Author: Nyfa Al-Zaharnah

Parent Info

by Nyfa Al-Zaharnah

Parents,

This week, when I am not meeting with small groups, I am keeping my afternoon hours open for any questions/ comments/ concerns/ or help that you or your student may need. Please use the Google Doc attached to sign up for a time to meet with me one-on-one. I am keeping these to 15 minutes to ensure that I am available for as many families as need be.

Please find the date and time you would like to meet with me. Write your name and your child’s name in the next box and then indicate if you’d like me to call you via phone or Zoom call.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJLytj5ZL9zgDPyFbiL0s-LW9NytKs8gqHgpZr8C6jc/edit?usp=sharing

Accessing Today’s Assignment

by Nyfa Al-Zaharnah

Here are step by step directions to load a Google Drive Assignment in Schoology for the first time. After you have gone through these steps, you should not have to do this again.

  1. Log into Schoology through the Dearbornschools.org portal.
  2. Click on <Courses>.
  3. Click on “Welcome to 2nd Grade.”
  4. On the right hand side you will see a box that says “Upcoming.” Underneath it there are 2 assignments listed: Reading Assignment- Scattergories and SEL Assignment – Feelings. These are the assignments for today.
  5. Click on <Reading Assignment – Scattergories>
  6. Read the Description under <Assignment>
  7. Click on My Document.
  8. If the assignment does not show, click the blue link that says “Can’t see your document? Click here.” 
  9. Click on the button that says Connect to connect your child’s Google Drive with Schoology. 
  1. Click on your child’s Google account. 
  2. Click Allow
  3. The assignment should then show up.

If you are still having trouble with loading Schoology, loading an assignment, or connecting your child’s Gmail to their Schoology account, please call the Parent Tech Support at 313-827-8400

Still Having A Little Trouble?

by Nyfa Al-Zaharnah

You’re not alone. Here are the steps to log into Schoology.

Steps to Logging Into Schoology/Zoom

You MUST log in through the student portal page of the Dearborn Schools website.

Do NOT use the Schoology App. 

  • It doesn’t have access to the district provided domains and resources. It’ll redirect you to the Global Zoom site and not the Dearborn Zoom site which is restricted to Dearborn School Users. So that will cause an error. 

So…  

Step 1: Go to www.dearbornschools.org

Step 2: Click <Home> tab in the heading banner, then <Student Portal>from the drop down menu.

Step 3: Click on Schoology. It will ask you to login with your Dearborn email address

  • (Student number)@dearbornschools.org
  • Student’s password-It’s their birthdate
  • If you can’t log in —call the Help Desk at 313-827-3003 or Parent Tech support at 313-827-8400

Step 4: Once logged in you should see your Schoology Homepage: Click <Courses>

Step 5: Click on our class tile.

Step 6: Click on the Zoom meeting link at the top.

If the trouble persists, please call the Help Desk at 313-827-3003 or Parent Tech support at 313-827-8400

Student Meet and Greet

by Nyfa Al-Zaharnah

Hello parents, Thank you to those of you that were able to make it for the Zoom meeting today. I hope it helped answer some of your questions and that you feel a little better about school starting.  

As mentioned before, tomorrow at 10:00am the students will attend a Live Zoom meeting as a short “meet and greet” with myself.  During this meeting I will be practicing taking attendance, going over Zoom meeting norms, and asking them to share one thing they enjoyed doing over summer vacation. 

 It’s important to note that when you sign into this meeting you must sign in with your child’s student email. This will be their student number @dearbornschools.org.  For example, 201200001@dearbornschools.org.

You will not be able to log into this meeting under your email. If you are having trouble logging in, check to make sure you are not automatically logged in with your personal email address. If you are, log out and add your child’s.  

This information has also been sent to your child’s school email. It may be easiest to log into their email and click the link from there. The information for the meeting is below. See you tomorrow! Laughing

Please check your email or your child’s student email for the link and passcode.