1. Click into a Schoology Course.
2. While in the Materials tab, click Add Materials and then select Add Assignment from the drop-down menu.
3. Add a Title AND Description for your assignment. The Description is extremely important since this will briefly describe the task to the students, as well as the parents. If the assignment is a Google Drive or OneDrive Assignment, parents will only be able to access what it listed in the Description box. This description will pass to PowerTeacher Pro if you are a syncing teacher.
4. If you want to specifically set up a Google Drive, a OneDrive, or an Annotations Assignment, click the corresponding button. If you want the students to be able to create or upload their own files, do not click these buttons.
For more information on creating a Google Drive Assignment, please click this link: SAU19 Knowledge Base - Google Schoology Integration - Creating Google Drive Assignments.
For more information on creating a OneDrive Assignment, please click this link: SAU19 Knowledge Base - OneDrive Schoology Integration - Creating OneDrive Assignments.
For more information on creating an Annotations Assignment, please click these links:
5. If you want the assignment to ONLY be marked as collected, check the box next to Collected. If not, be sure to add a point value. Then select a Category.
6. If you are a teacher that syncs to PowerTeacher Pro, keep the Syncing set to Sync to SIS. If you DO NOT sync to PowerTeacher Pro, uncheck the Sync to SIS box.
7. Under Availability & Due Date, click Select Sections to Customize and select the sections you want to customize by clicking the box next to the section. If you do not select and section, it will be listed under the Due Date section as Everyone Else.
8. You can change whether the assignment is published or not by click on the green dot (green is published and white is unpublished). Then enter the customized Due Date and Time next to each section.
9. To Lock the ability to digitally submit an assignment on/after a specific date (which will remove it from the student's overdue list on that date), click on the lock icon and select when to lock it on. In Linked Sections, this will be located next to the Due Date. If you are not using Linked Sections, this will be located at the bottom of the assignment setup screen. Then select when you want to the assignment to lock. This is important to set up if you are not syncing grades to PowerTeacher Pro. The other option is to disable digital submissions. This can also be customized for each section.
10. ALWAYS remember to click on the Comments Enabled/Disabled (word bubble icon) to disable the ability for students on comment on the assignment setup itself. Then click Create to create the assignment.
Please Note: we have learned some important information from the Schoology engineers regarding Unpublishing assignments for specific Sections and its behavior when syncing to PowerTeacher Pro. If you choose to leave an assignment for a Section Unpublished, it will not appear in your Schoology Gradebook for that Section; however, it will sync a blank column to your PowerTeacher Pro Gradebook. This is intended behavior, according to the development team.
The work around for this, is to either leave the blank column in PTP and delete it at the very end of the grading period, or you can Publish the assignment to all Sections. Then mark the assignment with the Exempt Exception Flag for all students within the Section not completing the assignment.