Best Practices

For UPrep's minimum expectations for Schoology use, see Schoology Requirements. This section covers implementation tips and additional features to help you meet — and go beyond — those requirements.

If you're new to Schoology, read these three first: Course Organization, Assignments and Materials, and the Gradebook.

Topics

• Course Organization — folder structure, the Unpublish/Archive distinction, and the Updates thread.
• Assignments and Materials — setting up assignments, the Submissions toggle, and attaching resources.
• Due Dates and Calendaring — what must be calendared and when to post homework.
• Workload Calendar — cross-posting to the grade-level calendar.
• Gradebook — why UPrep uses Schoology's gradebook, Grade Setup, and Gradebook Exceptions (flags).
• Rubrics — building and reusing rubrics.
• Course Headers — an optional banner-style header for your course page.
• Reusing Your Materials — the year-end to year-start cycle for carrying your course over.