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Discussions

Schoology Discussions

Schoology discussions have many applications within a classroom. Sometimes you may want to have students post their own response before reading or responding to other student's posts. You can do this with the quick click of the Members icon in discussion options.

For more information about the options available with discussions, check out the Course Materials: Discussion article in Schoology support.

Connect One Drive, Google Drive with Schoology

There are two apps that connect Schoology and Google Drive and/or One Drive. The Resource App allows you to access your Google and One Drive through the Schoology Resource menu. The Assignment App allows you to assign a Google or Microsoft document within an assignment. The advantage of attaching a file through an assignment app is that you can check student progress as well as student submissions.

To install the apps:

Open the App Center
Scroll until you find the Resource App or Assignment App you would like to install.
Follow on screen prompts to add the apps to your account.
Login to your accounts and give Schoology permission to access your accounts.

Note: The Microsoft Assignment App is automatically added to your assignments. However, if your One Drive files are not showing. Click the Option menu, logout of your account and log back in. This should reconnect your accounts.

Google Connect

Tooltip

Did you know that you can add a tooltip - a way to provide additional information when a user points to selected content - into your pages, discussions, assignments, or test/quiz questions?

To add a tooltip:

Highlight text or media
From the Insert Content menu select Tooltip
Enter the text to display in your tooltip and then click the check mark
The tooltip will display when a user hovers over the text or image

YouTube Video How-to: Tooltips

Embedding YouTube Videos

Embedding a video into Schoology, instead of linking to a video, will allow students to watch the videos without leaving the Schoology platform. You can do this with any video that provides the embed code.

Embed a Video as a Course Material

Find the video you wish to embed on YouTube or another website. Select the "Share" option and look for the Embed code. Copy this code.
Within Schoology navigate to the Material section of a course, select "Add Materials" and then select "Add File/Link/External Tool"
Next select "Link." Paste the embed code that you copied from the video. For embed codes, you will have to enter the title that you want to be displayed to your students. Click "Add."

Embed a Video within an Assignment/Page/Assessment Question/...

Find the video you wish to embed on YouTube or another website. Select the "Share" option and look for the Embed code. Copy this code.
Select "Insert Content" from the menu bar at the top of the item in which you would like to embed the video and then select "Image/Media"
Select "From the Web" and then click "Media" (Upload Media is used for media you have saved on your computer)
Next, paste the embed code and select "Insert Media"
Another option, if you have installed the YouTube App in Schoology, is to select the YouTube App from the Insert Content menu. Type in the title to find the video and then select "Import as Embed"

Link

Embed

Embed videos

How to Eliminate Related Videos at the End of YouTube Videos

To eliminate the related videos at the end of YouTube videos you need to add "rel=0;" into the embed code.

Edit the item that has an embedded video and select "Switch to HTML"
Find the "?" in the embed code and type "rel=0;" right after the "?"
Simple as that you have eliminated the related videos.

Click here for a step-by-step video with a bonus code for only showing a segment of the video.

Eliminate Related Videos

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Create Fillable Self-grading Worksheets with Schoology Assessments

Would you like to have students complete a worksheet and get feedback on their answers right away? Using Schoology Assessment - Label Image questions you can do just that.

Open/Create the worksheet that you would like to use.
Capture and save a screenshot of the worksheet. (see How-to video below)
Create a Schoology Assessment
Click on the Questions tab and add a Label Image question.
Upload the screenshot of the worksheet as the Image for the question.
Add response boxes to the image for the answers you would like students to fill in.
Set up the Correct Responses. Select Duplicate Response if you would like the students to be able to use an answer more than once. Select Partial Credit if you would like students to receive credit for each correct response rather than all or nothing.
Click on Setup tab to change Student Settings to allow students to see their results with or without correct answers and to be able to attempt more than once if desired.

How-to Video: Screenshots and Label Image

Password Protect Schoology Assessments

Password

Giving the same test to multiple sections? You can password protect the assessments to ensure students cannot access them without the password. This is especially helpful with linked sections. You can Enable submissions but students can only begin by using a password.

Create an Assessment
Click on Select Sections to Customize
Enable Submissions and Enable Password. You can create a unique password for each section. Passwords need to be more than 5 characters and are case sensitive.