Start of Semester To-Dos

Here is a checklist to help you keep track of what you need to do to start out the semester:

Review Your Courses

Schoology

• Identify a course's term and edit the display name to differentiate Fall and Spring classes
• Reorder your Course List in 'My Courses'

PowerTeacher Pro

• View your course schedule for the whole year
• Identify a course's term from the landing page

Prepare Course Content

Schoology

• Access past courses
  
• Rearrange courses in Schoology
• Link your course sections (optional)
• Add your course information sheet (your department chair could provide more information)
  
• Import past content from resources

PowerTeacher Pro

• View past courses/assignments (if applicable)

Prepare Grade Books

PowerTeacher Pro

• View existing categories
• Copy past semester grade settings
• Create categories (if applicable)
• Set up semester weights (Required only if your setup is not Term=85% and Final=15%. If there is no final given, no changes need to be made to the default setting.)
• Apply category weights (if applicable)

Schoology

• Set up grade categories (if applicable)
• Set up grade weights (if applicable)
• Copy gradebook settings from another course (if applicable)
• Sync from Schoology-PowerSchool gradebook (if applicable)