Connections

Overview

Schoology provides a way to connect with other educators within an organization or globally through Schoology.

Connections let you share with other educators on Schoology on an individual level, rather than via a shared school, group, or course, and offer two advantages:

• You can more easily share information with connections.

• You can limit your account privacy settings to connections.

You must verify your account to use the Connections feature. The option to add connections depends on the settings in place at your school or organization. Reach out to your support contact with questions.

Connection options

In general, faculty roles can connect with other faculty roles. This means an instructor in one school can connect with another instructor in a different school, allowing educators from around the world to connect.

Since students and parents are not considered faculty, they cannot form connections with other users. In some cases, the system administrator at a school or organization may place restrictions on the users with whom you may connect.

Connection requirements

Your Schoology account must be verified to use Connections. You can use Connections based on the settings in place at your school or organization. Reach out to your support contact if you're unsure.

Additionally, your profile must be listed in the Schoology directory to allow other educators to search for you and send a connection request.

List your profile in the Schoology directory

1. Click your name, and then select Settings.

2. Select Privacy Settings.

3. From Search Settings, select List profile in Schoology directory.

Find connections

Use the search tool in the Schoology header to find and connect with educators. 

Search for a specific person

1. Click Search (magnifying glass icon).

2. Enter the name of the person you are trying to locate.

3. Review the search results and click Connect for the user with whom you want to connect.

Review faculty information from the school profile

1. Click your name, and then select the name of your school or organization.

2. Choose Faculty.

3. Select the name of the user with whom you want to connect.

4. Click Connect.

Sometimes, a school or organization blocks user accounts from connecting with others. In other cases, users can’t connect because they haven’t verified their Schoology accounts.

Privacy settings

After you’ve made a connection with another user, your personal account settings display an additional column for Connections. This allows you to tighten certain privacy settings so only those with whom you’re connected have access to review the information in your profile. It also lets you determine users with whom you can communicate through Schoology messages.

Share information

Personal updates

Update or share information with your connections by creating a personal update. Normally, users must navigate to your profile to review your updates. However, when you have a connection, personal updates of connected users are displayed in the Recent Activity feed on your Home page.

Resources

Connections let you share your personal resource collections. When you navigate to a collection in your personal resources, other than your Home collection, a Share option is available. This allows you to share resources with your school’s faculty and your connections.

When a connection shares a resource with you, a menu notification in your account provides the name of the person and the shared item.