How-To Resources & Recorded Training Sessions

How-To Tutorials & Recorded Training Sessions

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Schoology

• *SERIES* Schoology Basic Setup Playlist (includes Communicating, Enrolling, Organizing, Gradebook, Assignment Creation, Calendar, Grading Groups, Differentiation, Resources, Tests/Quiz Creation, Other Content, and Discussion Boards)

• *SERIES* Going from PAPER to PAPERLESS with Schoology (includes PDFs & Schoology, Converting PDFs to Word, Converting Word Docs to Schoology with Blackboard Test Generator, and Schoology Assessments)

• ALL ABOUT ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Google Classroom Assignment App (handout)  +  Video Instructions (2024)

  • Create a PDF Schoology Assignment using the Annotation Tool (2024)

  • Create an Assignment in Schoology (2024)

  • Google Doc Assignments in Schoology (2024)

  • 3 Ways to submit a Google Drive document to Schoology. (2024)

• Rubrics in Schoology (2024)

• Schoology Portfolios (2024)

• Find Overdue & Upcoming Schoology Assignments + Set Notifications   +  Video Instructions (2024)

• Audio Record Schoology Questions  +  Video Instructions (2024)

• Change Schoology Course Picture  +  Video Instructions (2024)

• Video Conferencing with Students on Schoology -- Video: Walk-Thru of Conferences Features (2024)

• Unpublished, Ungraded, Grade Columns & Bulk Editing Your Gradebook   + Video Instructions (2024)

• Print Tests/Quizzes/Assessments in Schoology (2024)

• Printing Grades in Schoology (2024)

• Retrive materials from Schoology Archived Course (2024) + Video: Save a Course to Resource & Grab a Course from Archives (2024)

• Schoology Overview (2024): This is a 40-min Zoom Session that covers the following:

  • Retrieving Course from Resources & Copying Course to New Semester
  • Adding Other Teachers
  • Creating a Shared Folder in Resources (w/ other teachers)
  • Access Public Resources
  • Gradebook Setup
  • Workload Planning
  • Copy/Import Google Drive Docs to Schoology
  • Organize Your Course Dashboard
  • Change Course Image
  • Set Notification Rules
  • Audio Recordings
  • Start a Conference

• Respond to a Discussion Post (2024)

• Individually Assign and Create Modified Assignments (2024)

• How to Message Entire Class at Once via Schoology  +  Video: Sending Messages in Schoology (2024)

• Are they Logging in? Here's How to Check!  +  Video Instructions (2024)

• Set up Email & Text Notifications  +  Video Instructions (2024)

• Add Another Teacher to Your Course  +  Video Instructions (2024)

• Sync Schoology Gradebook to ProgressBook Gradebook (2024)

• How Grade Sync Works with ProgressBook & Missing Checkboxes  also check out Step-by-step instructions (2024)

• 4 Ways to Upload Videos to Schoology This video covers...

  • (1) Direct upload to Schoology 0:00-2:40 

  • (2) Create a Google Drive Link 2:41-5:00

  • (3) YouTube Upload/Embed 5:06-9:04

  • (4) Schoology App & Smart Phone 9:05-end

Google

Google Drive

• Google Drive Organize & Search (2024)

• Sharing Docs & Folders, Deleting, Exporting, Importing (2024)

• Google Drive Backup &Sync Tool for Desktop (2024)

Google Sheets & Forms

• Advanced Google Forms: Add-Ons, Section-based Answers, Quizzes (2024)

• Google Sheets Basics (2024)

• Filter Views in Sheets (2024)

• Autocrat Document & Mail Merge for Google Docs: Video #1, Video #2, Video #3

• Bookmarking 

Google Docs

• Edit Google Docs Offline

• Advanced Google Docs (2017)

Gmail

• Advanced Gmail Tricks (2018)

• Organize Gmail, Make Student Contact Groups (Zoom Session 2020)

• Read Receipts for Gmail

• Make Sure it's not Going to SPAM!

• Set Up a Gmail Inbox in your Outlook App - One place to check ALL mail!

• Set Up Gmail Forwarding to Outlook

• Create Folders, Set Up Filters & Make Rules in Gmail and Outlook (Zoom Session 2020)

More Google Stuff!

• Extension Tutorial (2020)

• Get Chrome Extensions (2017)

• Make Appointment Slots in Google Calendar / Screen-Shot Instructions

• Google Accessibility Options

• Edge vs Chrome: What's the Difference? (2017)

• New Google Sites

• Google Meet (by Eric Curts)

YouTube

• Download YouTube Videos as MP4s

Email

• Install Outlook on your Computer Desktop  - For Step by Step Instructions, click here

• Email Password Reset Instructions - Make all your passwords match! (2020)

• Share Outlook Calendar / Find a Calendar

• Email Spam Settings: Customize Mail Marshal Account

• Set Up a Gmail Inbox in your Outlook App - One place to check ALL mail!

• Set Up Gmail Forwarding to Outlook

• Create Folders, Set Up Filters & Make Rules in Gmail and Outlook (Zoom Session 2020)

Microsoft Office

• Neat PowerPoint Tricks with PPT 365 (Zoom Session 2020)

• Microsoft OneNote for Beginners

• Microsoft Office 365

• Microsoft Sway

ProgressBook

• Group ProgressBook Classes Together (2019)

• Register to Unlock Your Own ProgressBook Account!

Other

• *NEW*! Frontline Online Timesheets (by Lyn Boggs)

• Fillable Forms with Adobe 2018

• Comment Tool in Adobe (2020)

• Adobe Forms (Zoom Session 2020)

• VBrick / Office 365 Vidoes

• Load Your Class in LAN School

• LAN School Manual Lists - Quick Tutorial - Learn how to manage your own class lists!

• Remote Desktop Options (Control another person's computer)