Keywords: Student, Schoology, Completion, Rules Aliases: Student Completion Rules are requirements placed on course folders and/or course materials that enable teachers to structure the flow of their course, as well as create self-paced learning for students. The following requirements are available, depending on the item type: Must complete Must view the item Must post a comment/reply Must make a submission Must score at least Notes: You can place more than one completion rule on a single item, but you cannot place the same rule on the same item more than once. You cannot, for example, use Student Completion to require multiple posts or multiple submissions. Note: If a student is reporting that they have completed a rule, but unable to proceed to the next required item, recheck student progress. Set Completion Rules for Folders Setting completion rules for course folders requires students to complete the folder before progressing to the next folder. To set completion rules for folders in a course: Click Options and select Student Completion. To add a completion rule to individual folders, click Add requirement. To add a completion rule to all folders, click Make all folders sequential. Click Save Changes to complete. Note: The Requirements must be completed in sequential order setting is enabled by default for top-level folders. If you'd like students to complete folders in non-sequential order, set completion rules only for material inside of folders. Completion rules must also be set on materials within the folder. Follow the steps in the next section to complete this. Set Completion Rules for Materials Inside Folders If the top-level folders in your course Materials page have a Must Complete rule, completion rules must be added to items inside of folders as well. This step gives students a way to complete the folder. In each folder, there is an option to require students to complete items in sequential order. When this option is enabled, students must successfully complete the rule(s) on one item before progressing to the next item. To add completion rules to material inside of folders: Click Options and select Student Completion. Require students to complete course material either in the folder's sequential order or in any order they choose. Click Add requirement to add one or more requirements. Select your material and a requirement from the drop-down menus. Click the 'X' to remove a requirement. Click Save Changes to complete. Note: The order in which you organize the items in the Student Completion settings has no bearing on the order in which students must complete the rules. The order in which students must complete the items in the course depends on the order in which the folders and course material are listed on the materials and/or within the folder. Check Student Progress As students complete requirements, you can view each student's progress by clicking the Student Progress button at the top of the page within a folder or at the top of the Materials page. Note: The student progress information adjusts according to the area from which you viewing students' progress. For example, if you view student progress from the course profile, you'll see their progress for the entire course. If you view students' progress from within a folder, you'll see students' progress of the items only in that folder. Recheck Student Progress If a student is reporting that they have completed a rule, but unable to proceed to the next required item, recheck student progress: Click Student Progress at the top of the page. Click Recheck Student Progress from the bottom of the pop-out window. The Student Progress page will refresh and the completion percentages may update. Note: You can click the Recheck Student Progress option in any folder-level to recheck the students' progress within the entire course. The percentage completed will reflect the required items within the area you're viewing. For example, if you view student progress from the course profile, you'll see the progress for the entire course. If you view student progress from within a folder, you'll see the progress of the items only in that folder. If you are still experiencing difficulty with Student Completion Rules and Student Progress after rechecking student progress, contact the Schoology Help Desk. Bypass Completion Rules Instructors who use Student Completion Rules may need to bypass one or more required assignments for a variety of reasons. For example, if a student is absent and makes up a required assignment with a different make-up project, or a student is new to class and doesn't need to start at the beginning of a folder with completion rules. In these situations, instructors can use the Excused exception in their gradebook to bypass one or more materials with completion rules applied. To apply the Excused exception, hover your mouse pointer over the cell for the material in your gradebook, click the flag that displays, and select Excused: Now when the student opens the Student Progress view, the material is marked as Excused and the student may continue through the materials in the Student Completion series. Individually Assign Materials with Completion Rules You can use the Individually Assign (Enterprise only) feature to assign materials to individual students and/or grading groups of students in a folder that contains Student Completion Rules. If you've individually assigned materials within a folder: Students who are not individually assigned to any materials within the folder see the folder on the Course Materials page, but no content within it. The green checkmark displays as "Complete" for the folder since there are no requirements for the student. If you check Student Progress as the Course Admin, the student not individually assigned is marked as complete with a green checkmark for that folder. The individual materials are not displayed in the Student Progress window since the materials are not assigned to the student. If you've individually assigned an entire folder: Students who are not individually assigned to the folder will not see it on the Course Materials page. If you check Student Progress as the Course Admin, the student not individually assigned is marked as complete with a green checkmark. The folder and any materials within it are not displayed in the Student Progress window since the folder and materials are not assigned to the student. Copy and Save Content With Completion Rules When you copy or save a folder with completion rules applied to resources, the student completion rules are retained. This means that when you pull that content into a new section, the original rules and sequencing are still in place. Completion Rule Choices by Material Type

