Schoology Learning release notes: January 2025

Reminders will now display submissions marked Missing or Absent

In the Reminder section, teachers can review submissions and resubmissions marked with Missing or Absent exceptions. This only applies to gradable Assignments and Discussions.

Course Admins can submit assignments on behalf of students

Course administrators will now have the ability to submit an assignment on behalf of the student when reviewing the course as a student using the View Course As option. This functionality will be available on both secondary and elementary-themed courses.

Submit an assignment for a student

Administrator and auto-generated passwords

Administrator and auto-generated passwords will now be temporary. Users created from January 1, 2025, will be required to update temporary passwords on the next login.

Enforce sign-in on password change

Users who change their password from an activation link or Forgot Password workflow are now required to log in again after the password is updated.

PowerBuddy for Learning - PowerBuddy tools

Included free and paid features

What’s new for teachers: 

• Within the Assignments and Discussions text box, clicking the PowerBuddy icon launches a list of content generation tools to choose from.  

• After selecting a tool, teachers can complete the tool-specific form fields and click Generate to create content.

• Content can be regenerated, copied to a clipboard, edited, and ultimately, inserted into their Schoology Assignment or Discussion. 

• Teachers can provide feedback on the content using the thumbs-up or thumbs-down icons.  

Generate content with PowerBuddy