Utilizing Gale in Context: For Educators

Gale in Context; For Educators is a database that allows educators to find and personalize content from the Gale databases. This includes creating lesson plans with them, customizing the directions that display on the articles, choosing only sections of articles to include, highlighting sections for students, adding annotations, embedding videos, and much more. This assignment can then be embedded directly in Schoology Courses.

To add content from Gale in Context: For Educators in your Schoology Course, please follow these directions:

1. Click into one of your Schoology Courses.

2. To add content as a material, click on 'Add Materials' and choose 'Gale in Context: For Educators' from the menu on the right side.

To add content as an assignment, click on 'Add Materials' and choose 'Add Assignment'.

Enter the Assignment information and category. Then click the 'Insert Content' button and select 'Gale in Context: For Educators' from the menu on the right side.

3. You will need to log in using your Microsoft account. Click on 'Log in/Create Account'.

4. Click on 'Sign in with Microsoft'. It will either automatically log you in from there, or it will prompt you to enter your username@sau19.org and normal computer password.

5. Search for and customize the content you want to add.

6. Once you are done customizing, click on either 'Link to student document' to copy a link that can be added into Schoology as a material or into an assignment or (the preferable method).  Adding it as a link will allow students to open it the article in a new window, which provides a better viewing experience. Click on 'Embed student document' to embed it directly into your Schoology Course. If you are embedding it into an assignment, click 'Create' to finish the assignment creation. Embedding the article will shrink the article into a small window withing the Schoology Course page.

If you click on 'Embed student document', it will look like this: