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STUDENT-Navigating through a course in Schoology

This article shows students how to navigate through a course in Schoology

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Written by Sue Soltis
Updated over a week ago

It's easy to navigate through a Schoology course! Most of the time, Schoology materials are located within a folder. Schoology materials like files, links, assignments, quizzes/tests, and discussions could also be located on the course home page, and you can click directly on these items to view them.

Clicking a folder name

Clicking a folder name expands the folder's contents. You can then click any item in the folder to view it or you can click Next at the top right to view the item. Continue to click Next at the top right to move to the next item. When available, click Prev to go back to a previous item.

Click Schoology folder name to open the folder

Expanded Schoology folder

Clicking a chevron to the left of the folder name

Clicking a chevron to the left of the folder expands the folder's contents. You can then click any item in the folder to view it.

Click chevron to left of folder name
Schoology expanded folder after clicking chevron

Using the breadcrumb links

Another way to navigate through the course is to use the breadcrumb links at the top. Clicking the course name will take you to the top of the course home page.

Red arrow pointing at the course name at top of course

You can also return to the course home page by clicking Materials in the left navigation menu.

Schoology Materials

If you click the drop-down triangle to the right of Materials, you can quickly navigate to other folders (topics) in your course.

Red arrow pointing to drop-down triangle next to Materials and displaying a list of course topics by folder

If you have clicked an item in a folder, like a page of content, you can click the folder name to view all the folder's items.

Red arrow pointing to the folder name at top of page

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