Keywords: Completion Rules, Assign, Schoology Aliases: Draft Mode and Publishing Assignments Toggle Assignment Visibility: To prevent students from accessing assignments prematurely, navigate to the assignment, click on the gear icon, and select Edit. In the edit mode, locate the publishing status (represented by a green icon for published items). Clicking this icon toggles the assignment between published and unpublished status. Unpublished items are not visible to students. Setting Folder Access Times Control Folder Access with Open and Close Dates: For controlling when a folder becomes accessible, edit the folder's settings by clicking on the gear icon and selecting Edit. Choose to publish the folder on a specific date or within a date range. This allows the folder to automatically open for access on the start date and, if desired, close on an end date. Implementing Student Completion Rules Use Completion Rules to Sequentially Release Content: In the Materials section, access the folder's options and select Student Completion to set up rules. Define conditions that must be met before students can progress, such as viewing a document or achieving a certain score on a quiz. These rules help ensure students engage with the content in a structured manner. Assigning Work to Individuals or Groups Creating Groups: In the Members section of your course, create student groups by clicking on the Add group option. Name your group and add members accordingly. Individually Assigning Assignments: For assignments, go to the gear icon, select Edit, and then Enable Grading. Under Individually Assign, choose specific students or groups. This assigns the work only to selected members, allowing for differentiated instruction. Individually Assigning Folders: Similar to assignments, you can assign entire folders to individuals or groups without going into edit mode. Simply use the Individally Assign option directly from the folder's gear menu. Locking Assignments and Managing Submissions Locking Assignments: To prevent all interactions with an assignment, including submissions, use the Lock option found in the assignment's settings. This is useful for controlling when students can submit work or access assignment content. Disabling Submissions: If you wish to allow students to view an assignment but not submit work, use the Submissions Enabled toggle to turn off the submission feature. This can be particularly helpful after grading periods have ended.

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Keywords: Schoology folders, assign folders, individually assign folders Aliases: Folders This feature allows teachers to assign folders to specific students and grading groups so that only the assignees can view the folder and its contents. Any materials added to the folder are automatically updated to be available to the assigned student(s). When should I individually assign a folder? Individually assigning folders empowers educators to: Easily provide students with differentiated content without going through the time-consuming process of assigning each material individually Create personalized folders to support one-on-one instruction where anything added to the folder is automatically updated to be available to that student Support students with accommodations or any kind of learning need and deliver tailored content more quickly and easily Build out various paths through lessons and assign to students based on their interests How do students access individually assigned folders? Students that have been individually assigned a folder will have access to that folder and all materials within it from the course materials page. Students that have not been individually assigned a folder will not see it in their course and will not be able to access any materials within the folder. How do I individually assign a folder? Access the Individually Assign tool from the course materials page or directly within a folder. From the Course Materials page: Navigate to your course materials page. Click the gear icon next to the folder you want to assign. Select Individually Assign from the drop-down menu. From within a folder: Open the folder you wish to individually assign. Click the Options button at the top of the page. Select Individually Assign from the drop-down menu. Step 1 — Select Students Enter the student(s) name in the search field under Select Students or use the drop-down to check student(s) in the section. To assign to everyone except for one or more students, you can check Select All and uncheck the relevant student(s). This is a great option if you want to hide the folder from students who were absent on a certain day. You can also enter grading groups in the search field under Select Grading Groups or use the dropdown to check grading groups(s). If you wish to assign to all grading groups except for one or more grading groups, you can check Select All and uncheck the relevant grading group(s). Step 2 — Confirm Your Information Click Next to review the assignees. Then, click Assign to apply your changes. Back to top How do I individually assign folders in linked sections? To assign a folder to students enrolled in linked