PLS FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Administrators

Should substitute teachers apply for Schoology Access?

Can a student join a course using an access code?

Do all of my certificated staff members have "teacher" access?

Is the Principal the only administrator that can grant/approve access?

As the school Principal, what is my Schoology role?

How do I review a gradebook?

How can I see a student's grades?

Some of my teachers are not able to email their whole class. How does that work?

We are moving students around like crazy and their grades are being lost once they are moved. How can we get into something called an "Archive" to retrieve the form grade from the former class?

How do teachers print their gradebook? I heard they 'export' their gradebook to an Excel and then print from there. Any other way?

Teachers can click on the 'waffle' icon in Schoology to access the Gradebook Report. Teachers can download a report for their entire class or for an individual student. The report downloads as a PDF file. Principals can also access these reports for any section offered at their school site. Please refer to the "Monitoring Instruction and Engagement" section at www.lausd.org/plsresources for more information.

Is every school required to do Schoology? My teachers have heard that some schools are not doing it and they are using Jupiter Grades.

Can a student join a group using an access code?

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Gradebook

How does a substitute enter grades into Schoology?

How do I filter my students by Last Name, First Name in the gradebook?

How can I see the grades of a student that dropped my course?

How do I remove a flagged exception, excused, incomplete, or missing from a student's grade?

If a student is dropped from my course, what happens to their grades?

If I manually add a student to a class, can I PassBack grades?

What are some of the gradebook features I will be able to use?

When users log in, will a 'Sandbox' be available for them to practice setting up and customizing the gradebook?

Where can I find the seating chart in Schoology?

How do I set up my assignments to recur automatically?

Schoology does not have a feature to automatically recur assignments.

Suggestion:

Create a generic assignment with your preferred settings in Resources
Add the assignment to your course(s)
Make edits to the copied assignment

To see more information on how to create an assignment, see the following link:
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Will teachers' courses and student rosters be available once they are inputted into MiSiS? If not, what steps must we take at the school site to make this happen?

Will I enter all grades in the Online Gradebook?

All teachers will be able to enter assignments and grades into the Online Gradebook.

Secondary teachers will use the MGP 2.0 App to sync grades into MiSiS.

Elementary teachers will use the EGP - Elementary Grade Passback app to sync grades into MiSiS. Elementary teachers will follow the LA Unified's Policy Bulletin BUL 2332.7
Grade Passback is only available to roster carrying teachers.

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Navigating the LMS

Can I take attendance in Schoology?

How can I reorder my courses?

How can I see the grades of a student who dropped my course?

How do I filter my students by Last Name, First Name in the gradebook?

When the teachers login, will a "Sandbox" be available to learn how to set up and customize the gradebook?

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Option Schools

Does the Schoology gradebook apply to Option Schools?

Will I continue to use MiSiS?

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PLS Website

How was Schoology selected?

Where can I find a copy of the Mandate letter for Schoology implementation?

Why is L.A. Unified using an online gradebook?

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Schoology Access for Parents (Parent Portal)

How do parents access Schoology to view their child's grades?

There are a few steps parents must take before viewing their child's academic progress in Schoology.

First, parents must set up a Parent Portal account. Please view the following video for assistance on setting up your account: How to Register for the Parent Portal-English or How to Register for the Parent Portal-Spanish

Once your account has been set up, login to the Parent Portal.

For additional information, visit the Parent Portal website.
Navigate Schoology as a parent of legal guardian
Parent Portal Login
Parent Portal website

What is the LAUSD Parent Portal?

What will I be able to do with the LAUSD Parent Portal?

Parents will be able to:
• Monitor their child's class assignments, grades, and standardized test scores

• Track their child's progress towards graduation

• Check their child's daily attendance and monitor attendance trends

• Monitor English Learner Reclassification status

• Update Emergency Contact information

• Keep connected with their child's teachers through email

• Apply for District programs such as eChoices and the Free and Reduced Meal Program

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Schoology Access for Students

How do we (or will we be able to) set up access for our students so they can view their grades? Is this access through the PASSport system?

