Discovery Education
Direct Linking Within Your Rostered Discovery Education Courses
Use the Discovery Education assign feature to Assign Content to Students. (You may need to be logged in for this link to open.)
Link to or embed Discovery Education resources into your Schoology Courses. This document will review options and show you how.
Overview
Grade levels: Primary, Intermediate, Middle, High
Discovery Education offers engaging digital resources from articles to videos aligned to curricular standards, that can be personalized and assigned to students.
Video resources allow the viewer the option to turn on the closed captions feature, which is provided in over 20 different languages.
Text resources can be assigned according to different reading levels or in Spanish. The viewer can also use the immersive reader, highlighter, and note-taking features when reading.
Math resources include three different calculators, a unit converter, and a whiteboard as resources to the user. Students can use these resources to create multi-media presentations to showcase their knowledge.
Access: Discovery Education can be accessed through the BCPS Apps Portal or through the Left Navigation bar in any Schoology Course.
⭐Click here to see a list of translation, accommodation, and modification features available for English Language Learners and students with special education needs.⭐
Learning How
You must be logged in to your BCPS Discovery Education account to access these resources. Log in through Schoology Courses or the BCPS Apps Portal.
The Discovery Education Help Center offers support for Embedded Content, Techbooks, Coding, and User Roles.
⭐The new School & District Communication site provides resources and Techbook Quick Start Guides for educators.
Interactive Quiz Feature allows teachers to embed questions within a video for students to answer as they are watching. (Quiz Library offers over 300 pre-made, ready-to-use quizzes!)
The Live Quiz Feature allows teachers to create different types of questions to turn class into an engaging game style format.
Self-paced professional learning is available under the Educator Supports button on your Discovery Education homepage upon logging in to your account.
On-Demand Training & Resources provided by Discovery Education facilitators are available for BCPS teachers.
30 Ways to DE: a great, easy pathway for your educators to learn how to get the most out of their DE experience.
Check our Professional Learning Page for additional learning opportunities.
3. Knowledge Constructor- Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Ideas for Use
Resources to offer grab-and-go lessons for various content areas and grade bands
Techbook- Math, Science and Social Studies Tech Books provide articles, videos, and exemplars for content
⭐Scripps News Channel- Timely videos for current events which can be paired with the Assignment Builder or a Studio Board
Studio Board Builder- Use Studio Board Builder to create digital bulletin boards with images and videos embedded from DE or have students create their own
Quiz- Build live, interactive, or standard quizzes using this new feature; Choose from over 300 pre-made video quiz activities through Quiz Library
Assessment Builder- Build assessments for students using DE content and receive grade reports for students allowing for formative or summative data (No Schoology grade passback available for teacher-created assessments)
SOS Instructional Strategies- The Spotlight on Strategies section offers research-based instructional strategies to use with digital or print resources to improve student engagement and understanding of content
News and Current Events- Find trending stories around politics, sports, the environment, health, and technology
Virtual Field Trips- Visit far-away places and learn about interesting people without leaving the classroom
Instructional Activities Channel. Find ready-to-use activities for grades K-8 and in various subjects (Science, Social Studies, Math, ELA, Health, and SEL). All activities include the Immersive Reader and can be assigned as a group or individually. Content updated frequently! (Must be logged in to your BCPS Discovery account for link to work.)
Monthly newsletters published by Discovery Education offer additional ideas and feature updates. Links to past Newsletters: 2021-2022, 2022-2023
*Support and Professional Learning for each of these ideas and more can be found on your Discovery Education homepage upon logging in to your account.