SAU #19 Educators using the Modeling Real Life Math Program (Grades 6-8, Algebra, and Geometry) can access and assign digital resources through Schoology. For information on utilizing Modeling Real Life Resources, please follow these directions:
Adding Books to Classes (Must be completed every year, prior to utilizing resources)
To enable certain features and content, you'll need to add books to your classes the first time you set up your Courses each year. When you log in to Big Ideas Math for the first time, you may receive a prompt to Add a Book. If you receive this message, please follow the on-screen prompts to add a book to the class.
If you do not receive this alert, follow these steps:
1. Click on Class Management from the Big Ideas Dashboard.
2. Course rosters are automatically rostered through Schoology. Once the students go into their Schoology Courses, they will have access to the materials (if you have added a book to your class). If your classes do not populate in the Active tab, select the Upcoming tab.
3. If you need to add an additional book or your class does not have a book, click the book drop-down menu (where the book title is usually listed).
4. A book selection drop-down menu will appear. Check the book(s) that are needed for that class. After you have selected the book(s), click Save Changes.
5. Repeat for all classes you need to add a book to.
Please Note: You can review which classes have books added by toggling the Hide Classes without books option:
Accessing Big Ideas Content
1. Log into Schoology and click into a Mathematics Course.
2. Click on Big Ideas Math button from the left side bar.
A new window will open, and you will be logged into your account.
Please Note: Pop-up blockers may prevent this window from directly opening in a new tab. You may need to click Launch new window. You can change the privacy setting on your device to add the Big Ideas website as an exception for pop-up windows.
Adding Big Ideas Resources to a Schoology Course
1. Log into Schoology, click into a Mathematics Course, and navigate to the folder you want to add the resource into. Do not add it to your main landing page. It needs to at least be placed inside the Coursework folder.
2. Click Add Materials and then click Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life from the right-hand side of the drop-down menu.
3. Navigate to the Big Ideas Resource you would like to add to Schoology.
Please Note: The Big Ideas Dashboard and Dynamic Student Edition are items that may only need to be added once. Resources, Video Library, Assignments and DAP will contain chapter specific resources.
4. Once you have the resource selected you will click Add in the Big Ideas Math window. The Item will be highlighted and once an item is selected the add button will be selectable. Click the Yes button to add this to your Schoology Course.
Items will need to be published in Schoology for users to see them in your Schoology Course.
Adding a Big Ideas Assignment to a Schoology Course
The Big Ideas Math integration will allow you to create assignments directly from Schoology providing the ability to report scores back to your Schoology Gradebook.
1. Log into Schoology, click into a Mathematics Course, and navigate to the folder you want to add the resource into. Do not add it to your main landing page. It needs to at least be placed inside the Coursework folder.
2. Click Add Materials and click Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life from the left side bar of the drop-down menu to open Big Ideas Math.
3. Select Assignments or DAP from the Big Ideas Math Resources.
4. Once the assignment section is open you can FILTER the content by Type, Program, Book, Chapter or Lesson. Click the check box for the name of the assignment you wish to assign to your class. Then click the Assign button at the top of the screen.
5. By default, the name of the assignment will appear as listed in Big Ideas Math you can change the Assignment Title. Select the individual students or All Students you wish the assignment to go to. You can also modify date and time the assessment is available for the users to complete as well as modifying other Submission Options, Tools, Question options, and the message to the user. Once your assignment setup is complete, click the Assign button and then click Yes to publish the assessment to Schoology.
6. Once it appears in your Schoology Course, navigate to the Gear icon to the right of the assignment and click Edit to open the External Tool editor.
7. Select a Category for the Assignment, if a category is not added the item will not be scored within Schoology. Click Save Changes.
Creating an Assignment for Multiple Classes
Within Schoology you can now create an assignment for multiple classrooms at the same time.
1. When creating an assignment, use the directions above.
2. On the class selection screen, click the Add Class button, then check the boxes next to all classes you wish to add the assignment to. Click All Students or individual students you need by class.
3. Once the classes have been selected you can navigate between the different classes to manage the users and settings. Settings which can be applied to all classes are Date and Time, Submissions Options, Tools, and Questions Options. Click the Assign button to add the link to the assignment in Schoology and then click Yes to publish the assignment to Schoology.
4. Once it appears in your Schoology Course, navigate to the Gear icon and click Edit to open the External Tool editor. Select a Category for the Assignment, if a category is not added the item will not be scored with Schoology. Click Save Changes.
Sending Scores from Big Ideas Math to Schoology
Once a user has completed an assessment you can send the scores directly to Schoology through the Big Ideas Math interface. This feature can be used when the classroom assignment has not been completed by all users. Scores will be updated in Schoology within the Gradebook under that particular assignment.
1. Log into Schoology, click into a math Course and click into Big Ideas Math.
2. Navigate to the Performance report for the Assignment you wish to push to Schoology. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the report and click Send Scores to your LMS. Once they have synced, they will be visible in Schoology.
3. If you are syncing grades to PowerSchool (Grades 7-12), they will automatically sync upon your next Scheduled Sync, or you can manually sync scores by going into your Sync Log and clicking on the Sync button next to the assignment.