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Intro to Google Classroom

Susan Herder

Mounds View Public Schools

Instructional Technology Coordinator

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Presentation:

https://goo.gl/tSvFz9

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Contents

Getting Started

Classroom Settings

Stream Tab

Classwork Tab

Grading Workflow

Reuse Post

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People Tab

Student View

Google Drive

Tools that Enhance Classroom

Google Classroom Support

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  • automatically creating folders in Drive
  • creating and collecting paperless assignments
  • assigning documents to students individually or share a document with a class
  • providing a way to give feedback quickly
  • providing a secure space for classroom discussions

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  • creating a one-stop shop for creating, reviewing and grading assignments

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Google Classroom helps teacher workflow by:

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Classroom helps student workflow by:

  • automatically creating folders in Drive to stay organized
  • filing assignments into those folders automatically
  • providing a secure space for classroom discussions

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  • creating a one-stop shop for creating, reviewing and turning in assignments

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Significant Differences for 2018:

  • New Classwork tab to organize assignments
    • Organize by modules and units
    • Change the order of assignments
  • Classroom settings are in one place.
  • The Stream is now your discussion board or forum.
  • Email Notifications can be turned on or off by course.
  • Create a quiz in Forms directly in Classroom.
  • Lock down your quizzes.

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Click the apps launcher and look for the Classroom icon or go to classroom.google.com

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If you want to move the icon, drag and drop it where you want it.

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Click on Continue to start:

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Select Teacher:

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Click on the “+” to create your first class:

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Select “Create Class”:

Note: Teachers can be students in classes if you are providing professional development or training.�

If you see only “Join Class,” your admin may need to verify your account.

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Create your Classroom:

Name your class, add a section number and subject, then click “Create”.

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Note: section, subject and room are optional.

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Welcome to your Classroom!

Classroom Tabs

Settings

Change Photo or Theme

Help

Show Class Details

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Help Menu

  • See the newest features in Classroom

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  • *Send feedback to the Classroom team on workflow, feature requests, or anything else!

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  • Add or remove Classwork page.

NOTE: This will be removed

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Class Settings

Click here for settings

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Class Settings

All class settings can be found in one location: Class Details, General and Grade Calculation.

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Note: the Save button is now at the top right.

Save

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Class Details

Edit your Class Details. All fields except Class name are optional.

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General Settings

General settings for your Classroom include how students can interact in the stream, stream display, showing any deleted items, and whether you want the class included in Guardian summaries.

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General Settings: Stream Moderation

Reminder: find under Settings

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Use these settings to enhance asynchronous class discussions.

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Grade Calculation

If you use the Grade book, determine how you want to calculate an overall grade and if it is displayed to students. Add categories for your assignments if you weight grades.

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Inviting students to your Classroom

Go to the “People” tab.

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Click on the icon of the person under “Students.”

Enter the student’s name here.

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Project the Class Code: From the Stream

Click on the box to project the code.

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Project the Class Code: From Settings

Select the drop down (triangle)

Click “Display”

Click here for full screen.

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Link Classroom to and from Synergy

You can now sync your roster from Grade Book!

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You will need to allow Synergy to access your Google account information.

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You can also grade in Synergy and have the scores move to Grade Book (Raw scores only!)

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Follow the directions here to get started.

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Stream Tab

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Stream

Note: the Stream tab will display Assignments, but you can not create them on this tab.

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Stream (cont.)

Upcoming Assignments for the week

Create announcement

Reuse

announcement

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Create an Announcement

Click in the box to create an announcement

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Create an Announcement (cont.)

Add a Class

Display to all or a selection of students

Type your announcement here

Add a link or attach a file

Post, schedule or save a draft of your announcement

NOTE: You can no longer assign an announcement to a topic.

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Add Additional Classrooms to a Post

Click on the box next to the class you want to add.

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NOTE: Posts across multiple classes must be shared with ALL students.

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Selecting a Group or Individual Student to See a Post

Click the box next to the student you want to deselect or click the box next to “All students” to deselect all to add back students individually.

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NOTE: all students are selected by default.

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Add a File or Link

  • Attach a file
  • Link to Drive file
  • Link a YouTube video
  • Link to website

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NOTE: You can select more than one item to attach to the post.

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Post, Schedule or Draft

You can post immediately, but you can schedule your post for a specific time or save it as a draft.

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NOTE: If you schedule, you can only post to one class at a time. Reuse the post as a workaround.

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Reuse an Announcement

Click on the icon to reuse a post

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Select the Class

Select the class from which you want to copy the assignment.

