EdPuzzle And Schoology

Almost Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

@LisaBerghoff/@MrKimDHS

I was such a weird kid. I did not like peanut butter and jelly. Instead, I took tuna fish sandwiches to school every day. Now that I'm an adult and have a much more refined palate, I can recognize the brilliance of these two flavors together. They definitely bring out the best in each other.

Two other things that work well together are Schoology and EdPuzzle. Never heard of EdPuzzle? I like it so much there are two previous  blog posts about it. You can find them by searching the Giant EdTech blog.

Here's Edpuzzle in a nutshell:

As more and more classrooms are employing the use of video, EdPuzzle allows teachers to use the video as an actual lesson. EdPuzzle is the perfect tool for allowing students to watch and engage with videos while the teacher gathers data throughout the lesson. Teachers can embed questions within a video and get great formative data on the students' understanding of what was taught in the video. In the dashboard, you can see how long a student spent on the video, you can see their responses, it will even grade for you if the question is multiple choice. You can also turn on the closed captioning and you can click a tab so students won't be able to skip ahead.

Interested?

But wait, now you can embed your EdPuzzle lesson right into your Schoology page.

Step1: When you are in Schoology, click on the App Center (4 squares). Scroll to EdPuzzle and click to install. You can decide which classes you want to use it with. I went ahead and added it to all, even if I don't use it right away, at least it's there.

Step 2: When you are in your Schoology class you will see EdPuzzle listed on the left under LockDown Browser. If you click that you can sign in and connect your EdPuzzle account to Schoology. You only need to do this once.

Step 3: From the materials page, click Add Materials and you will see EdPuzzle on the right. If you already have video lessons created in EdPuzzle, you can click right there and you will see your lessons.

Step 4: Don't have any lessons created in EdPuzzle yet? No problem! Just go over to EdPuzzle.com and select your videos and create your lessons. You will need to click "assign" for it to show up in Schoology. 

 



And now for the big question, is EdPuzzle free? Take a quick look at the EdPuzzle website and they are very clear that EdPuzzle is free for teachers and students, to a point. The basic/free account will allow you to store up to 20 videos. They have a referral system where you can refer friends and colleagues and when they create their free accounts, you both will get more storage. Otherwise, there is a pro account for purchase.

I can't wait to hear how the great EdPuzzle/Schoology combo works in your classes! Feel free to reach out with questions or if you want to work on your first lesson together.