Learning from Home
Note: this page is for teachers. Parents should refer to the Learning from Home—Tech How To page.
Updates: information is changing quickly, as companies change their platforms in response to the crisis. Look for the "updated on" or "added on" notice for the latest information.
Getting Started with Classroom (online tutorial)
Classroom Help Center (Google support page)
Getting Started for Teachers (handout)
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording for elementary, middle, & high school, with attendance
How to Use the Stream Page for Student Discussion (video tutorial)
Guardian Email Summaries (Google support page)
Differentiate with Classroom (video tutorial)
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording for elementary, middle, & high school, with attendance
How to Use Forms (Google support page)
Give Feedback on Assignments (Google support page)
Google Classroom Comments (blog post)
Setting Up Classroom for Remote Learning (video tutorial)
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording, slides and attendance. This session went into more depth on collecting student work.
Returning Student Work in Classroom (Google support page)
Creating & Using Rubrics in Classroom (Google support page)
Using Classroom's Gradebook (Google support page)
Short screencasts you can post to Classroom for students:
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording, Cheat Sheet, & attendance
Your First Day with Hangouts/Meet
Using Your Phone as a Document Camera in Meet
Controlling Student Access to Class Meets
Creating a Meet and Controlling Access without Classroom
How Students Access a Classroom Meet
Turning On Captions in Google Meet
Chrome Browser
Classroom and other Google apps work best in the Chrome web browser. Be sure to turn on cookies and turn on sync if you haven't already.
Working with PDFs
AWRSD Virtual PD Part 1 video recording, slides, & attendance
AWRSD Virtual PD Part 2 video recording, slides, & attendance
Creating, Converting & Annotating PDFs Handout
Tutorials for students:
Discovery Education
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording, slides, & attendance
Step-by-Step Guides to Discovery Education
Interactive Meets
AWRSD Virtual PD Part 1 video recording, slides, & attendance
AWRSD Virtual PD Part 2 video recording, slides, & attendance
Screencastify Editor
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording, slides, & attendance
Video Tips & Tricks
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording, slides, & attendance
Seesaw
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording, slides, & attendance
Getting Started Guides (jump to the “Seesaw for Schools” section)
Closing Out Classroom
AWRSD Virtual PD video recording, slides, & attendance
Best Practices
Online Learning Ideas: website with curated resources from Microsoft, Ditch That Textbook, and Infused Classroom.
Why Learning from Home Should Be More Self-Directed & Less Structured: article form Edutopia.
Unplug Your Home Learning: post from the 1HighTechTeacher blog.
Wide Open School for PK-5 Educators & 6-12 Educators: a free collection of the best online learning experiences curated by the editors at Common Sense Media.
