In order to help with gradebook organization, we have added the ability for teachers to use grade placeholders in individual grade cells. These placeholders have no effect on the final or grading period grades, but can be used to keep track of who is excused from specific assignments.
Less than a week after our last release, we have a number of new features and exciting improvements for you. Edit Update Attachments Users can delete or add attachments to existing updates, in addition to editing the update text. To remove attachments, click on the “x” next to the attachment you would like to delete. [...]
Hide Numerical Value for Grading Scales Teachers now have the ability to hide the numerical value associated with specific grading scales, which could be helpful with smaller scales like “check+/check-”, where the exact percentage value is not as important. To hide the numerical value from students click on the “Hide numerical value” checkbox when editing [...]
Preview Course as Student As a teacher, it is sometimes helpful to see how your course might appear to your students. With this new feature, you can! To view your course as a student, click on the “Members” block on the left sidebar of the course profile (or if you have chosen to hide the [...]
We are proud to announce our newest major feature, Video Transcoding! Much like YouTube, Vimeo, or other popular video sites, you can upload audio and media files that can be played in browser regardless of format and without having to include HTML embed codes. As soon as you upload a file, we will take care [...]
We have added a lot of exciting new features with this release, including School Analytics and an Improved User Profile. As a reminder, we have also limited certain communication features to help ensure the safety of students associated with free teacher accounts. School Analytics Automatic Feedback for Multiple Choice Questions Improved User Profile Improved Parent/Advisor [...]
As of today, districts have improved management features on Schoology. Instead of managing multiple independent systems through a school dropdown, you can set roles, permissions, and other settings across the entire district. For administrators of existing Schoology districts, please verify all combined district settings. See details about changes below. System Settings Any settings that you [...]
Lots of little changes with this update! While no major navigational changes have been made, we did update our look and moved a couple of things around to make certain features easier to use. As always, we welcome any feedback, suggestions, and of course, compliments! New Look Course Gradebook Assignments/Assessments Assignment Comments Add Document Rich-Text [...]