Accessing Android Mobile App as a Parent
The Schoology mobile app is designed to provide access to only certain features or settings. For features and settings not available on the app, you can use a computer or the browser on your device.
Depending on the permissions set by your organization, you may or may not have access to certain areas of the mobile app as described below. Reach out to your child's instructor or your organization's Support Contact for more information.
Sign Up
If you don’t already have an account on Schoology, you can sign up using a Parent Access Code provided by your child's instructor. Once you have the access code, download the Schoology app from Google Play or the Amazon App Store and follow these steps to get started:
Tap Sign Up for Schoology at the very bottom.
Select Parent.
Enter the access code provided by your child's instructor and click Continue.
Enter your First and Last Name, an email address or username, and a password for your account.
Check the box to agree to Schoology's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Tap Register to complete.
Sign in
If you already have a Schoology account, you can use the following steps to log in via the Schoology Android app.
To create a new Schoology account, you'll need to open a mobile browser on your device and go to www.schoology.com.
Log in to the Schoology Mobile App
Depending on how your organization has set up your account, there are various login methods for the Schoology mobile app.
Contact your student’s instructor or one of the support contacts at your student’s school if you are unsure of the login setup.
If you aren’t included in the school’s single sign-on (SSO) method, you should log in through www.schoology.com.
If you use Google SSO to log in to Schoology, do not select Log in Using Schoology.com. Instead, search for and select your school or organization to be redirected to the appropriate login page.
If this is your first time signing in, enter the email address connected to your Schoology account. If you’ve previously signed in on the device, select the name of the populated account that you use to sign in to Schoology.
If you select the incorrect Schoology account:
Close the Schoology app.
Navigate to www.schoology.com and sign out of the incorrect account.
Open the app again and try logging in to the correct account.
Use the following steps to log in to existing Schoology accounts using the mobile app.
Alternatively, if you need to create a new account, navigate to www.schoology.com.
Log in through your school or organization
Open the Schoology app on your mobile device.
Select School or domain.
Use the search to locate your school or organization. If your organization uses a custom domain (URL), enter that domain in the search.
Select your school or organization.
Enter your username or email, and password.
If you’ve forgotten your password, you can reset your password.
Click Log In.
If your school uses single sign-on (SSO), selecting your school will redirect you to the appropriate login screen.
Select Log In Through Your School.
If prompted, select or enter your Google account credentials.
Click Approve to authorize the app.
Logging out of Schoology does not log you out of your Google account. Be sure to log out of your Google account separately in your mobile browser.
Log in through Schoology
Click Continue to log in via www.schoology.com.
Enter your email address and password, and then select Log In.
Log in using a QR code
Select Scan QR Code.
If prompted, allow camera access.
Scan the QR code to log in.
After you log in, your selected school or organization will be saved as the default for future logins.
To switch schools, tap the search field and enter a new name.
Navigation
Tap the navigation icon in the top left of the screen to access the navigation menu.
From the navigation menu, you can access:
Your Profile: Your personal account profile.
Messages: Messages sent to and from your personal account.
Notifications: Notifications about your own Schoology activity.
Requests: Accept or dismiss requests to join courses and groups.
Home: View your recent activity, course dashboard, and upcoming events.
My Children: View your child's activity in Schoology - courses, groups, calendar, grades, attendance, and more.
Courses: View courses in which you are directly enrolled.
Groups: View groups in which you are directly enrolled.
Resources: View resources you've uploaded to Schoology and shared resources from groups.
Grades: View grades you've received in Schoology.
Calendar: View your own calendar in Schoology
People: View people in your School Directory and Network.
Settings: Configure settings for your personal account.
Logout: Log out of the Schoology Android app.
Course Dashboard
The Course Dashboard displays all your courses in a tiled list. You can access the Course Dashboard from the menu on the Home screen.
The Course Dashboard displays courses in which the parent is directly enrolled. To view your child's courses, proceed to My Children.
Upcoming
From the Home screen, tap Upcoming to display all your upcoming items and events. The Upcoming area displays calendar events, tests/quizzes, assessments, assignments, and discussions in chronological order by due date to help you locate and plan for upcoming activities. Tap on the item to view that item in Schoology.