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NOTE: You can copy from a current or archived class.

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Select the Announcement

Select the post you would like to copy.

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Create new copies of attachments so you don’t link multiple classes to the same attachments.

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Click “Reuse”.

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Edit the Announcement

You can now treat it like a new announcement and make any changes.

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Classwork Tab

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Add the Classroom Tab to Existing Classroom

Select Add Classwork page to add the page to an existing Classroom.

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Add the Classroom Tab to Existing Classroom

Confirm your selection by clicking on Update to add the Classroom Tab.

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Add the Classroom Tab to Existing Classroom

All of your assignments and topics will be copied to the new tab.

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Classwork Tab

Create assignments, questions, and topics or add materials

Assignments are organized by topic

Open Google Calendar or Drive folder

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Add Materials or Resources

Materials or resources are items you would like students to access, but do not need to assess, like a syllabus.

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Click on the Create button and select Material.

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Add Materials

Add a Class

Display to all or a selection of students

Add a description

Add a link or attach a file

Post, schedule or save a draft of your materials

Add a title

Add to a specific topic or create a topic

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Add Assignment

Assignment can be documents you create to share with student or give students the flexibility to upload any file

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Click on the Create button and select Assignment.

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Create an Assignment

Add a Class

Assign to all or a selection of students

Set points or ungraded

Title of assignment

Any additional instructions

Set a due date

Add or create a topic

Post, schedule or save a draft of your assignment

Add a link or attach a file

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Add Quiz Assignment

Create a Google Forms Quiz right in your assignment.

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Click on the Create button and select Quiz assignment.

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Create a Quiz Assignment

Assign to all or a selection of students

Add a Class

Title of quiz assignment

Any additional instructions

Set points or ungraded

Add a link or attach a file

Set Due Date and Topic

Create your quiz

Post, schedule or save a draft of your assignment

Allow Grade Importing

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Create a Question

Add a Class

Assign to all or a selection of students

Type your question here

Any additional instructions

Set points or ungraded

Set a due date

Add a topic

Set question type to short answer or multiple choice

Decide if students should reply to each other or not

Allow or disallow students’ ability to edit their answer

Ask, schedule or draft

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Adding a Google Drive File

  • Students can view file only.
  • All students have editing rights to one file.
  • Make an individual copy for each student.

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Adding a Due Date

The due date defaults to the next school day.

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Click the date to open a calendar.

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Setting time is optional.

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Assignment is linked to Google Calendar for the class.

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Add Additional Classrooms to an Assignment

Click on the box next to the class you want to add.

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NOTE: Assignments across multiple classes must be shared with ALL students.

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Selecting a Group or Individual Student to See an Assignment

Click the box next to the student you want to deselect or click the box next to “All students” to deselect all to add back students individually.

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NOTE: all students are selected by default.

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Post, Schedule or Draft

You can post immediately, but you can schedule your assignment for a specific time or save it as a draft.

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NOTE: If you schedule, you can only assign to one class at a time. Reuse the post as a workaround.

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Organize Assignments and Topics

You can now move assignments and topics to put in the order you prefer.

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Teacher: Assignment View

Click to see who has completed the assignment or who is not done or to start grading

Click here to start grading

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Grading Workflow

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Student Work

Return work

Sort by first name, last name or status of assignment

Change point total

Download grades to a spreadsheet

Click on the box to open the assignment for grading

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Grading Student Work

Use the dropdown to select a student’s work

Use the arrows to move to the next or previous assignment

Enter a grade or change the total points

Save comments you use frequently

Add a private comment to the student

Return assignment

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Changing Assignments

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Adding Comments

Copy and paste added comments from the Bank as you are grading.

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Reuse a Post

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Reuse an Assignment

Select the class from which you want to copy the assignment.

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NOTE: You can copy from a current or archived class.

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Select an Assignment to Copy

Select the post you would like to copy.

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Create new copies of attachments so you don’t link multiple classes to the same attachments.

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Click “Reuse”.

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Edit the Assignment

This now acts just like a new post.

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People Tab

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People Tab

Add a co-teacher

Invite Students

Mute, Remove or Email Students

Invite Guardians to receive summaries

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Add a Co-Teacher

Click the

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Type in the name of the teacher and select invite.

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The teacher must accept the invitation to join the class.

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Transfer Ownership to Another Teacher

Change ownership of the Classroom

NOTE: Ownership does NOT transfer until the co-teacher accepts the invitation. If the co-teacher does not have email notifications turned on, the transfer will fail.

