May 2015: LEAP Webinar Archive – Schoology Support

LEAP Webinars for Schoology System Administrators: May 21st, 2015 Archive

Presented by Bradley Kemp and Kelsey Collins

Agenda

Schoology Support: Chat

New chat feature can be found by your district's Support Contacts in the Help Center link in the upper right corner of the screen.

Portfolio Updates

Drag-and-drop file uploader makes adding content to portfolios even easier.
By popular request: Ability to add assignment submissions directly to portfolios.
Publish your portfolio publicly or share a private link for college applications, job applications and more.

Portfolio Updates from Schoology on Vimeo.

Ending the School Year: Best Practices

Communicate End of Year practices with instructors.
Save your course to Resources to template copies of all your materials that are stripped of student interaction and grades.
Export final grades from Schoology.
Enable access to Archived Courses for your instructors.
Use the 'Copy Settings' option in last year's, archived course to bring grading categories, scales and rubrics into courses for the new year.
Mark graduated students' accounts as Inactive.
Reach out to your Account Manager if you are anticipating any changes as you transition to the new school year.
Read our End of Year Guide for System Admins
Read and share our End of year Guide for Instructors

Best Practices-End of School Year from Schoology on Vimeo.

Course Section Linking

Coming soon! The feature is expected to be live for the new school year.
Different sections of the same course will be able to be linked.
Instructors will be able to manage materials for all sections of a course in one place.
Students will continue to view only their section.
Instructors will be able to differentiate due dates and material visibility for each section.

Section Linking from Schoology on Vimeo.