The Upcoming area displays events related to your parent account only. To view your child's events, proceed to My Children.
Requests
The Requests area lists all of the course and group requests that are associated with your Schoology profile. Tap Accept or X, depending on the action you would like to take for each item. If you see a red indicator next to Requests on the navigation menu, you have a pending request.
These requests are for your personal parent account. It's not possible to view requests your child receives.
My Children
The My Children view within the Android app is where parents can view the courses, groups, grades, and attendance for their child. Similar to the Student Activity View on the web version of Schoology, this area displays a preview of how your child(ren) can view their Schoology information.
The My Children area on the Schoology Android app uses a WebView. In other words, this area appears like an embedded mobile browser view within the app.
Select My Children from the navigation menu to access your child's activity. From My Children, you can switch between the Student Activity and Enrollments view on the home page.
Use the menu in the header to access your child's Courses, Groups, Grades, and Calendar.
On smaller screens, the Grades area is accessed by tapping More in the header.
Additional Children
Additional children associated with your account can be accessed from the Android app in the same way as the web version. From the My Children view, tap your child's name in the upper-right corner and select additional children from the drop-down menu.
On smaller screens, tap More in the header and select your child from the drop-down menu. You can toggle between child views from the next menu.
Viewing Child Submissions
Access your child's submissions from the following areas:
Courses: Navigate to any of your child's courses from the Courses header in the My Children view and select any course material.
Recent Grades/Attendance: Use the panel to the right of My Children to access any submitted and graded materials (on larger screens only).
Assignment Submissions
The My Children area for parents using the Schoology Android app uses a WebView. In other words, this area appears like an embedded mobile browser view within the app. Files uploaded to the Schoology Document Viewer in Assignments can be accessed via this WebView or parents can opt to access an optimized view of the assignment which displays the submission natively, within the app.
Devices must run Android 11 2020-11-1 and above in order to access the optimized submission view.
Tap the link at the top of the submission to see an optimized view of your child's submission.
The submission is displayed in-app instead of a WebView.
Courses
Courses lists all of the courses for which you are a member. You can also join a course from this area.
Join Courses
To join an existing Course:
Tap Courses from the navigation menu.
Tap + in the upper right.
Enter the Course Access Code.
Tap Join.
The format of the course code should be XXXXX-XXXXX (10 digits). Once you join a course, you will begin receiving updates, grades, comments, and material notifications from the course.
Depending on the settings in place at your school, you may or may not have permission to join Courses via Course Access Codes.
Tap Courses from the navigation menu to see a list of all the courses for which you are a member. To access a course section, tap the name from the list. Depending on the settings in place at your school, the following information is available under a particular course section:
Materials
Updates
Upcoming
Gradebook
Attendance
Materials
The Materials area lists all of the Assignments, Assessments, Tests/Quizzes, Files/Links, and Discussions and Pages in a particular course. To view any of the materials options just tap their title.
Updates
Course updates show the Recent Activity for a particular course section.
Upcoming
View upcoming items or calendar events for a particular course.
Grades
The Grades displays the Midterm/Final grades and Grading Periods grades by grading category.
You can access graded items by tapping the Grading Period in which they are located.
Apps
To access any Course or Section apps, tap the Apps tab.
In the Elementary Experience, tap Menu to access Course and Section apps.
Grades
The Grades area only displays grades for courses in which the parent is a member. To access your child's grades, proceed to My Children.
The Grades area lists all of the courses for which you are a member. To access the grades for a course section, tap Grades from the navigation menu and then the section of your choice.
The following information is available under a particular course section:
Midterm/Final grades
Test/Quiz, Assessment, Assignment and Graded Discussion grades organized by grading period and grading category
Within the Grades for a particular course section, tap any item to view more grade detail such as submissions and comments.
People
The People area allows you to view your School Directory and Network. Tap Directory to see a list of all the members in your school in alphabetical order by last name. To view a member profile, simply tap the person's name.
Depending on the settings in place at your school, you may or may not have access to view the school directory or a network of connected users.
To learn more about all the features in the Schoology Android Mobile App, review the Android Mobile App (Common Documentation).