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Classroom 101

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Google Classroom & Workspace Basics

Sherry Hall

Technology Integration Consultant

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Google Drive - The Storehouse!

Collaboration Tools

Save Time and Increase Student Engagement

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Google Workspace for Education

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Other Google Tools OUTSIDE

Of Workspace for Education

Remember:

These are consumer products you may be able to access and use within your classroom, but they are not covered by the Workspace for Education Terms of Service. (13 or older without parent consent)

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Chrome vs. Drive

Google Chrome allows you to sign into your browser with your Google account to synchronize your bookmarks, extensions, history, passwords, and other settings on all your devices.

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Google Account Tool Belt - Get to your Google tools; Associate one Google Drive with one Chrome login.

Switch between school and personal here.

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Google Drive

• It is the storehouse! No saving required!!
• Google makes and organizes all folders for Google Classroom!!
• NEW Button allows you to create and upload.
• Folders - Organize, drag, drop, and share.
• Starred allows easy access to needed items.

• Go to drive.google.com
• Use the Google Apps Launcher.

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Get Your Drive...

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Classroom.google.com

Google Classroom

Join our Class!

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Ask a Question

Classwork Tab > Create > Question

• Formative Assessments
• Discussions
• Polls
• Entry/Exit Tickets
• Summaries

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Google Slides

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• Use as a collaborative workspace.
• Microphone tool only works in notes section. Copy and paste to slide.
• Formatting > File > Page Setup > Custom
• Commenting or Ctrl+Alt+m
• Entire class can work on one presentation or Classroom can make a copy for each student
• Downloadable as PDF/JPEG

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Give students a learning pathway with Hyperdocs!

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Google Classroom

Classroom.google.com

Select Teacher

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Creating Classes

• Click the “+” in the upper right corner and select “Create Class”
• Enter a name and a section number (if needed)
• Click “Create” button

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• Click the Home button to return to a list of your classes.
• You can reorder your class cards!
• Change class code, rename class...

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HOME

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Stream Tab

From here, you can

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• Create an announcement.

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• Students will see notifications here. Assignment views are based on settings.

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• Reminder: Find stream moderation under settings - Who can post?

Upcoming Assignments for the week

Create or reuse announcement

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Classwork Tab

From here, you can

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• Create an assignment/quiz

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• Create a topic

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• Ask a question

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• Reuse a post

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• Group content into categories using topics

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• Provide Resources

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• Organize and reorder by topic

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Create assignments, questions, and topics

Assignments are organized by topic

Open Google Calendar or Drive folder

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Classwork Tab-Create an Assignment

Add another Class.

Assign to all or a selection of students.

Set points

or ungraded

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Title of assignment

Any additional instructions

Post, schedule or save a draft of your assignment.

Add a link or attach a file.

Due Date

Topic

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Add Rubrics and use originality reports (5).

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Classwork Tab-Adding a Google Drive File

1. Students can view file only.

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• All students have editing rights to one file.

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• Make an individual copy for each student. Google uses your title with student’s name.

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People Tab

From here, you can

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• Mute/unmute students

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• Invite/email guardians

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• Remove students

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• Add co-teachers

Add co-teacher

Mute Student

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People Tab-Enrolling Students

Save time! Find your class code .

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You can reset or disable the code in settings.

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You will give this code to students. Use the full screen icon to display.

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Students will click the “+” and enter the code you give them.

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Grades Tab

Hover over assignment title to get options (skinny snowman) to return all assignments at once.

See all student grades in Grades Tab.

Click on student name to see grades for individual student.

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Google Forms Takeaways

• Change Question types
• Settings
• Make a quiz (Fill in answer key)
• Uncheck restrictions to use with parents outside school domain
• Students can upload files as answers
• Preferences - Skinny snowman
• Use to default to all required
• Custom header
• Make Forms for your own use!

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Google Sheets Takeaways

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• Use Forms to automatically collect spreadsheet data.
• Collect and share websites/projects from students through a Sheet.
• Sort your data using the column reference letters.
• You can now insert images inside cells.
• Data>Create a filter>Click on filter icon>Filter by Values>Check

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Google Docs Takeaways

• Tools - Use them! Microphone allows voice typing.
• Sharing allows real-time collaboration.
• Use suggesting mode for edits and �comments for feedback.
• Translate documents.
• Images from search are copyright friendly.
• Search the Web with the Explore tool.
• Change PDF files to Docs for annotating.

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Google Drawings Takeaways

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• Great for creating png files of Bitmojis
• Change canvas with corner handle
• Can be inserted into Docs
• Can be downloaded as jpeg or png
• Very similar to slides
• Can place instructions outside canvas for hyperdrawings

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Bonus: Amazing List of Google Drawings Templates!

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Thank you for your time!

May God bless you for the lives you touch every day!

Live Life OUT LOUD

and on

PURPOSE!

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