Google Classroom is your child's digital link to learning.

Teachers will use Google Classroom to post class announcements, share content, links and assignments. You child will use Google Classroom to open, download, complete and submit their class assignments back to their teacher for feedback.

Students will use Google Classroom as their main hub for all classroom activity and should log on daily on school days.

There are two different ways to join Google Classroom. Your child's teacher will let you know what option they have initiated.

Parents can access their child’s teachers’ Google Classroom in one of the following ways:

Email Summaries

As a guardian, you must receive and accept an email invitation before you can receive email summaries. Only teachers and administrators from your student’s school can send these invitations. You have 120 days to accept an invitation before it expires.

Guardian email summaries include:

Missing work—Work that’s late at the time the email was sent

Upcoming work—Work that’s due today and tomorrow (for daily emails) or work that’s due in the upcoming week (for weekly emails)

Class activity—Announcements, assignments, and questions recently posted by teachers

To receive email summaries the teacher or administrator emails you an invitation for a particular student.

Once you get the email invitation:

1. 1. In your email program, open your email invitation.

   2. Click Accept.

      • If you’re not the guardian, click I’m Not The Guardian.

      • You can choose the frequency of the emails, such as daily or weekly.

      • You can unsubscribe or remove yourself from Classroom at any time.

Logging Onto The Students Google Classroom Account

2. From the school issued Chromebook, ask the student to login and launch the Google Classroom App. Please note that any activity in Google Classroom is documented under the student’s login and it would be inappropriate for a parent to communicate with the teacher or other students in Google Classroom. Parents should use their personal email to digitally communicate with the teacher.

3. From any computer with internet access, click this link https://classroom.google.com and have the student login with their Columbia Google Apps for education username and password. Please note that any activity in Google Classroom is documented under the student’s login and it would be inappropriate for a parent to communicate with the teacher or other students in Google Classroom. Parents should use their personal email to digitally communicate with the teacher.

Please note

You can get email summaries sent to any email address. However, to view or update email summary settings, you need a Google Account. With a Google Account, you can change the frequency of your emails, update your time zone, see the students connected to your account, and unsubscribe from email summaries. For details, go to Create a Google Account.

If you unsubscribe from email summaries, you’re still connected to a student as long as you have a Google Account. Otherwise, unsubscribing removes you as a guardian.

See more details here https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6388136

Below are great references for navigating Google Classroom.

Click the square with an arrow to view the presentation with a full screen

Please note the difference between an assignment that has been turned in and one that has not.

Student Quick Guide to Google Classroom

Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Parents

6 Things Parents Should Know About Google Classroom