Article | Summary |
|---|---|
| Get on WiFi | This article explains how to get online with your devices at Riverdale. |
| Get access to another teacher's Schoology course? | If the teacher you'd like to add to your course already has a Schoology account, follow these steps. |
| Access, Archive, and Restore my Past Schoology Courses? | How to save past year's Schoology courses to Resources in order to access those materials for current and future courses. |
| Use Schoology/Logging In | Schoology is our Learning Management System. This should get you started on the path to Schoology mastery. |
| Use a Chromebook effectively | Some getting started tips on Chromebooks. |
| Set up a Chromebook | Some getting started tips on Chromebooks. |
| Link (or "Merge") multiple sections of the same Course in Schoology? | Schoology is our Learning Management System. This should get you started on the path to Schoology mastery. |
| Organize My Google Drive | Is it taking you way too long to find something on Google Drive? Then check out the infographic below to tackle the world of Google Drive Organization and File Naming. |
| Use the Google Drive Assignments App in Schoology? | Schoology is our Learning Management System. This should get you started on the path to Schoology mastery. |
| Record my Screen? | A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration. |
| Secure and prevent a catastrophe with my laptop, ChromeBook, and phone? | How to prevent harm to your devices. |
| Use remote learning procedures (for faculty) | An overview of procedures for working remotely during extended school closure. |
| Submit Handwritten Work to Schoology | This article will help you to submit handwritten work to a Schoology Assignment using your iPhone or Android Phone. This is particularly useful for Math, Science, and Visual Arts. |
| Use Google Hangouts Meet for Remote Learning? | An overview of procedures for working remotely during extended school closure. |
| Use remote learning procedures (for students) | An overview of procedures for working remotely during extended school closure. |
| Help my lower school child with remote learning | Procedure for helping lower school students with remote learning |
| Teach remotely at the lower school | Procedure for teaching remotely at the lower school |
| Get remote tech support | This page is intended for students and faculty during scheduled remote learning at Riverdale. |
| Master remote learning? | An overview of procedures for working remotely during extended school closure. |
| Use Schoology's HTML5 recorder? | An overview of procedures for working remotely during extended school closure. |
| Get answers to my Lower School parent's remote learning questions | FAQ for helping lower school parents with remote learning |
| Get answers to LS Faculty remote learning FAQs | FAQ for helping lower school faculty with remote learning |
| Submit student work through Seesaw | Procedure for helping lower school students with remote learning |
| Remove RCS management tools from a device | instructions to prep devices for personal use |
| Use the blue Snowball microphone | A short description with instructions about the Blue Snowball microphone and its incredible usefulness |
| Use AV Equipment in Arts and Drama Classrooms | |
| Submit student work via schoology | Procedure for helping lower school student with remote learning |
| Care for my lower school child's iPad or Chromebook? | Tips on troubleshooting and caring for your child's LS issued device |
| Allow students to fill out the Essay Cover Page online | This document illustrates the process of posting an Essay Cover Sheet to Schoology and the workflow for students to fill out the cover sheet and combine it with their essay. |
| Change the look of my Schoology Homepage? | You can change the look of your Schoology Home Page to either display your courses, or the default “Recent Activity”. Here’s a preview of what the new “Course Dashboard” looks like. |
| Create a TurnItIn submission through Schoology? | Here's how to set it up so students can submit to TurnItIn via Schoology. |
| Assess Students During Remote Learning? | Here are some options for teachers looking for formative assessment tools during remote learning. |
| Direct Wireless Printing | Direct Wireless Printing allows printing from our wireless network to RCS-managed printers. |
| Embed a YouTube Video in Schoology? | After a long absence, the easiest way to embed YouTube videos in Schoology is working again! |
| Assess Student Learning Remotely Using SMART Notebook? | Create formative assessments using SMART Notebook’s response 2 wizard and convert files from previous versions of SMART Response. |
| Use student "Exam Accounts" | Using Exam accounts to restrict student web and app access during exams. |
