Course Creation: Instructions for Integrating a course with Schoology
Creating a course that integrates with Schoology can be helpful if you are requiring some measure of completion before the employee gets credit for taking the course.
Initial Course Creation (within Professional Learning)
This process begins in Professional Learning
Sign into Professional Learning from Launchpad. It is located within the Powerschool folder.
Select the Professional Learning menu item on the top and select Build from the left menu
Select Build Course/Section and choose the Course Type.
This can be either an instructor Led Course or a Self Paced Course - Both are able to be integrated.
Enter the desired Course Title and Office
Make sure to select Schoology under the Course Provider and select the default Schoology Template.
Example Course InformationSelect Create
Enter all required information and any optional information as needed for the initial course creation.
Align any competencies or rubrics needed
Add any applicable Course Tags
Set the location or user visibility
Finally, create a new section for Instructor Led courses. If this is a self-paced course a default section is created, rename this section as needed.
Section Creation (within Professional Learning)
This process begins in Professional Learning
Once the course is created a section is added you can click on the section name/number to begin editing the section details.
Modify the Section Title, Section Notes, and Credit Areas as needed
Add anyone that will be modifying the course material on Schoology as an Instructor
Add the registration dates and release to catalog date
Select the Class Times option beneath the section title
If you are going to be manually adding staff to this, select the Roster option and use the bulk actions to find and add learners.
This may want to be done after the course is finalized with all materials created.
Once the section details are created, select the Launch Schoology button towards the top right
Section Creation (within Schoology)
After the section has been created inside Professional Learning the course can now be modified on Schoology
Once the course is created a section is added you can click on the section name/number to begin editing the section details on Schoology. Start by using the launch schoology button in previous steps or by navigating to Schoology from Launchpad.
When a course is first created there is a default template that includes the checklist and a generic completion rule. These can be modified to fit the desired course completion requirements and submission requirements.
The following resources can be used for course creation within Schoology:
Courses need a completion rule for them to mark them completed in Professional Learning. Otherwise registering for the course will automatically mark them complete.