Schoology Learning release notes: April 2025
Features for the Schoology April 2025 release are expected on April 23, 2025.
New features and enhancements
Feature or product area | Description | Learn more |
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Accessibility improvements in Schoology | Schoology is now fully compliant with the following WCAG 2.0 standards: | |
Introducing View User Management permission | Administrators can enable faculty to have View only access to User Management, which offers more secure access controls to User Management for troubleshooting purposes. Users with this permission can view User Management without requiring full write access to these screens. | |
Navigation in elementary-themed courses | Students can now easily navigate through the materials in an elementary-themed course using the Previous, Next, and Home buttons. | |
New requirement for accounts using temporary passwords | To enhance security across our platform, we are implementing a new requirement for all accounts. Starting in June 2025, any existing accounts using a temporary password must update the password upon next login. Administrator and auto-generated passwords are temporary. |
The following PowerBuddy for Learning features in Schoology are now available.
PowerBuddy for Learning new features and enhancements
Feature or product area | Description | Learn more |
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PowerBuddy for learning chatbot support for Discussion in Schoology | Teachers can now enable the PowerBuddy for Learning chatbot within Schoology Discussions. Teachers can choose to enable the chatbot in either Research or Socratic mode. Educators can review all student chats. Students and parents can view the student’s chat history. | |
PowerBuddy tools are available from the Schoology home navigation menu | PowerBuddy tools are available directly from the Schoology homepage | |
PowerBuddy tools enhancements | PowerBuddy tools have been enhanced to include the following:
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