How to Use Parent Schoology Accounts

Having a Parent account in Schoology is like having two accounts:

1. Your personal account, with your own name and information.
2. Your Child Activity display. From here, you can access Schoology from your child’s perspective—access what they access and receive updates about their activity.

To start, from your name, click the down-facing arrow and then select your child’s name to switch to their account. If you have multiple children associated with your account, all will be displayed in this area. The checkmark in this drop-down menu indicates which account you are currently accessing.

To view your child's information, click their name in this dropdown

Child Activity Display

From the home page, you can quickly access specific information about your child’s Schoology activity:

1) Student Activity

The Student Activity area displays your child’s recent submission, grade, and attendance information.

2) Enrollments

Switch to the Enrollments display on the home page to access a list of the courses your child is currently enrolled in, along with their grade. If the teacher or administrator has chosen not to display the grade while the course is in progress, a blank value displays under the Grade column.

Click an individual course to display grades received on assignments, assessments, and discussions from that course. Depending on the permission settings in place at your school, you may not be able to access content posted by other members of the course.

3) Upcoming Events

Upcoming events will display any upcoming school events or upcoming due dates for your child’s classes

4) Recently Completed

The Recently Completed section displays grade-able materials that have been submitted. Hover over the icons associated with each material to display if the assignment has been graded, and what the percentage grade is for that assignment.

• Test/Quiz appears in the To Do list when submissions are enabled only.
• Grade columns and LTI types will only display in Recently Completed once graded.

5) Courses

You can view a list of your child’s current courses. Click the course name to navigate to the course profile as your child views it. Depending on the permission settings in place at your school, you may not be able to view content posted by other members of the course.

The Courses drop-down menu displays up to 12 courses. To display a full list of your child's courses, click Enrollments on the home page.

6) Groups

You can view a list of your child’s Schoology groups. Groups can be used for a variety of activities, from school projects to extracurricular teams and clubs. Depending on the permission settings in place at your school, you may not be able to view content posted by other members of the group.

The Groups drop-down menu displays up to 12 groups. To display a full list of your child's groups, click Enrollments on the home page.

7) Grade Report

The Grade Report will allow you to generate a report for your child’s grades. You can select specific grading periods to help make the report more specific, depending on your needs.  

Your Account Activity

To return to your Schoology account, click the down-facing arrow next to your child's name and select your name. If you have linked accounts in Schoology, the school associated with each account displays under your name.

While toggled into your personal account, your own name is displayed in the top right corner. Your personal account home page displays activity related to any courses and groups in which you are enrolled, as well as school information from the school with which you are associated.

Messages

Access your messages from the Messages icon (envelope) in the header. Depending on the settings in place at your school, you may be able to exchange messages with teachers at your school.

There is no Messages icon in the Child Activity view. Messages to your child are private and are not viewable from a Parent account.

Check New Messages

When you have a new message in your inbox, the Messages icon in the header displays a new number.

1. Click the Messages icon (envelope) to display a list of recent messages.
2. New messages are indicated with a blue dot. Click the message you'd like to read in full.
3. To reply to a message, write in the Message area, then click Send.

Check Sent Messages

1. Click the Messages icon (envelope) and select View All.
2. Click Sent Messages.
3. To read a message, click a message you've sent in the past.
4. To send a message, click +New Message.
5. Fill out the form, and click Send to complete.

A recipient name automatically populates when you enter a teacher's name in the To field. If you're not able to send a message to certain users, talk to your child's teacher for further guidance.

If you have linked accounts in Schoology, we recommend that you check for new messages in each of your linked accounts.