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Invite Students

Click here to invite students

Type name or email here

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Add Parents/Guardians

Click here to invite guardian

Type email here

NOTE: Once a guardian is added, the email is visible to all classes and all classes will be part of the summary unless opted out in the settings.

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Email Parents/Guardians

Click here to email guardians. Once guardians are added, you can email individuals or small groups.

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Student View

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Student Homepage

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Student View - Stream Tab

Upcoming Assignments for the week

Click to open the assignment

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Student View - Classwork Tab

See all assignments

Assignments will be listed here by topic

Open Calendar or Drive folder for the course

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Student View - View Your Work

Assignments will be listed here

Use filters to limit assignments in the list

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Student View - View Your Work

Click the assignment title to see more

Click view details for even more information

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Student View - View Details

Add a private comment to the teacher

Click on the document to open it in a new tab

Assignment status

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Student View - Assignment

Students can edit their assignment in a Doc.

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They can add a document or create a new document to the assignment.

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Students click on “Turn In” when the assignment is ready to grade.

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Student View - Assignment

Student name appended to doc name

Student can turn in from Drive

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Student View - Assignment

Students can unsubmit assignments

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Student View - Multiple Choice Question

The eye shows that others will be able to see the summary.

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Student selects one answer and submits.

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Student View - Multiple Choice Question

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Student View - Short Answer Question

The eye shows that others will be able to see their answer.

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Answer can be typed in space directly in the stream.

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Student View - Short Answer Question

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Classroom and Google Drive

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Google Drive

Classroom organizes your courses into individual folders.

Access work here or in Classroom.

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Google Drive

Numbering your assignments will help keep them in order

in your folder.

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Classroom Homepage and Menu

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Classroom Homepage

Classes are organized from the most recent created to the oldest Classroom.

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Classroom Homepage

You can reorganize your homepage by dragging and dropping the Class Card

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Classroom Homepage

  • Move: Reorganize your class
  • Edit: Change the name of the class
  • Copy: Copy the class - all assignments will be drafts in the new class
  • Archive: Archive the class at the end of the term

Deleting a class is not recommended, since you will not be able to reuse posts.

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To see the classes you have archived, click the Classroom menu and select Archived Classes.

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Classroom Homepage

The menu at the top left allows you to access:

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  • Current and Archived Classes
  • Work and classes taught
  • Work and classes enrolled as student
  • Settings

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Settings - Email Notifications

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Settings (Cont)

NEW: Control your email notifications by course!

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Tools that Enhance Classroom

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Share to Classroom

Allows you to share a site or add a site to an assignment with only a few clicks. Students can also share with you.

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Share to Classroom

  • To share a webpage, click Push to students > Push. The website instantly appear in the browsers of all active students and co-teachers in the class. Be aware that if you have co-teachers, you may disrupt their session on a Chromebook.

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  • You can also create assignments or questions, or make an announcement.

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Share to Classroom

To view websites recently shared:

  • Verify Push to students is selected.
  • To view webpages that you recently pushed, select Pushed to students.
  • To view webpages the students recently pushed to you, select Received from students.

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Share to Classroom

To turn off notifications:

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  • Open the notifications center.
    • Chrome OS: Press Alt+Shift+N.
    • Windows: In the bottom right corner of your screen,

click the up arrow, then click

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  • Uncheck the box next to Share to Classroom.

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Cast for Education

Allows students to share their screen with you using the built-in Cast feature.

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Cast for Education

  • Go to Chrome://Apps
  • Find and click on Google Cast for Education.
  • Type a name for your cast app, like your name or room number.
  • Save your settings.

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Cast for Education

5. Click Share

6. Enter an email group or select a Google Classroom.

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Cast for Education

7. Select “Can Request” for projection. If you are using a Classroom, it will default to “Teacher can present, Students can request.”

8. Click Add. Repeat for other classes.

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Cast for Education

To accept casts from your students, you must open the Cast for Education app. Requests will appear in the corner of your screen.

The request will include the student’s email address.

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At this time, only one student can cast at a time.

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Google Classroom Partners

These companies (and many more) have an integrated share button or use the Google API.

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Google Classroom Support

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First Day of Classroom

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Google Apps for Education Help Forum:

http://goo.gl/p3QaeI

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Google has free training modules for educators:

  • This link will take you to the Google teacher center.
  • These include instructional videos and practice.

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Google also has support pages for all things Classroom.

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Keep in touch!

Contact information:

Susan Herder

susan.herder@moundsviewschools.org

651.621.7310

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