Utilizing Reading Coach Through Schoology

Microsoft Reading Coach is a FREE reading fluency application that provides personalized, engaging practice on pronunciation, syllabification, reading speed, and vocabulary recall. It is a great tool for reading practice in other world languages as well. Reading Coach is available in Schoology, as an App in Microsoft 365, and within the Microsoft Immersive Reader.  The online Reading Coach App also provides safeguarded one-of-a-kind AI generated stories that keeps even the most reluctant readers coming back. To utilize the Microsoft Reading Coach through Schoology, please follow these directions:

Assigning Content in Reading Coach
1. Log into Schoology and click into one of your Schoology Courses.

2. Click Microsoft Education from the left side bar.


If this is the first time you are using Microsoft Education from your Schoology Course, you will need to sign into your Microsoft account. Click Sign in. Sign in using your Microsoft 365 log in (this log in should automatically be entered as soon as you click Sign in). It will then set up your Microsoft Education connection with this Section of your Schoology Course.


3. Click on Reading Coach. 


Please Note: If you have Linked Course Sections, you will need to click the Section drop-down menu and select the section you want to utilize this app in prior to clicking on Reading Coach.


4. When the Welcome to Teach Mode window appears, click Open Reading Coach in new tab which will open your account in a new window.


5. If you have assigned reading passages in the past, you will see them on the main screen. To assign a new passage, click New.


6. Title the assignment and then provide a Due Date for it. Then select either Open reading or Single Passage. 

Open reading: Allows students to select something to read within the app. 

Single passage: Teachers provide students with a reading selection they choose.



7. If you click on Single passage, two new options will appear. Click on either Select a passage or Create a passage. Then click Next.

Select a passage: Teachers choose a passage from the app library to assign to students.

Create a passage: Teacher will type or paste a passage into the app for students to read.


8. Select a number to choose the reading level of the stories you would like to view. While these levels generally align with grade levels, we recommend previewing each story to ensure it is an appropriate match for the students you are assigning it to.


9. Click on a story to review it.


10. After you selected a story and reviewed it, click Next.


11. Click on the Copy icon to copy the share link. 


12. Go back to the Materials section of your Schoology course and open the folder where you would like to add the assignment link.


13. Click Add Materials and select Add File/Link/External Tool from the left-hand side of the drop-down menu. 


14. Click on Link.

15. Paste the link into the Link/URL: field and add a title into the Title field. Click on the ABC icon to change it to Display in new Window and then click Add.

Students will now be able to access your assignment via the link you added.

Viewing Data in Reading Coach
1. Log into Schoology and click into the Schoology Course you assigned a Reading Coach Story in.

2. Click Microsoft Education from the left side bar.


3. Click on Reading Coach. 


Please Note: If you have Linked Course Sections, you will need to click the Section drop-down menu and select the section you want to utilize this app in prior to clicking on Reading Coach.


4. When the Welcome to Teach Mode window appears, click Open Reading Coach in new tab which will open your account in a new window.


5. Under the Practices section, click on the assignment you want to view data for.


You will now be able to view and data for all your students that completed that assignment.

Utilizing Reading Coach
Utilizing Reading Progress Through Schoology