| Avoid Phishing Attacks? | How To Recognize and Avoid Phishing Scams. |
| Improve my home office situation | inexpensive items to improve your home work situation |
| JRJSC Conference Room AV Instruction Guide | This page will help you use the AV in the John R Johnson Student Center Conference Room (the Egg). |
| Live Annotate From My iPad to My Mac? | With Continuity Sketch and Continuity Markup, you can use your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to easily insert sketches into your Mac documents, or perform live mark up of PDFs and images on your Mac. |
| Manage Parent Teacher Conferences over Zoom? | This article is for Administrative assistants scheduling Parent Teacher Conferences. |
| Raise/lower the sound when I connect to the projector? | This page will help you adjust the volume (and troubleshoot sound issues) while connected to a projector. |
| Replacing a Chromebook Stylus and/or Charger | Where to purchase replacements |
| Schedule Parent-Teacher Conferences with Zoom Video Conferencing? | This article is for Administrative assistants scheduling Parent Teacher Conferences. |
| Science AV room Instruction Guide | This page will help you use the AV Equipment in the Weinstein Science Building AV room. |
| Set a Good Passphrase? | Tips and requirements for coming up with your RCS Passphrase. |
| Set up for Hybrid Learning | Information on the new technology introduced to classrooms on the Hill campus |
| Start a Zoom meeting quickly, and invite participants? | This article is for Administrative assistants, Admins, and Faculty. |
| Google Account photo update | The Google Account photo shows up in the upper-right of your GMail window, and presents to recipients of your emails as well as in other locations. |
| How Do I Hangouts Meet Training and Help | Get Meet help and training |
| Phonak Audio Systems | |
| Turn my iPad into a SMART Notebook remote control? | Instructions on how to control SMART Notebook on your laptop from your iPad. |
| Use DigiExam? | DigiExam is a browser-based exam tool which allows teachers to create and distribute an exam, and allows students to take the exam securely on their own device without that student having access to tools and web content which the teacher wishes to prohibit. |
| Use Google Drive File Stream (GDFS) | Google File Stream |
| Use Zoom Video Conferencing for Remote Learning? | Zoom is a remote conferencing program similar to Google Hangouts Meet. It provides a remote learning service that provides audio, video, content sharing, annotation, video clip sharing, breakout rooms, polling, recording and more. |
| Submit a Check Request for pre-approved Technology purchases? | Instructions on how to access the RCS "Check Request Form", how to complete the form, attach receipts, and submit for payment. |
| Activate SMART Notebook | How to request, install, and activate (or re-activate) SMART Notebook Software. |
| Access Riverdale's Padlet? | How to access Riverdale's licensed Padlet account, and transfer content from other accounts to your RCS account. |
| Join a Class Zoom? | How to join class when you're instructed to do so by your Dean or by the School Nurse. |
| Allow screen sharing in Zoom? | Changing Settings to Allow Screen Sharing from Zoom. |
| Get the Android Sphero Edu App on My Chromebook? | How to Install the Sphero app on your Chromebook to code and control the Sphero Robots. |
| Use WeVideo to record and make videos | WeVideo allows you to record, edit, make, and share videos for class or projects |
| How to use Autocrat with Google Sheets? | Autocrat allows you to merge spreadsheet data to generate documents/PDFs |
| Use Geogebra for math? | GeoGebra is a free online tool for graphing, geometry, regression, probability |
| Use Pear Deck with Google Slides? | Pear Deck makes your Google Slides interactive to use in the classroom |
| Use Adobe Express? | With Adobe Express you can make quick graphics, slides, and videos |
| Stream films using Swank and Kanopy | Swank and Kanopy allow you to stream films for your classes |
| Access pro features for Kahoot, Quizlet, Quizizz, and other platforms | Use pro features for online quiz platforms in class |
| Capture microscope photos using my school computer | Leica DM500 microscope allows you to capture photos and stream microscope slide content |
| How do I pint to the 3D printers? | How to use 3D Printers at the Hill. |
| Access and use Canva? | Create digital presentations, posters, videos, and publications |
| Access Dyknow | Check out Dyknow, an online tool that allows you to curate your students digital experience. |
| Access Lucidchart and Lucidspark | Check out how Lucidchart and Lucidspark can be used with your RCS account |
| Access and use Turnitin Draft Coach | Run originality reports, grammar checks, and more with this Google Docs extension |