sections: Click into the Select Students field. Student names will appear under specific section headers. Select All under the section to which you want to assign the folder. You can also select specific students within each section. Back to top How do I edit the assignees? Step 1 — Select Students To remove assignees: uncheck the student(s) or grading group(s) from the Select drop-down or click X next to the name of the assignee. To add assignees, check any additional students or grading groups from the Select drop-down. If a folder has been individually assigned to specific students or grading groups, but you want to make it available to everyone in your class, click Make Available to Everyone. This will remove any students who are individually assigned and make the folder accessible to all students enrolled in any sections where it is published. Step 2 — Confirm Your Information Review the assignees or note that the folder will be “unassigned” and visible to all students in the section(s) where it is published. Click Assign to confirm and apply your changes. Back to top How do grading groups interact with individually assigned folders? What happens if I change which students are in the grading group? For example, a student submitted a test in an Individually Assigned folder, but then I remove the student from the grading group? If you remove a student from a grading group, all previous submissions completed while the student was a member of the group still apply to the student's grade. For example, if you are using grading groups for differentiated learning, and students move to a different group in the middle of a grading period, all graded items they completed from the first group still apply to their final grades and display in all grade reports. Back to top How do I know if a folder has been assigned? Once a folder has been assigned, you will see Individually Assign icons under the folder on the course materials page. The icons indicate how many student(s) and/or grading group(s) the folder is assigned to: You can click the icons to navigate to the Individually Assign area. Back to top What if I want to edit the assignees of materials within the folder? When a folder is assigned to students or grading groups and you wish to edit the assignees of a specific material within that folder, you must do this at the folder level. There is not a way to edit the assignees directly in the material. To edit the assignees for that item, move it out of the assigned folder. If you want to individually assign specific materials, see How do I Individually Assign Course Materials? Back to top Important Notes: Ensure that submissions are Enabled. Assessments can be enabled from the Edit area within the assessment. Test/quizzes can be enabled from the Settings area within the test/quiz. If some students have already completed an item that is later individually assigned to specific students, the scores for the students not included when individually assigning will temporarily "disappear" from the gradebook. They will reappear once the item is reassigned back to the entire class or to the affected students. To circumvent this, you can create copies of the item to individually assign, rather than reassigning a single version. If you sync grades from Schoology to an SIS, individually assigned items sync over to the SIS gradebook and are visible to all students in the course. Students who were not assigned this item will view the assignment title but no grade will be passed to the SIS gradebook. Frequently Asked Questions What happens if I move content out of an assigned folder? If materials or sub-folders are moved out of an individually assigned folder, the content will retain the assignees. Once the content has been moved out of the assigned folder, you can edit the assignees. What happens if I move content into an assigned folder? When you move materials that are not individually assigned into an individually assigned folder, the materials will be assigned to the assignees set in that folder. When you move a material that is already individually assigned into an individually assigned folder, the material’s previous assignees will change to the assignees set in that folder. When you move a material from an individually assigned folder into a different individually assigned folder, the material’s assignees will change to the assignees set in the destination folder. What happens if I delete a folder? When you delete an individually assigned folder, the materials will no longer be accessible to those who it was assigned to. You can restore the items from the Course Recycle Bin. It is not possible to restore the folder. If you restore the items to the course materials page, they will retain the assignees that were set before it was deleted. If you wish to restore the original folder structure, you can recreate the folder first with the same assignee settings, then restore the materials to that folder. If you restore the materials to an individually assigned folder that has different assignees from the assignees the material previously had, the material’s assignees will change to those set in that folder. What if a folder is assigned to a grading group and I’ve also assigned it directly to a specific student in that grading group? The material will be assigned to that student. If you remove the grading group from the list of assignees, the student will retain access to the folder. If you remove the student as an individual assignee, the student will retain access as a member of the grading group. Can I use completion rules with an assigned folder? Yes, Completion Rules can be applied to individually assigned folders. Can I assign folders from the Schoology Mobile Apps? No, the Individually Assign settings of a folder cannot be edited from the Schoology iOS or Android apps. These settings must be adjusted from a browser. Students can access individually assigned content from the mobile apps.

