Online Learner

Schoology Help Center

On this page you will find general information regarding Schoology, the online platform used by Melissa Schools, where students can access make-up assignments and communicate with their teachers when they are unable to attend school in person. 

Important Notes:

  • A student completing assignments in Schoology does not replace their in-person instruction, nor does it count toward their daily attendance.

  • Per Melissa ISD Board Policy, once the student returns to school, they have the same number of days that they were absent to make up work missed.

  • Additional guidance regarding COVID-19-related absences and accessing make-up assignments, can be found in the Melissa ISD 2021-2022 COVID-19 Safety Protocols ("Student Attendance & Absences Related to COVID-19").

Technical Recommendations

Please use the following technology when accessing Schoology:

  • Device: Desktop Computer, Laptop, or Chromebook

  • Internet Browser: Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox with Pop-up Blockers Disabled

Logging in to Schoology

In order to access make-up assignments online, the student must know how to log in to Schoology using their school email address and password. Below are step-by-step instructions for accessing Schoology.

K-5th Grade:

  1. Open a new browser window.

  2. Visit Google Mail and sign out of any non-school email accounts.

  3. Sign in to Google Mail using the student’s school email address and password:

  • School Email: studentID@melissaisd.org (Example: 123123@melissaisd.org)

  • Password: Cardinals#1 (unless the student has set their own unique password)

  1. Navigate to the Schoology login page using the following URL: http://melissa.schoology.com or by clicking on the red button at the top of this page.

  2. The student’s Schoology dashboard should automatically open. If the student is prompted to log in again, they can do so using their school email address and password as described above.

6th-12th Grade:

  1. Open a new browser window.

  2. Visit Google Mail and sign out of any non-school email accounts.

  3. Sign in to Google Mail using the student’s school email address and password:

  • School Email: studentID@melissaisd.org (Example: 123123@melissaisd.org)

  • Password: Student’s first initial of first name and first initial of last name (in all uppercase), followed by their 8-digit birthdate [Example: Jack Smith, with a birthday of December 15, 2008, would be JS12152008]

  1. Navigate to the Schoology login page using the following URL: http://melissa.schoology.com or by clicking on the red button at the top of this page.

  2. The student’s Schoology dashboard should automatically open. If the student is prompted to log in again, they can do so using their school email address and password as described above.

Troubleshooting

  • Students must access Schoology through the student login link, not another URL or access point.

  • The password is case-sensitive.

  • If the student is getting an error that says the account is not associated with Melissa ISD, it is possible that they are unknowingly logged in to a non-school email account on the device they are using, which is automatically trying to access Schoology. Make sure to log out of these accounts prior to accessing Schoology.

Google Suite & Microsoft Office

All Melissa ISD students have free access to Google Suite and Microsoft Office.

Google Suite and Microsoft Office work similarly and, generally, are compatible with one another. This means that if you have a Microsoft Office file, you can typically open it in the associated Google Suite app, and vice versa. We have put together a comparison table below to show which Google Suite app is associated with which Microsoft Office file type.

Comparison Table

Google Suite App

Google Docs

Google Slides

Google Sheets

Microsoft Office File Type

Word Document (.doc / .docx)

PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx)

Excel Spreadsheet (.xls / .xlsx)

Open the Google Suite

Students can access the Google Suite apps by following the steps below.

  1. Visit the following URL: https://drive.google.com/.

  2. Log in using your school email address and password.

  3. Click on the grid icon in the top right-hand corner and select the desired app.

Download Microsoft Office

Students who are working on a personal laptop or desktop computer can download the Microsoft Office programs by following the steps below.

  1. Visit the following URL: http://portal.office.com.

  2. Log in using your school email address and password.

  3. To download Microsoft Office, click on the “Install Office” button (located on the right side of the screen) and select the “Office 365 apps” option. Follow the instructions to install Microsoft Office.

  4. You can now use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to create and edit files.