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Log into Schoology following the below instructions
After logging in the screen will look similar to this:
The page will begin on Course Dashboard. Course Dashboard will show all your courses as a tiled list. You can drag and drop course tiles to reorder courses. Also, from the Course Dashboard, click into any one of your courses and go directly to its main landing page.
You can also click on the tab called Recent Activity. This is a running news feed. This will show:
- Any updates made in any course or groups that you are associated with
- Announcements
- New calendar events
On the right hand side of the screen you will also see Reminders and Upcoming. (Note: These will also populate into your calendar)
- Reminders will appear when students from any of your courses submits an assignment, discussions, or test/quiz that still need to be graded.
- Upcoming is a list of upcoming events, assignments, discussions, etc. The list displays up to ten items will update as task become completed or when you refresh the page.
Navigation Bar
On the left side of the top bar, you can navigate to the four main areas of Schoology: Home, Courses, Groups and Resources.
Clicking the Springfield Public School logo always brings you back to your home page.
Courses
Courses are your virtual classrooms. This is where instruction, grading, and communication with students happen. Courses also contain
- All instructional materials (e.g., files, assignments, and assessments)
- Communication and organizational tools associated with the course.
Clicking Courses displays courses you are personally enrolled in. A shield icon will be in the top right corner of the courses where you are the lead. By selecting My Courses on the right side of the screen, you will be able to:
- Create courses
- View current and archived courses
- Join courses and search for other courses
Groups
Groups are collaborative spaces to share:
- Ideas and resources
- Organize events
- Connect with other educators
Groups can be used in different ways from professional development to student extracurricular activities.
Clicking Groups displays the groups you are enrolled in. A shield icon will be in the top right corner of the groups that you administer. Selecting My Groups on the right side of the screen allows you to:
- Create groups
- View current and archived groups
- Join groups and search for groups
Resources
Resources will navigate you directly to your personal resources. Any content that you wish to save from your courses can be copied and housed here. Also resources you will also have access to any group resources, plus all the Public resources from Schoology. Any Resource Apps you may have installed for your use will also be here.
Click Resources to create, view, edit, and manage all your resources.
Search, Calendar, App Center, Messages, and Notifications
Search: Use this tool to find people, courses, and groups that you are associated with in Schoology. 
App Center: Allows access to apps that you can install to integrate content and services with Schoology. 
Calendar: Combines events from all of your associated courses, groups and organizations, along with your personal events. 
Messages: From here you can see messages that have been sent to you and you can also send a message to someone. 
Notifications: Whenever you have activity by a student (ie. an assignment or discussion submitted) you will know from this icon. The activity of events will be in chronological order. 