Schoology Plus Extension for Chrome

Schoology Plus Extension: Enhance your Schoology experience.

Schoology Plus Extension, a Google Chrome extension available on the Web Store platform, boasts many features. Developed by Schoologypl.us, this add-on, currently at version 10.1.0, offers a versatile experience in English, with a modest size of 2.46MiB. The latest update to its CRX file was rolled out on 10 June 2024. Categorized under Workflow and planning, Schoology Plus Extension’s defining trait lies in its ability to enhance Schoology experience, allowing users to exert control over their online experiences. Its appeal is further heightened by its seamless integration with Chrome, presenting a user-friendly interface that garners widespread acclaim on the Google Web Store.

The continual evolution of Schoology Plus Extension stems from user reviews, guiding the developer’s efforts to refine and enhance both design and code, ensuring a top-notch experience. Remarkably, Schoology Plus Extension is entirely free, embodying accessibility and innovation within the realm of browser extensions.

Features of Schoology Plus Extension:

(All features below marked with an asterisk * can be changed or customized with a setting)

INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS

Brand New Dark and Light Themes of Schoology Plus Extension

• Dark Theme for Schoology! No more blinding whites!
• Modern Light Theme which revitalizes the late 2000s interface to look modern and new
• Many other theme options as well, or make your own!
• Replaces your school’s logo with the Schoology logo

Custom Themes of Schoology Plus Extension

• You can create a custom theme or choose one of the small selection of built-in themes (including rainbow mode!)
• Two of the built-in themes are the “LAUSD Dark Blue” and “LAUSD Orange” themes which restore the interface to the new and old versions of the LAUSD theme respectively including the logo)
• For non-LAUSD schools, an auto-generated theme will be created to match your school’s default theme
• Custom themes can change colors throughout the interface as well as the logo and course icons. Custom themes can even use custom rainbow color patterns!
• To learn more about creating custom themes, see Theme Editor

Course Icons of Schoology Plus Extension

• Built-in course icons for many courses*
• Custom themes can also introduce custom icons for courses

Quick Access to Schoology Plus Extension

• Quick Access panel on the right sidebar on the homepage with one-click access to important pages*
• Links for grade report, courses, mastery, and more
• Each class has a link to its home page, grades page, and mastery page
• Click the icons next to each course to access its specific pages

Check Marks for Submitted Upcoming Assignments*

• By default, green check marks ✔ are shown on all assignments you’ve submitted.
• You can also manually check off assignments as you complete them
• There are also options for putting a strikethrough through the assignment title or hiding the assignments completely.

Tooltips of Schoology Plus Extension

• Tooltips for items on the materials page show previews
• Assignments show score and grade category
• PDF files show previews and number of pages

Courses In Common

• View all courses you share with a classmate by visiting their profile page

Miscellaneous Interface Improvements of Schoology Plus Extension

• Adds a button to jump to archived courses in the Courses drop-down list quickly*
• Adds option to hide the upcoming and overdue assignments sidebars on the home page*
• Indicates when a class is graded on a weighted scale*
• Changed the courses drop-down menu to show 6 courses across instead of 4
• Notice when submitting a quiz when questions are left blank

GRADES PAGE IMPROVEMENTS

Miscellaneous Grades Page Improvements of Schoology Plus Extension

• Classes are sorted by period*
• Grades are displayed when classes are collapsed
• Displays letter grades for classes that don’t provide them*
• The specific score needed for each grade can be customized, see Custom Grading Scales
• Point totals are displayed for classes with unweighted categories
• Point totals are displayed for all assignment categories
• Displays point buffers from the next lowest letter grade and the number of points needed to reach the next highest letter grade for unweighted classes
• The number of possible points for an assignment is shown even when a grade has not yet been entered for that assignment
• Percentages are shown for each assignment
• Removes the useless “(no grading period)” section from all classes
• Right-click a class to quickly jump to a specific page or to edit that course’s settings

What-If Grades of Schoology Plus Extension

• Allows you to locally modify the grade of an assignment
• Schoology Plus will recalculate the grades for each category and the entire class
• Weighted categories are taken into account when recalculating grades
• Allows you to simulate adding an assignment
• Assignments can be added to any category and can be given any grade
• This allows you to see how an upcoming assignment will affect your grade with different scores
• Allows you to calculate the minimum grade for an assignment required to reach a certain grade in the class (right-click on an assignment)
• Useful to see what grade you need on the final to keep your A in the class!
• Allows you to simulate dropping a grade (right-click on an assignment)

DESKTOP NOTIFICATIONS

• Desktop notifications for when new grades are posted*

Extension Icon of Schoology Plus Extension

• Extension icon shows the number of new grades posted*
• Clicking the extension icon will take you to:

– Your notifications if you have newly posted grades

– The Schoology homepage if you do not

Schoology Plus Announcements of Schoology Plus Extension

• Announcements about Schoology Plus will be sent as desktop notifications*
• They will also show as posts in your news feed*

SCHOOLOGY PLUS SETTINGS

Schoology Plus extension has customizable settings, including but not limited to:

• Theme
• Sets the theme for the Schoology Plus interface. Currently, Schoology Plus has 4 built-in themes and a theme editor for you to make your own.
• Desktop Notifications
• Displays desktop notifications and a number badge on the extension button when new grades are entered
• Custom Grading Scales
• Uses custom grading scales (set per-course in Course Options) when courses don’t have one defined
• Order Classes
• Change the order of your classes on the grades and mastery pages
• Archived Courses Button
• hows a button labeled “See Archived” next to the “See All” button in the courses dropdown

Theme Editor of Schoology Plus Extension

Schoology Plus Extension is equipped with a fully-featured theme editor, allowing you to create your own custom theme. The theme editor allows you to preview your changes to the interface, including colors, logos, cursors, and custom icons. To learn more about the theme editor, see the Theme Editor help page.

COURSE OPTIONS IN SCHOOLOGY PLUS EXTENSION

Course Nicknames

• You can set a nickname for a course, allowing you to make friendlier and nicer-looking names that appear everywhere in the interface where the ugly name appeared previously.

Custom Grading Scales

• You can create custom grading scales for courses where the teacher does not have a grading scale set for the class.
• This will be used to calculate letter grades for assignment categories and courses on the grades page

FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT DISCORD

Schoology Plus Extension has a Discord server where you can offer feature suggestions, report bugs, get support, or just talk with other Schoology Plus users. Visit https://discord.schoologypl.us to join.

How to add the Schoology Plus extension on the Google Chrome browser:

If you are now in the Google Chrome browser, you may easily install the Schoology Plus Extension by clicking our “Add to Chrome“ button at the top of this page and follow the ongoing instructions.

Or you may go through the following simple steps:

• Open Google Chrome on your computer.
• Go to the Chrome Web Store by clicking on this link: Chrome Web Store.
• In the search bar at the top left corner of the page, type Schoology Plus and press Enter.
• Click on the Add to Chrome button next to the Schoology Plus extension.
• A pop-up window will appear. Click on the Add Extension button to confirm the installation.

Once you have completed these steps, the Schoology Plus extension will be added to your Google Chrome browser. You can now use it to simplify your Schoology Plus Extension experience.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Schoology Plus Chrome extension:

Q: What is Schoology Plus?

Ans: Schoology Plus is a Chrome extension that enhances your Schoology experience with numerous interface improvements.

Q: What are the features of Schoology Plus?

Ans: Schoology Plus offers several interface improvements such as dark and light themes, custom themes, course icons, quick access panel, check marks for submitted upcoming assignments, tooltips, courses in common, and many more.

Q: How can I install Schoology Plus?

Ans: You can install Schoology Plus from the Chrome Web Store.

Q: Why can’t I grant Schoology Plus access to my account?

Ans: If you receive a message similar to the one below when attempting to grant Schoology Plus access to your account, that means your school or school district has blocked access to your Schoology API key. Schoology Plus uses the API key to perform actions on your behalf to make features of the extension work correctly.

Q: How can I get support for Schoology Plus?

Ans: You can visit the Schoology Plus support page on the Chrome Web Store.

CONTRIBUTING

Please see https://github.com/aopell/SchoologyPlus/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md for information about contributing to Schoology Plus. This document also includes methods for reporting bugs and submitting feature requests.

CONTRIBUTORS

Schoology Plus Extension was created by Aaron Opell (https://github.com/aopell). Significant development assistance has been provided by Glen Husman (https://github.com/glen3b). Various other contribution information is located in the Contributors dialog accessible via a link in the footer of Schoology Plus settings.

LICENSE

This project is open source under the MIT License. See https://github.com/aopell/SchoologyPlus/blob/develop/LICENSE for more information.

DISCLAIMER

Schoology Plus Extension is not affiliated with Schoology Inc. or the Los Angeles Unified School District. Schoology, the SCHOOLOGY® wordmark, and the S logo are registered and unregistered trademarks of Schoology, Inc. in the United States. All product names, logos, and brands are the property of their respective owners.

Privacy

Schoology Plus has disclosed the following information regarding the collection and usage of your data. More detailed information can be found in the developer’s privacy policy.

Schoology Plus handles the following:
                 🔸User activity           🔍 See details

This developer declares that your data is-

• Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
• Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item’s core functionality
• Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

Support
For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, visit the developer’s support site

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