Keywords:  Schoology materials, assign materials, individually assign materials Aliases: assignments, pages, quizzes, assessments,  How do I individually assign course materials? The ability to individually assign course content is a foundational component of personalized learning; many teachers start with differentiation when they are trying to personalize learning. You can use the Individually Assign option to assign course materials (assignments, tests/quizzes, assessments, discussions, pages, files, links, external tools, media albums, SCORM, and web packages) to individual students and/or to grading groups. When you individually assign an item, it only appears to the assigned student(s) or grading group. When should I use Individually Assign? This feature may be a good solution if: You want to give an extra credit assignment to certain students. A student needs to make up an assignment before or after the rest of the class. You want to create a modified version of an assignment or test for certain students. You want to create a page to provide personalized instructions to one or more students. Notes: Note:  Individually Assigning impacts PowerTeacher Pro displays. See the section below on how Individually Assigned items are displayed in PowerSchool/ PowerTeacher and Parent Portal Views. How to Individually Assign materials from a Course You can individually assign content as you create it from the Add Materials menu, or individually assign existing content by clicking the gear icon and editing the material: From the Create or Edit screen of the material you would like to assign, click the Individually Assign icon within the Options field. Enter the names of the student(s) or grading group(s) to whom you would like to assign the material. Click Save Changes to complete. Below, an existing Test/Quiz is individually assigned to a grading group: Can students see items that aren't assigned to them? No, individually assigned materials are only visible to the assigned student(s) from the Course Materials page. How do grading groups interact with individually assigned materials? What happens if I change which students are in the grading group? For example, a student submitted a test on an Individually Assigned assessment, but then I remove the student from the grading group? If you remove a student from a grading group, all previous submissions completed while the student was a member of the group still apply to the student's grade. For example, if you are using grading groups for differentiated learning, and students move to a different group in the middle of a grading period, all graded items they completed from the first group still apply to their final grades and display in all grade reports. Grading individually Assigned Materials When you individually assign graded materials, you can only enter grades into the gradebook for the students to whom you assigned the item. In the screenshot below, the "Unit 1 GT Quiz" is assigned to a group of students: Important Notes: Ensure that submissions are Enabled. Assessments can be enabled from the Edit area within the assessment. Test/quizzes can be enabled from the Settings area within the test/quiz.  If some students have already completed an item, then you individually assign it to specific students, the scores and submissions for the students not included in the individual assign tag will temporarily "disappear." To see all students' scores, remove the individually assigned tag. The submissions and grades will repopulate for all students who have completed the item. If you sync grades from Schoology to an SIS, individually assigned items sync over to the SIS gradebook and are visible to all students in the course. Students who were not assigned this item will view the assignment title but no grade will be passed to the SIS gradebook. PowerSchool/PowerTeacher and Parent Portal Views When using grading groups or assigning to individual students, please be aware of how these are viewed in PowerSchool/PowerTeacher Pro and PowerSchool/Parent Portal.  In Schoology students only see the materials that are assigned to them.   When Schoology and PowerSchool sync, ALL assignments are passed over to PowerSchool.  This means you see the assignments for both in the PowerTeacher Pro gradebook and students and parents see the ALL assignments in Parent Portal.  You will want to communicate this information to students and families, instructing them to view the Schoology course and Student Report to know which assignments the student is responsible for.  You may also want to set up a naming convention to help them know which assignments should have grades. Examples of each view:  Schoology gradebook - Teacher View PowerTeacher Pro gradebook - Teacher View Student Grade Report in Schoology - Student and Parent Account view PowerSchool Parent Portal Class Assignments- Student and Parent Account view See Creating Grading Groups in Schoology for more information. See Individually Assign Folders in Schoology Courses for more information.

