Google Classroom - Set Up and Tips for Teachers
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For the first time, Google has designed a product for a specific industry. Fortunately for educators, that product is for them! Google Classroom is a brand new tool designed to help ease the burden of sharing and receiving assignments from students. The excitement surrounding classroom has reached a fever pitch; teachers are ecstatic and can't wait to get their hands on classroom. The excitement may be contributing to inflated expectations, however. Classroom is not a complete classroom solution; it must be used alongside perennial favorites such as Edmodo, Hapara Teacher Dashboard, Moodle, etc. Don't have access, but eager to see what classroom has to offer? Check out this sneak peak of Google Classroom including instructions on how to setup and manage your first class!
Google Classroom - Set Up and Tips for Teachers
- 1. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Google Classroom Setting Up Your Class
- 2. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com What is Classroom? Google Classroom is designed to help teachers effectively manage document sharing and provide feedback to their students. Google Classroom works side-by-side with Google Drive.
- 3. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Classroom is NOT: A learning management system (LMS) A student information system (SIS) A gradebook Classroom is designed to fit alongside your existing solutions (i.e. Moodle, Edmodo, Hapara, PowerSchool, etc)
- 4. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Accessing Classroom Google Classroom can be accessed at classroom.google.com. Currently Classroom is invitation-only, but is expected to be publically available in September of 2014.
- 5. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Teacher Setup Classroom is designed to be used by teachers without input from IT or Tech Support. Setting up your classroom will take less than 5 minutes per class!
- 6. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Teacher Setup Setting up and configuring your class.
- 7. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Teacher Setup Enter class name and period (optional)
- 8. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Classroom ¡°home¡±
- 9. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Change cover image
- 10. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Enrolling Students Two ways to enroll students: ¡ñ By email address ¡ñ via a unique classroom code Note: Students and teacher must be in the same domain (same email address). Classroom does not currently support multi- domain districts.
- 11. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com
- 12. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Teacher Tip: If you plan on enrolling your students, you will need their email addresses. The easiest way to add students via email is to create a contact group within Gmail. Give the group the same name as your class (i.e. ¡°Biology 1¡±)
- 13. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Your Gmail contacts will be displayed within Classroom. Select a contact group or individual users to enroll them in your class. Contact Groups
- 14. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Distribute the unique class code and students can self- enroll. Code can be disabled or reset if unauthorized individuals begin to join.
- 15. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Enrolled Students will be listed in the class roster and can be removed if necessary.
- 16. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Class Announcements Google Classroom provides a simple ¡°announcement¡± feature which allows teachers to send messages to all enrolled students. The messaging tool can include links, attachments and videos. Students can reply to announcements.
- 17. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Classroom Announcement Tool Web URL Google Drive File YouTube Video Attachment
- 18. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Posted Announcement Students can reply to announcements. Teachers can delete student posts if moderation is needed.
- 19. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Class Assignments The primary purpose of classroom is to make distributing assignments to students easier. Assignments can include a due date and time. Assignments can include a link, video, or attachment.
- 20. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Classroom Assignment Screen Assignment Name Assignment description Due date / time Attachment / Video / Link
- 21. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Classroom Assignment Screen This is where the ¡°magic¡± happens!
- 22. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Student View / Edit Rights ¡°view only¡± Whole class edits same file Make copy for each student
- 23. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Classroom creates a folder structure in the students Drive account.
- 24. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Assignments - Teacher View Teachers can easily determine how many assignments have been turned in.
- 25. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Assignments - student view Students can submit assignments with a single click!
- 26. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Assignments - student view Students can also submit assignments directly from Google Docs!
- 27. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Class Assignments Teachers do not have access to student work until submitted. Students may choose to manually share files if desired. Once submitted, teacher becomes the owner of the Doc and student can no longer edit.
- 28. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Class Assignments Students can submit/unsubmit as necessary. Due dates/times do not (at this time) have an impact on document editing or submissions.
- 29. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Grading Assignments
- 30. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Add a personal note/comment Enter a numerical grade Open Drive folder with assignments. Download CSV of grades. Minimal grade scale options.
- 31. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com When finished grading and commenting on assignments, ¡°return¡± them to students for review or revisions.
- 32. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Grading Assignments Teachers can provide feedback to students through Classroom. Students can ask questions and respond to teacher comments. Teachers can also add comments within the Doc / Presentation / etc to leave feedback.
- 33. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Student Features
- 34. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Easily switch between classes
- 35. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Student dashboard with multi-class view. Shows pending assignments.
- 36. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Students receive email notifications for all announcements and assignments
- 37. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Sample system email message delivered to student
- 38. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Missing Features
- 39. Google Education TrainerJohn R. Sowash | @jrsowash | ElectricEducator.com Missing Features No Google Calendar Integration No Google Sites integration Not ideal for large projects (sharing multiple docs and templates; mixed editing rights) Minimal grading options / features
- 40. Google Education Trainer John R. Sowash John Sowash is an experienced educator and former school administrator who challenges educators to lead their classrooms with creativity and inspiration. John inspires educators to use technology connect with and challenge students. Schools around the world have invited John to come and share with them. John R. Sowash, M.Ed231- sowash- 1jrsowash@sowashventures.com Twitter: @jrsowashProfessional Blog: The Electric EducatorGoogle Profile (links to all of my social media feeds)