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When you receive an assignment from a teacher in one of your classes, you can review and submit the assignment from the Schoology app on an iPad or iPhone.

Review an Assignment

Depending on how you have set up your notifications in Schoology, when a new assignment is posted to one of your classes you will receive updates in one or more places:

• Push notification from your iPhone or iPad.
• Email.
• Text Message.
• Schoology Notifications panel.
• The course's Upcoming feed.
• The course Materials section.

To open and review the assignment, tap it from one of the above areas.

View assignment from the Notifications panel

Navigating to an assignment from the Notifications panel on an iPad Pro.

1. Tap the navigation menu icon in the upper-left corner.
2. Tap Notifications.
3. Tap the notification for the assignment you wish to view.

View assignment from the course Upcoming panel

Navigating to an assignment from the course's Upcoming panel.

1. Tap the navigation menu icon in the upper left corner.
2. Tap the course in which the assignment is located.
3. Tap the Upcoming panel on the right or on the bottom panel on smaller devices.
4. Tap the assignment you wish to view.

You can also access the assignment using the Upcoming and Course Dashboard options from the Home screen.

View assignment from the Course Dashboard

1. From the Home screen, tap the Course Dashboard icon on the bottom panel.
2. Tap the course in which the assignment is located.
3. Tap the Upcoming panel on the right or on the bottom panel on smaller devices.
4. Tap the reminder for the assignment you wish to view.

View assignment from the Upcoming Calendar

1. From the Home screen, tap the Upcoming icon on the bottom panel.
2. Tap the reminder for the assignment you wish to view.

Using the Upcoming Calendar from the Home screen to view an assignment on an iPad Pro.

 

Submit an Assignment

After you've reviewed the assignment, the Schoology iOS app offers several ways to create and turn it in.

To write and turn in an assignment:

1. Open the assignment and tap Submissions.
2. Tap + in the upper-right corner.
3. Select one of these options:

• Create Submission to write a text-only response. Tap Save Draft to save a working copy of the assignment, or the green checkmark  to submit.
  

Creating a submission for an assignment on an iPad 6th generation (landscape view).

• Submit from Camera Roll to add a file from your iPhone or iPad's camera roll. Tap the green checkmark to submit.

Submitting from the camera roll to an assignment on an iPad 6th generation (landscape view).

• Take Photo or Video to submit a photo or video directly from the camera. Select the desired media quality and use the Video or Photo option to record or take a photo. Tap Use Photo/Video to submit.

Submitting a photo or video from the camera to an assignment on an iPad 6th generation (landscape view).

• Submit from Resources to add a file from your Schoology Resources folder. You can attach files you created in other apps from here as well, including Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.  Tap the green checkmark to submit or tap the back arrow and then Submit on larger devices.

Submitting with a file from Schoology Resources on an iPad 6th generation (landscape view).

• Record Audio to record a sound file. Tap REC to begin recording. You can tap the pause icon to pause your recording or when complete. Tap RESUME to resume recording or tap the green checkmark to submit.

Using the Record option for an assignment submission on an iPad 6th generation (landscape view).

• Submit from iOS Apps to attach a file on your device or from another app. Tap Submit to complete. For supported file types, see this article.

Submitting with a file from another app on an iPad 6th generation (landscape view).

 

Open In and Export

Additionally, you can create the file in another app and submit it using the Open In or Export  function. As long as the app has the Open In or Export functionality, you can submit directly from it to Schoology.

For example, to submit a file you created...

In the Pages app:

1. Open the file in Pages that you want to submit.
2. Tap the More (...) icon in the upper right and then tap Export .
3. Choose the format for the file.

4. Tap Copy to Schoology.
5. Tap the course you wish to submit to.
6. Tap the assignment you wish to submit the document to.
7. Tap Upload.

Exporting a file from Pages to a Word Doc and submitting to a Schoology assignment on an iPad Pro.

In the Google Drive app:

1. Open the file in Google Drive that you want to submit.

2. Tap the More (...) icon in the upper right and then tap Open in 
3. Tap Copy to Schoology.
4. Tap the course you wish to submit to.
5. Tap the assignment you wish to submit the document to.
6. Tap Upload. 

Submitting a PDF file from Google Drive to a Schoology assignment on an iPad Pro (landscape view).

After your teacher has reviewed your submission and commented on or graded it, you'll receive notifications on that assignment you submitted.