Anonymous
10/07/2025 17:53
Subject: Schoology overdue emails
Schoology recently updated the Google Assignments and there must be some glitch causing assignments to look overdue when they have been submitted.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 16:48
Subject: Schoology overdue emails
Same thing is happening for us but only in one class. I emailed the teacher about it and he emailed IT. IT suggested I unsubscribe from the emails. The parentvue grades/missing assignments is the most up to date.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 12:24
Subject: Schoology overdue emails
We used to have Google Classroom during Covid and it was so much better. Schoology sucks.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 11:16
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
Anonymous wrote:As both a teacher and a parent one of my biggest issues with Schoology and other learning management systems like Canvas has always been that every teacher uses it differently. Some post all assignments, some post only ones that need to be turned in on Schoology, some bury assignments in multiple clicks, some bury calendars in multiple clicks. And yet we expect 12 - 18 year old kids to keep track of 6-7 different systems based on particular teachers each year. It's nuts. It truly doesn't work for anyone.
Exactly it is NUTS. We spend more time getting organized before my child can even review the material or find the assignment.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 11:15
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
Anonymous wrote:I'm a middle school math teacher who only this year started putting EVERY homework assignment in Schoology, even though 90% are in Mathspace. This was due to parents wanting everything in the same place. If I don't enable submissions (what you are seeing), then students complained they couldn't get it to disappear from their "to do" list.
So, when students finish the assignment, they should go to the Schoology posting and click "create" and then type something (done, complete, etc) if there really is nothing to upload.
I hate it too (because I have to then separately create the assignment in the actual gradebook - 3 things for every nightly homework with adjusted dates for odd/even classes), but I do have a higher rate of homework completion than in year's past.
I think it is important to put everything in one place. My ADHD kid can't keep up with mathspace, oral instructions, schoology postings, SIS postings, and handouts. It is is INSANE. Thank you for simplifying.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 11:12
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
As both a teacher and a parent one of my biggest issues with Schoology and other learning management systems like Canvas has always been that every teacher uses it differently. Some post all assignments, some post only ones that need to be turned in on Schoology, some bury assignments in multiple clicks, some bury calendars in multiple clicks. And yet we expect 12 - 18 year old kids to keep track of 6-7 different systems based on particular teachers each year. It's nuts. It truly doesn't work for anyone.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 10:48
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If your children have done the work, can they not just hit "completed" or "submit assignment" before the due date?
OP. I've been told, "they don't want us to submit anything for this," but it sounds like the real answer is that the teacher probably doesn't care either way if you hit submit or not (since it was turned in via another app or paper assignment) so maybe the teacher's instruction should be to go ahead and hit submit so your parents don't get an email. I'll bring that option up with my kid tonight. I'd hate to bother multiple teachers over this if I don't have to.
Yeah, nothing shows up on my end if your child does that (I'm not getting emails!) unless I go digging through schoology to review submissions. Hitting submit is harmless and will eliminate those emails.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 10:10
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
Anonymous wrote:If your children have done the work, can they not just hit "completed" or "submit assignment" before the due date?
OP. I've been told, "they don't want us to submit anything for this," but it sounds like the real answer is that the teacher probably doesn't care either way if you hit submit or not (since it was turned in via another app or paper assignment) so maybe the teacher's instruction should be to go ahead and hit submit so your parents don't get an email. I'll bring that option up with my kid tonight. I'd hate to bother multiple teachers over this if I don't have to.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 09:30
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
Anonymous wrote:According to Google there are ways to keep this from happening. Teachers, please take note:
Schoology can list an assignment without a due date.
Creation process: When you add a new assignment via the "Add Materials" button, the "Due Date" field is optional and can be left blank.
Display: The assignment will still appear on the course materials page for students to see and access. Since it has no due date, it will not appear on the course calendar or in the "Upcoming" section of the course.
Gradebook category: To ensure the assignment doesn't show up with an overdue notification, you should assign it to the "Ungraded" category. This is helpful for things like practice work, participation, or other tasks that don't have a specific deadline.
