Schoology: Google Assignment App

Is Google a Verb?

Are you a Google Drive power user?

Do you sometimes wish there were an easier way to make sure your students are on task on their iPads or Chromebooks and to quickly check their work?

Do you sometimes expect kids to write stuff down and answer questions in class?

If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then the new Google Assignment App in Schoology should be your new best friend.

This integration will:
1. Allow you to peek in and comment on your students’ work as they are working on it!
2. Vastly simplify the download and submission process for your students.
3. Allow you (and students) to un-submit assignments that need revision!
4. Automatically create a nested folder in your Google drive that contains all of your students’ work organized by class and assignment. Easily access past exemplars for years to come, and blow @newfshire (Cheryl McDonough) away with your amazing Collins Writing portfolio 2.0!

For those of you who enjoy torture, here’s the Schoology support article explaining its functionality.

If you’re more of a visual learner, check out this two minute tutorial.

And finally, here are the step-by-step instructions for you list lovers out there:

Teacher Setup and Use

1. Create a new assignment; give it a title and a brief set of directions (“Download and complete the assignment” could suffice.)
2. Click the Google assignment button below the directions field.
3. Sign in and allow access to your Google Drive
4. Browse or search for the file and hit import.
5. Save the assignment.
6. If you copy the assignment to other classes, you’ll need to reattach the google file for each class.
7. Access the assignment and click on the “in progress” tab to view kids’ progress and comment in real time.
8. Click the submission tab to grade. ***Bonus: You can now add missing/exempt flags on this screen and un-submit assignments!

Student Use

1. Have students access the assignment then click on the “my document” tab.
2. Have them click the giant google doc icon. to open the file.
3. They will be prompted to sign in and allow access (first time only).
4. The assignment will open up for them to work on directly in Schoology (Chromebooks) or the Google App (iPads)
5. When they are finished, they simply return to Schoology and tap “submit” and confirm the submission.

I’d love to hear from you if you’ve got anything to share on this awesome new tool!