Schoology Learning

Homepage tools and communication

Use the Search tool (magnifying glass icon) to search for your teachers, courses, and groups.

App Center

The App Center allows your teachers to give you access to content and software developed by other companies directly from within the Schoology website.

Depending on the settings in place at your school, the App Center and some of its contents may not be available to you. Contact your instructor with questions about which apps are available to students in this area.

Calendar

The Schoology Calendar is an organizational element for your connections, courses, and groups. It keeps events and due dates organized and accessible.

Click the Calendar icon to access events and due dates by month, week, or day. Each item is color-coded depending on courses, groups, school, or personal events. Due dates for assignments, assessments, and important course-related events are automatically added to your calendar and managed by your instructor.

Create personal events

  1. Select the Calendar icon in the header.

  2. Click the date to which you'd like to add the event.

  3. Fill out the Event form.

  4. Optionally, add any documents, links, or resources.

  5. Click Create to complete.

After you create a personal event, you can drag and drop it to move it to another day on your calendar.

Edit an event

  1. Select the event you'd like to modify.

  2. Click Edit Item.

  3. After you've finished editing your event, click Save Changes.

Delete an event

  1. Click the event you'd like to delete.

  2. Click View Item.

  3. Click the gear icon.

  4. Select Delete to remove the event.

Messages

Depending on the settings in place at your school, you may be able to receive and send messages to teachers at your school.

Send a message

  1. Click the envelope icon in the header.

  2. Click New Message.

  3. Enter the recipient's name in the To field.

  4. Enter a subject and message.

  5. Optionally, add files, links, or resources.

  6. Click Send to complete.

A recipient name will automatically populate when you enter a teacher's name into the To field. It may take a moment for a name to populate. If you cannot send a message to peers or certain users, contact your teacher for further advice.

Check new messages

When you have a new message in your inbox, the Messages icon in the header will display an updated number based on how many new messages you have.

  1. From the header, click the envelope icon to navigate to your Messages. 

  2. Click the message you'd like to read. 

  3. To reply to a message, enter a comment in the Message area, and click Send.

Check sent messages

  1. Click the envelope icon in the header.

  2. Click View All.

  3. Select the Sent Messages tab.

  4. Click the message you want to read. 

Search messages

Users can search for messages from their inbox.

To search from the Inbox or Sent Messages tab, enter a keyword in the search field, then press Enter or click the magnifying glass icon.

Notifications

Notifications display course events in chronological order and requests to RSVP to calendar events. A number on the bell icon indicates new notifications or requests.

Click a notification or request to access the related content.

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