Hiding submissions: You can also disable submissions for the assignment. This is particularly useful if the work is being turned in offline (e.g., in person or on paper) and you don't want it to be flagged as overdue.
Our parents requested everything show up on the calendar. The only way that can happen is to put due dates. Our principal has now mandated everything go on the calendar with due dates this year.
It is a time suck. I have to create the assignment (in whatever program or on whatever paper), post the assignment to schoology and attach a link or a copy, and then create the gradebook piece. Before, I'd just print a paper calendar and have kids fill in their own due dates but that wasn't enough support at the high school level I guess. I'm used to it by now, but please don't complain--this is intended to help your students.
If your children have done the work, can they not just hit "completed" or "submit assignment" before the due date?
Anonymous
10/07/2025 08:42
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
According to Google there are ways to keep this from happening. Teachers, please take note:
Schoology can list an assignment without a due date.
Creation process: When you add a new assignment via the "Add Materials" button, the "Due Date" field is optional and can be left blank.
Display: The assignment will still appear on the course materials page for students to see and access. Since it has no due date, it will not appear on the course calendar or in the "Upcoming" section of the course.
Gradebook category: To ensure the assignment doesn't show up with an overdue notification, you should assign it to the "Ungraded" category. This is helpful for things like practice work, participation, or other tasks that don't have a specific deadline.
Hiding submissions: You can also disable submissions for the assignment. This is particularly useful if the work is being turned in offline (e.g., in person or on paper) and you don't want it to be flagged as overdue.
Schoology can list an assignment without a due date.
Creation process: When you add a new assignment via the "Add Materials" button, the "Due Date" field is optional and can be left blank.
Display: The assignment will still appear on the course materials page for students to see and access. Since it has no due date, it will not appear on the course calendar or in the "Upcoming" section of the course.
Gradebook category: To ensure the assignment doesn't show up with an overdue notification, you should assign it to the "Ungraded" category. This is helpful for things like practice work, participation, or other tasks that don't have a specific deadline.
Hiding submissions: You can also disable submissions for the assignment. This is particularly useful if the work is being turned in offline (e.g., in person or on paper) and you don't want it to be flagged as overdue.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 06:48
Subject: Schoology overdue emails
I agree schoology needs a mechanism to notify about an assignment but not require a due date.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 05:39
Subject: Re:Schoology overdue emails
I'm a middle school math teacher who only this year started putting EVERY homework assignment in Schoology, even though 90% are in Mathspace. This was due to parents wanting everything in the same place. If I don't enable submissions (what you are seeing), then students complained they couldn't get it to disappear from their "to do" list.
So, when students finish the assignment, they should go to the Schoology posting and click "create" and then type something (done, complete, etc) if there really is nothing to upload.
I hate it too (because I have to then separately create the assignment in the actual gradebook - 3 things for every nightly homework with adjusted dates for odd/even classes), but I do have a higher rate of homework completion than in year's past.
So, when students finish the assignment, they should go to the Schoology posting and click "create" and then type something (done, complete, etc) if there really is nothing to upload.
I hate it too (because I have to then separately create the assignment in the actual gradebook - 3 things for every nightly homework with adjusted dates for odd/even classes), but I do have a higher rate of homework completion than in year's past.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 05:04
Subject: Schoology overdue emails
Which school?
Anonymous
10/07/2025 04:26
Subject: Schoology overdue emails
Same boat.
Anonymous
10/07/2025 00:10
Subject: Schoology overdue emails
I keep getting Schoology emails for my 8th grader about items not being submitted on time (usually at midnight), and every time I ask him about it so far it has been a frantic search of the laptop in the morning to find the offending item and determine that it was just something the teacher entered and wasn't really meant to be submitted. This is happening across multiple teachers, and happened a few times last year too. It has gotten to the point that I want to just ignore the emails and not upset my kid, so if any of them were a real missed assignment it wouldn't be caught. A "boy who cried wolf" type of thing.
Are other parents dealing with this or is this just a misuse of Schoology at my kid's school?
Are other parents dealing with this or is this just a misuse of Schoology at my kid's school?