LAUSD Students have access to Schoology automatically.. Students can login at https://lms.lausd.net using their MyMail username and password or a Schoology QR code provided by their teacher. Students can also log in to the Parent Portal to view published grades.

Parents can contact the Family Hotline at (213) 443-1300. The hotline is available Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

Can a student join a group using an access code?

Can a student access open groups?

Can a student access public groups?

Can a student access a group outside my organization?

Can a student join a course using an access code?

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Schoology Access for Teachers

How do I request access to Schoology and the online gradebook?

Teachers, administrators, and support staff that carry a MiSiS roster already have a Schoology account. New school employees that carry a MiSiS roster must request access to MiSiS via oneAccess. Once the scheduling administrator assigns a MiSiS class schedule to the employee, the employee's Schoology account will automatically be provisioned.

For additional access, go to https://oneaccess.lausd.net

Will all teachers' courses and students be created in Schoology automatically once they are programmed in MiSiS? If not, what steps must we take at the school-site to make this happen?

Will I continue to use MiSiS?

What are some time saving LMS features I will be able to use?

To save an entire course's materials to your Resources:
Navigate to the Materials page of the course. You'd like to save to Resources.
Click Options at the top.
Select Save Course to Resources from the drop-down menu.
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Select the Resource Collection in which you'd like to house your course content. If you haven't created a collection, you can add the course to your Home collection.
Optional: Select a folder within the collection to which you'd like to save your course material.
The Save as field indicates that your course materials will be saved in a new folder within the selected destination in your Resources. Within that folder, the materials remain organized in the same structure that was used in the course.
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Click Submit to complete. Student assignments can be copied to multiple periods. Create tests/quizzes that can be administered online, then automatically graded and recorded in the system.

Course and student rosters are automatically provisioned and updated nightly for teachers. Mobile app for devices is included.

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Submitting Grades

How does a substitute enter grades into Schoology?

If I manually add a student to a class, can I PassBack grades?

Do I have to create assignments and grades in the Schoology gradebook to submit grades?

Can I use the Grade PassBack App to submit grades for a non-MiSiS created course?

Can I submit grades with the Grade PassBack App to MiSiS at any time?

Can a co-teacher or administrator submit grades on the behalf of a teacher?

Which grade passback app do I use?

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Summer Term

Will Schoology be available during summer term?

Will Schoology be available for Extended Learning Opportunity Summer Program (ELOS)?

Who has access to Schoology during the summer term?

Will clerical staff have access?

Will students have access?

A student forgot their login, how can they reset their password?

Teachers can use the “MyMail PIN” app from within the course in Schoology. When viewing a course in Schoology, click on “MyMail PIN” on the left navigation menu to view the student roster and associated PIN numbers. Teachers can provide the PIN and instructions to the student for resetting their MyMail/SSO password using this guide: Student SSO Password Reset Guide for Students.

A job aid for using the new “MyMail PIN” feature in Schoology to retrieve student PINs is available here: http://bit.ly/SGYMYMAIL

LMS: https://lms.lausd.net/
Student SSO Guide

Can parents view summer assignments and grades through the Parent Portal?

Will day-to-day substitute teachers have access to Schoology during the summer term?

Will summer courses be available in Schoology?

I have instructional materials and resources for my regular school year courses. Can I transfer them to my summer course?

I am teaching a summer term course but I do not see the course(s) I am teaching listed?

I am teaching in a split assignment; can I get access to the gradebook the teacher used in the first half of the summer term?

When will my summer term course be available?

Which Schoology features will be available during summer term?

Will MiSiS Grade Passback (MGP 2.0) be available?

Where can I find more information about Schoology and learn about its features?

Where can I go for technical support using Schoology?

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If you were unable to find your answer please create an online MiSiS ticket.