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Why use Classroom?

Go paperless

Automates distribution of Google Docs to student

Save time

All assignments, class materials, and all submissions--including links, uploaded files, Google docs, and URLs--are located in one location.

Facilitate grading and feedback

Assignment workflow creates an easy pathway for grading and returning student work. Submissions page shows the current status of the students’ work to see if a student has started the assignment and to review any work in progress

Enhance communication

The comment thread in an assignment allows the teacher and student to have an ongoing conversation about the student’s work

Differentiate Learning

A teacher can build a set of resources for a single assignment to provide for different strategies to attain the desired learning outcome.

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A Classroom Flowchart

Teacher selects the option to create a copy of the Google Doc for each student and sends the assignment to the class.
After turning in an assignment, the student loses edit access to the Doc but remains a viewer.
The teacher edits the Doc to grade the assignment, returns it to the student, and editing access is again transferred to the student.
Both the teacher and students can see a list of pending and completed class assignments. The teacher can see the all of the grades for an assignment, and students can see their own grades for completed assignments.

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Navigate to Classroom

Navigate to https://classroom.google.com

When you are in Google Drive . . .

Add Google Classroom app

for Chrome Browser

(Go to app store in Chrome)

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Logging in

Navigate to Classroom
Choose the "I am a Teacher" option-- be sure you are on the Home Page
Click the "+" sign in the top right-hand corner next to your Google account
Select "Create Class", then give it a name and a section, and click "Create"

The "Section" field is a secondary descriptor for your class; add course section or class period.

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Adding Students (two ways) . . .

Give students the class code . . .

Add students through the “Students” area . . .

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Set Class Permissions

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Choose a Class Theme . . .

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Set Class Details in “About” . . .

Set class information here

See the name of the folder automatically created for your class to live in Google Drive

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Create an Assignment . . .

Check out the ways you can distribute a Google Drive file.

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Add an Assignment to Multiple Classes. . .

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What happens on the students’ side?

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What happens on the students’ side?

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What happens when an assignment is “Turned In”?

Sharing Settings BEFORE the doc is “Turned In”:

Sharing Settings AFTER the doc is “Turned In”: (accessed through the teacher’s account)

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