Google Classroom was updated over the summer months and will continue to be updated later this fall. These changes only apply to Google Classrooms created after 8/12/2018. 

• New "Classwork" page - this page replaces the "About" section. It allows teachers to organize assignments into units or other groups. This will help some issues in the stream.

  • Owners of a Classroom can create a "Classwork" page in older Google Classes created before 8/12/2018.

• "Stream" Page - will only include announcements, student posts, and replies to these.  An assignment will no longer become buried at the bottom of the list. There is no longer an option to move a stream item (announcement, assignment, etc.) to the top.

• "People" Page - has changed to a design page. Teachers can see students and add co-teachers to a Classroom here instead of on the "About" page.

• Settings - to access and change any setting for a Google Classroom, click on the gearwheel in the upper-right hand corner on any page of the Classroom. You can see and edit the class details, class code, stream permissions, show deleted items, and enable/disable the guardian summaries from here.

• "About" page - no longer exists.

• Quick Switch and Easy Feedback when grading - in Google Classroom, quickly switch between students or files using the new options on the right. You can also quickly provide a grade and feedback without returning to the Google Classroom page.

• Copy a class - using the three dots on the main Google Classroom dashboard.

• Notifications - turn off all notifications for an entire class on the Google Classroom settings. From the main Google Classroom dashboard, click the sandwich in the upper-left corner, scroll to the bottom of the list and click on "Settings". Different notification options are available.

Coming Soon!

• Post general class resources on the "Classwork" page instead of the "About" page, which no longer exists.

• Create Google Form quizzes within Google Classroom that can be quickly locked down for security.