Grade sync is currently available for Amplify ELA and Amplify Science.
Grade syncing saves time by providing middle school teachers a way to quickly send numerical scores from Amplify Classwork to their Schoology gradebook.
This help article is the third in a three-part series. You can sync grades regularly once your district admins have completed initial setup.
All three steps must be completed in this order to sync grades:
District Setup for Amplify LTI 1.3 App for Schoology (performed by your District Administrator; please reach out to your District Administrator if you are unsure this has been completed)
Teacher Setup: Syncing Grades from Amplify to Schoology (perform once per course)
Syncing grades from Amplify to Schoology (perform every time grades are synced)
This help article is broken into the following sections:
Syncing scores from Amplify
After completing the grade sync teacher setup steps, you will see a max score field at the top of each expanded activity in Amplify Classwork.
First, you must enter a max score.
Each activity requires a numerical max score to sync.
The max score applies to all students in the class for that activity, and will be depicted as the denominator in the custom score field for each student.
Next, review your students’ work and enter a custom score for each student.
While Amplify Classwork allows you to input any 10 character value as a custom score, scores for each student must be numerical to sync to Schoology.
It is not currently possible to sync letter grades or other non-numerical scores to Schoology.
Once each student has a numerical score, click the Sync button at the base of the activity table to send scores.
Note: Each student must log in to Amplify via Schoology at least once prior to syncing for scores to transfer successfully to the Schoology gradebook.
Upon clicking Sync, you’ll be able to choose the course destination in Schoology to send the Amplify scores.
After the sync is complete, the status will update accordingly. This step may take a few minutes to complete. After the sync has completed, back in Schoology, navigate to the Grades screen for the course to confirm that the grades have synced.
A Gradebook column will be created in the selected course for that activity. Scores will sync for any students that are shared between the activity you are syncing in Classwork and the Schoology course.
That’s it! You can sync scores for a class and activity as many times as you’d like throughout the school year. A record of the last sync status will be preserved at the bottom of the class table for each activity.
Grade Sync with Linked Sections
If you are using linked sections in Schoology, make sure that the section you select to sync grades to in Schoology contains the same students as the class in Amplify.
Learn more about the required setup in the Linked Sections portion of the grade sync teacher setup help article.
The student experience
When you send feedback to students, they will see the entirety of the custom score field, including the max score, in their teacher feedback panel for the given activity. You can choose when to send feedback to your students regardless of whether or not you sync grades.
Troubleshooting
I don’t see synced scores in Schoology.
Please try the following if you don’t see scores synced from Classwork in the Schoology gradebook:
Refresh the Schoology browser page. Scores won’t update in Schoology in real time, so you will need to refresh the page to see newly synced scores.
Ensure your students have logged in to Amplify before. Students will only be recognized by the grade sync feature if they have logged in to Amplify via Schoology at least once prior to syncing scores.
Make sure a default grading category is set. Default categories are indicated with a star on the Grade Setup screen.
If this was not set at the time of syncing, or you would like to change the category, you can use “bulk edit” to categorize the assignment.
Wait 24 hours. Scores may take up to a day to appear in Schoology if many teachers in your district are simultaneously syncing from Classwork to Schoology.
I don’t see Amplify in my Schoology “Apps” menu.
This means that your district has not installed the Amplify Learning Tools Interoperability® (LTI®) version 1.3 app in your district Schoology account. Please confirm that your district admin has completed the prerequisite steps.
I don’t see the max score field or sync button in Classwork.
Classwork will only display the buttons necessary for grade syncing if you have added the Amplify Classwork app in a module as an External tool in your Schoology course(s). Follow the steps in the teacher setup help article.
I see a missing or invalid score error in Classwork.
You may see a warning message at the time of course selection if students have missing or invalid custom scores.
Any students who do not have a valid numerical score or any custom score will be skipped in the syncing process.
Scores must be numbers (whole or decimals) to sync. It is not possible to sync letter grades or other non-numeric characters at this time.
Scores will sync for all students in the selected course who are not listed in the error message.
Scores did not sync to Schoology for some of my students.
If you notice that one or more students in your class did not have their scores synced for the corresponding activity, one of the following errors may have occurred:
The student(s) did not have a valid numerical score.
The student(s) could not be found in the selected Schoology course.
The student(s) have not logged in to Amplify via Schoology before.
Student identifiers (email and/or SIS ID) may be mismatched.
To correct these errors:
Update all students’ scores to be numerical
Check that the same students are rostered in your Amplify and Schoology classes
Ensure that your students have previously logged into Amplify at least once
Error message: “District enrollment error”
This error message could appear if:
The students’ email is not shared in Schoology.
The student email in Schoology does not match what is shared with Amplify. Contact your District Admin to confirm the email in the district enrollment files.
If you continue to experience issues with grade syncing after following the guidance below, please reach out to Amplify Customer Care & Support so we can better assist you.
FAQ
Can I sync scores from Schoology back to Amplify Classwork?
No, syncing is one directional from Amplify Classwork to Schoology.
What happens if I make edits in my Schoology gradebook, then sync scores for that activity from Amplify?
Any time you sync scores from Amplify Classwork, they will overwrite your changes in the Schoology gradebook for the corresponding students and activities. We recommend making edits in the Schoology gradebook once you’ve synced final scores from Amplify for any given activity.
How can I provide feedback on this feature?
We’d love to hear from you! Please reach out to Amplify Customer Care and Support.