Keywords: schoology courses, import from resources, import, insert, add Aliases: schoology collections, personal collections, files, materials Import Content from Resources When in a Course To import content from Resources, navigate to a course. Click Materials in the left menu of the course. Click Add Materials. Select Import from Resources from the drop-down menu. 4. Select the Resource Collection that contains the course content. 5. Check the box to select all items and folders, or select specific items and folders for import. 6. Click Import to complete. Use Advanced Options as needed. Add material to a course from the Resources area If you prefer to add specific material to a course, you can add material from Resources to a course, or copy material from a previous course. To add material to a course from Resources, follow these steps: Click Resources in the top menu. In the Resource Center, select from Personal, Public, or Group Resources. Navigate to the collection of Resources with the material you'd like to add to the course. Once in the Collection, choose what you will add as well as where you will add it with the following steps. To add ALL materials in the Resource Collection Click on the box to the left of Title. this will select all material items and an Edit button will appear. Click on Edit to see a drop down menu and select Add to Course Select the course to which you'd like to add the material template. Click Import To add select materials to multiple Courses Click on the gear to the right of the material template. Select the option to Add to Course. Select the course(s) to which you'd like to add the material template. In the pop-up menu, check the box to the left of each item to add the item published. Click Add to complete. You can also add direction from another course: To copy material from a previous course to another course, follow these steps: Click Courses in the top menu. Click on the course with the material you'd like to copy. Click on the gear to the right of the material. Select the option to Copy to Courses. Select the course(s) to which you'd like to copy the material. Click Copy to complete.

Keywords: Schoology, Pages, Course Materials Aliases: Pages have many uses in a Schoology Course. Here are are the basic how to add as well as a few ideas on how to use a Page to support learning. COURSE MATERIALS: PAGES Create a custom Page to add text, images, videos, HTML, or any combination of these elements to present information to your students. Each page has a Rich Text Editor that enables you to customize font styles, colors, indentations, and other options. You can also upload files, embed videos, and customize the HTML of the page. Note: Script embed codes are not supported in Schoology. Creating Pages To create a Page: Click Add Materials. Select Add Page. This video shows how you can use a Page in your course. Construct the Page content. Use the editor to write custom content. Use the Insert buttons to embed images, videos, or equations into the editor. You can toggle between Visual and HTML versions of the Page editor: You can attach a File, Link, Audio/Video Recording, and/or Resource to the bottom of the page. Click Align Learning Objectives if you want to align the page with standards or custom learning objectives. Click Individually Assign (Enterprise only) to assign the page to one or more students. Click Create to complete. Note: You can also create Pages within course folders, or add them to folders after you create them. Display content inline By default, students must click into a Page to view its content. However, you can choose to display a Page inline, so that its contents are expanded and visible from the Materials page or from the folder level, without having to click on the Page. To display the content in directly within the folder, click the ABC icon in Advanced options while creating or editing the page. When you disable the feature, the cluetip reads Display on new page. When you enable the feature to show content directly within the folder, the cluetip reads Display inline within folder.

Keywords: Schoology, Media, Albums Aliases: Media Albums have many uses in a Schoology course.  Below are general direction on how to create a media album. There are also a few videos showing how to use them to support learning. Create Course Media Albums Create albums to organize photos, videos, and/or audio files for your Course. Photos can be cropped and rotated after you add them. You may allow commenting on each item within an album. You can also tag users in your uploaded photos, or allow students to upload and tag media as well. Creating Media Albums To create a Media Album, follow these steps: Select the Add Materials dropdown menu. Click Add Media Album. Fill out the Media Album form with a title and description Advanced Row:  Used the Advanced options to: Publish the album so that it is visible to the Members of your Course Enable comments so members of your course are able to post comments on the media album Allow Instructors and Students to Add Media, or limit this ability to Instructors only Copy the media album to another course you administer Click Create to complete. After the media album is created, you can add different kinds of media to it at any point in time, just like a folder. Click Attach Files to add media from your computer’s hard drive. Note: Uploads are limited to 512 MB/file. Supported file types Images *.jpg, *.gif, *.png, *.jpeg Audio Only *.mp3, *.m4a,*.wma,*.caf Video/Audio  *.flv,*.mp4,*.mov, *.m4v,  *.3gp, *.3g2, *m2v, *.avi, *.mpg, *.asf, *.wmv, *.wm, *.swf, *.rm Editing Media Albums You can add media at a later date by clicking into the media album and selecting the Add Media button. To edit a media album or its contents, select the Gear Icon in the top right corner of the media album profile. Add captions to all of your photos at once by clicking on the Gear Icon in the top right corner and selecting Edit Media.  Or, click on individual photos in the album to open the photo and edit photos one at a time. Use the tools to the right of each photo to add captions, rotate the photo, and tag people: Drag and Drop To change the order your photos appear in your album, click and hold a photo and then drag it to the desired location: A few videos on how to use Media Albums in Schoology.

