Personal account: Settings
Overview
Set preferences for your personal interface and how your account relates to other users. Click your name and select Settings. Review your Account Settings.
Manage account settings
Edit your name
Depending on your account’s permissions, you can change your name displayed to other Schoology users.
Name fields | Details |
|---|---|
Title | Any prefix you’d want to include in your name. |
First Name | The name you used to sign up for Schoology. |
Preferred First Name | If your organization's system administrator has enabled this permission, choose a different name to display wherever your name appears, either by itself or in addition to the name in the First Name field. |
Middle Name | This optional field may already be filled. |
Last Name | The name you used to sign up for Schoology. |
Username | This field is necessary for users who sign in to Schoology with a username. Users may sign up for Schoology with either a username or email address. |
Primary and secondary email addresses
Email fields | Details |
|---|---|
Primary Email | The email address under which you are registered in Schoology. All designated Notifications are sent to this email address. You may also log in to Schoology using this email address. |
Alternate Email | An optional or secondary email address. Notifications are also sent to this email address. |
If you are not receiving email alerts as expected, you may have an issue with your primary email that requires your attention. Check with your email provider to confirm any issues and check if the emails are in your spam folder. If you continue to experience issues with receiving notifications, talk to your Schoology account administrator or submit a ticket to Schoology Support.
Time zone
If your Schoology account is not currently set to the correct time zone, open the Timezone list, choose your time zone, and click Save Changes.
Hijri calendar
If your district has enabled the use of the Hijri calendar, you will have access to this setting. To enable the Hijri calendar, select Enable Hijri dates to accompany Gregorian dates where available and set calendars to include Hijri dates by default, and click Save Changes.
Account password
Depending on your organization’s settings, you may not be able to change your account password. If you do not have the option to Change your password from Account Settings, contact your system administrator or support contact at your school for information about resetting your password. Your login information displays either your email address or your school and username information, depending on how you log in.
Change your password
Click your name and select Settings.
From Account Password, select Change your password.
Enter your new password and confirm it. Your new password must be different than your current password.
Click Submit.
If you are unable to log in to Schoology, you can change your password via Forgot your password.
Schoology requires passwords to be a minimum length of 12 characters.
Keep your password in a safe place and never divulge your account information to anyone. This precaution is especially important for users who sign in using a username because they cannot retrieve a forgotten password via email.
Share your Schoology calendar
You can access your Schoology calendar information from a different calendar program by enabling this option from your Account Settings. After the option is enabled, Schoology provides an iCal link so you can share your Schoology calendar with the calendar tool of your choice.
iOS device
Tap Settings.
Tap Calendar.
Tap Accounts.
Tap Add Account.
Tap Other.
Tap Add Subscribed Calendar.
Paste the link copied above into the Server field.
Tap Next.
Outlook 2007/2010 (has native iCal support)
Email the copied link to the account you checked on Outlook.
Click the webcal link in the email on Outlook.
An Outlook box should appear asking you to Add this Internet Calendar to Outlook and Subscribe to Updates.
Click Yes. The calendar is automatically added to Outlook.
Google calendar and android devices
Sign in to your Google Calendar account.
In My Calendars, click the + icon and select From URL.
Paste the link copied above into the URL of calendar field.
Click Add calendar.
Windows Live
Sign in to your Windows Live account.
Go to Calendar.
Click Discover Calendars.
In Import Calendar, click From Web.
Paste the URL that you copied in Link to Calendar.
Enter a name for the calendar in Calendar Name.
Click Import.
Mac calendar
Open Calendar.
Click File and select New Calendar Subscription.
Paste the URL that you copied.
Click Subscribe.
Adjust the name, location, and other settings.
Click OK.
The Share Your Schoology Calendar setting only works if you have at least one entry in your Schoology Calendar. If the calendar is blank, you cannot link it or access it from other calendars, and an error message displays when you try.
Link account
If you have another account in Schoology, you can link your accounts to toggle between them by clicking your name and choosing the account from the list. By keeping both accounts and linking them together, you can access all content from a single login.
Click your name from the account you'd like to keep primary. You will be using this account to log in to Schoology.
Select Settings.
From Account Settings, click Link Accounts.
Enter the Email or Username of the account at the other school. Alternatively, if the account is using SSO or remote authentication, you will be directed to your SSO login screen to enter your password and complete the linking process.
Select the school.
Click Link Account.
Select a primary email address for linked accounts
A list of your primary account and linked accounts appears in the Link Account section. If you have multiple primary email addresses for these accounts, choose Select a primary email address for all linked accounts. This feature allows email notifications for each linked account to go to the primary email address selected here.
Merge accounts
If you have a duplicate account in Schoology, you can merge it into your current account. The merged account is deleted, and your created content is moved to the current account.
Log in to the account you plan to keep.
Click your name and select Settings.
From Account Settings, click Merge Accounts.
Enter the Email or Username and the Password of the desired account.
Click Validate Account and wait for the merge to complete.
If you encounter the error message, Sorry, you are not allowed to merge subscribed accounts into this account, your previous account is registered to a school with a system administrator. Create a ticket with the support team for assistance.
Other options
Set the default home page for your account to display Recent Activity or the Course Dashboard.
System administrators may also set the default home page for their Enterprise organization. This setting applies to all users in the organization who have not customized the setting in their Account Settings. Once a user has set the default view in their Account Settings, that selection overrides any system-level default.
Click your name and select Settings.
From Other Options, select Recent Activity or Course Dashboard.
Click Save Changes.