Are you creating a new Schoology Course? Where’s Ongoing PD?

 

We have changed the name of the “Ongoing PD” grading period to “Do Not Use.” We plan to archive all these courses at the end of the school year, including Sandbox courses. Thus, please save all course materials to your Resources in Schoology (directions and video). If you still need to create a new Schoology course for students, here are directions on creating a non-rostered Schoology course.

Schoology Tips: Saving Course to Resources and Where's Ongoing PD?

Schoology Tip: Saving Course to Resources Schoology provides a consistent instructional platform that students are familiar with and parents can access. Making assignments available in a digital platform should be considered part of our classroom instruction, whether in person or virtual.

As we plan for the transition to a new semester, there are some things that need to be addressed inside of Schoology. At the beginning of the new semester, teachers may have new courses created and their old courses will be archived. Below are some resources to help you with this transition to the second semester.

• Saving the course to Resources and Importing it into your rostered course - directions and video

• Adjustments to be made - directions and video

• Accessing your Archived courses - directions and video

Are you creating a new Schoology Course? Where’s Ongoing PD?

We have changed the name of the “Ongoing PD” grading period to “Do Not Use.” We plan to archive all these courses at the end of the school year, including Sandbox courses. Thus, please save all course materials to your Resources in Schoology (directions and video). If you still need to create a new Schoology course for students, here are directions on creating a non-rostered Schoology course.

Flippity.net

Are you interested in creating a virtual escape room but perhaps daunted with setting up response validation in Google Forms? Start small with Flippity’s Scavenger Hunt! Enter the questions and answers (‘locks’ and ‘keys’) into a Google Sheets template and follow the detailed instructions to transform your spreadsheet into an escape room!

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Flippity.net has other templates to turn a Google Sheet into a board game, crossword puzzle, Mad Libs, and more. Some instructions are simple enough that you can even have students create their own! In each case, check out the demo, and then use the templates and detailed instructions provided to transform your spreadsheet. Happy creating!

Designing for Accessibility

written by Amy Johnson// posted by Elegan

Thinking about how to meet our students individual needs in an online environment can be tricky. There are some elements you can keep in mind as you design your online class that will make it more accessible to all students and their unique needs. Check out this "Accessibility" folder in the Schoology Training course which gives some tips on ADA design for online learning, some directions for tools available in Schoology and Google, as well as tools students can use to improve their experience.

Summer Professional Development Opportunities

Check out these great Summer PD Opportunities! 

Summer Self-Paced PD Courses

Click here to learn how to earn a Virtual Learning Certificate and board recognition from Parkway for participating in learning opportunities!

Nibble and Note

Kristen Harms is going to begin offering weekly professional development specific to Virtual Campus teachers called “Nibble and Note.”  Information will be housed HERE.  Teachers can attend the 20-30 minute sessions live or they will be recorded.  Teachers can find the topics on this site and they can also request topics.  Please note this will be very informational and teachers can totally eat/multitask during these sessions!