Google Classroom

What is Google Classroom?

Google Classroom is a way to get all of your students in one place and allows you to easily share website links, push out videos/clips, assign work, and for students to turn in their work.

What does google classroom look like?

Mr. Bogert's Google Classroom

How do I get started on Google classroom?

• You can Google, Google Classroom, or you can find Google classroom under the “Waffle Button”.

How do I get started on Google classroom?

• Next, you will click on the + sign to create your first class.

Setting UP a class

• After logging in for the first time, Google Classroom will ask you to setup a new course. This window is basic and only asks for the name of the course and the section name/number. This is so that if you teach multiple sections of the same course, you will be able to differentiate between them.

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Choosing a theme

• Once the class is created, take a second and choose a new theme (if you’d like) for the headers of the classroom pages.

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Adding Students

• You can add students by email.
• You can give students a class code to enter.
• This can be found under the students tab.

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Announcemtns

• Adding an announcement is easy in Google Classroom. Announcements are visible by anyone enrolled in that class. Go to the Stream page and click Announcements in the top middle of the activity stream. A box will appear allowing you to type out your message. You are also able to attach a file, attach a Drive file, or share a link with your announcement.

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Creating an assignment

• Clicking on the Assignment option in the top middle of your Stream page allows you to add a new assignment. Blanks are available to title and describe your assignment (title is required, description is optional).

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Stream Tab

• Topics (may be helpful if you want to organize by chapter)
• Copy link (useful if the student is absent and you only want to send them the direct assignment in google classroom)
• Announcements (useful for when you are gone; they go to their email also;can schedule so you don’t have to get up and post the morning of)
• Assignment (How to grade, comment, suggestion mode, send grades)
• Question (great for class discussion)
• Reuse post (speeds up setting up classroom at the beginning of the year)

Students Tab

• Add students
• Invite guardians feature
• Students posting and comment setting

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About Tab

• Add class materials (class textbook, expectations, etc. things you don’t want to move down the stream)
• Invite a teacher (share your classroom with additional coworkers)
• Calendar (not synced yet, but coming up)