Keywords: Schoology, Update, Post, Announcements, Poll Aliases: You can use Course Updates to create announcements in your course. Post updates in your course to quickly communicate brief messages for your students. When updates are posted, they appear in the Updates section and on each individual homepage of all members in your course. Note: If you or your students are unable to see updates in your course, reach out to your Support Contact to submit a ticket to the Schoology Help Desk. Add a Course Update Select your course from the Courses menu and then click Updates. Add your update to the Rich Text Editor at the top of the screen and click Post. There are several options available for editing, formatting and sharing your updates: Formatting: Bold Italics Underline Bullet List Number List Increase Indent Decrease Indent Spellcheck Font Size Insert Content Link Symbol Equation Clear Format Other Options: Add File Add Link Add Resource Audio/Video Recording Poll Copy Sharing: Mark as Announcement Share with Parents (default)   Post an update to multiple courses Use the quick post tool from the Recent Activity feed of your home page to post an update to multiple courses at once. Click Recent Activity from your home page. In the Post field at the top of the feed, click Update. Type the content of your update, then search in the Post to... field for the courses to which you'd like to post the update. Click Post to complete. You can use Course Updates to create announcements in your course. Post updates in your course to quickly communicate brief messages for your students. When updates are posted, they appear in the Updates section and on each individual homepage of all members in your course. Note: If you or your students are unable to see updates in your course, reach out to your Support Contact to submit a ticket to the Schoology Help Desk. This video will show you how to post an Update to multiple courses. To edit or delete an update after posting: Hover your cursor over the update and click the gear icon that appears next to the post. Select Edit or Delete. To delete a student's comment on an update: Click the gear icon to the far right of the comment. Click Delete. Set the Updates area as the default landing page for your course Click Course Options in the left menu Select Edit Privacy/Course Settings. In the Default Landing Page menu, select Updates. Click Save Changes to update your settings. Change an update into an announcement To change a course Update into an Announcement, check the bell icon next to the Post button. This promotes the update to the top of the Updates page and to the top of the Course page until you remove the announcement from the top. Create Course Polls You can create anonymous polls in your course to receive live feedback as members vote. To create a poll: Type an update in the text box. Click Poll under the text box. Two fields display by default. To add more options, click the Add Option link below the fields. Click the Post button to complete. Note: You can also create course updates from the Home page by clicking on the Update link at the top of the page, and following the steps above.

Keywords: Schoology, Course, Share, Discussion Aliases: Sharing Discussions You can share your ungraded discussion with other courses. This feature is located in Options when creating a discussion and must be done at time you create the discussion. Click here to learn more about Schoology Discussions. Note: You cannot opt to mark a discussion as a shared discussion after you have created it. The Shared Discussion icon only appears when you are creating a new discussion. To create a Shared Discussion: Click Add Materials. Select Add Discussion. Enter a title and a description or instructions. Select Shared Discussion in Options. 5. Select a section you administer to share the discussion. You can also password protect your shared discussion (optional). 6. Click Create. Note: Do not Enable Grading. Graded discussions cannot be shared. How students in other course/classes join your discussion if you are not an Admin in that course: Sharing the discussion will give the discussion a Share ID that other instructors can use to join their classes into the same discussion.  Click Share with your courses to add additional sections you administer to the discussion. Copy the Share ID number and distribute it to other instructors if you would like to share the discussion with other courses taught by others. Joining a Shared Discussion:  If another instructor has shared their discussion's Share ID with you, you can use that to add the shared discussion to your own course, so that all of your students can collectively participate in one big discussion across sections. To join a shared discussion: On your Materials, page use the Materials Filter and sort by Discussions. Note: You must have one existing discussion in your materials for this to appear as an option. Click Options Select Join Shared Discussion Enter the Share ID, or the Discussion ID provided to you and the passcode, if applicable. Click Join Discussion. Limitations of Shared Discussions: If you do not see the option to share the discussion under Advanced, it is likely that Grading is enabled. Graded discussions cannot be shared with other courses. You cannot share discussions after they have been created. Shared discussions are not available across linked sections. The Share ID does not appear unless the discussion is already shared with another course you administer.