Digital Portfolios - Workspace with Google Workspace

How can Google Workspace for Education be used as a workspace?

In the workspace, pupils can plan, set goals, organise learning experience chronologically, collaborate with peers and reflect on their own learning process and on the work of their peers. The workspace of a digital portfolio in Google Workspace is where the students will complete the majority of the day to day work with reference to their digital portfolios. This work can occur largely on Google Classroom but also includes work using Google Docs, Sheets, Slides etc. Setting assignments, the use of formative assessment, the provision of effective feedback and other communication between the pupils and their teachers will occur in the workspace of a digital portfolio in Google Classroom.

Video tutorials and other resources for other Google Workspace for Education apps are available from the Google Teacher Center at the following links:

Google Classroom tutorials for teachers

The videos below, from the Google Teacher Center provide an overview of Google Classroom for teachers who are just beginning to use it with their students. Each video is very short and is an ideal starting point for teachers.

For those who prefer it, there are Getting Started and Tips handouts for Google Classroom, which can be downloaded and printed.

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What is Google Classroom?

lesson3_2_accessinggoogleclassroom.mp4

Accessing Google Classroom

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Adding students to a class

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Viewing the Stream page

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Viewing the Classwork page

lesson3_7_peoplepage.mp4

Viewing the People page

lesson3_9_creatingassignments.mp4

Creating assignments

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Providing feedback and grades

Advanced Google Classroom Tutorials

Creating topics and assignments

This video shows how to create topics and assignments in Google Classroom. Topics are a great way of keeping your assignments organised, and can be linked to the strands or units of a specification or syllabus, or organised by chapter, whichever makes more sense to you and your pupils.

Creating assignments

This video provides an overview of several ways of creating an assignment and also demonstrates how assignments can be rearranged.

Using the Grading Tool in Classroom

This video shows how teachers can rearrange assignments, grade them and provide feedback to pupils. It provides a brief overview of the comment bank and private comments.

Creating a quiz in Classroom

Teachers can create self-correcting quizzes directly in Classroom. This brief video shows you how.

How to copy a course in Classroom

This time saving tip will be useful for teachers who would like to re-use assignments and topics and replicate a class from a previous year.

Adding students and guardians in Classroom

This video demonstrates how to add or invite pupils to a class. It also shows how parents/guardians can receive updates on their child's work.

Using Google Forms

This video demonstrates how Google Forms can be used by teachers to assess students, encourage them to reflect on their learning or as an exit ticket. Teachers can analyse the information to evaluate pupil learning and plan future instruction.

Creating rubrics in Classroom

Rubrics provide pupils with guidance about the quality of work that is expected of them and can reduce the amount of time spent providing feedback. This video shows how rubrics can be added to assignments in Classroom.

Using the Comment Bank

The comment bank feature in Classroom speeds up the feedback process for teachers. This video shows how to add comments and use the comment bank when grading assignments.

Providing audio/visual feedback

Teachers can record their feedback to students using the Screencastify extension, which pupils can watch and then use to improve their work. This video provides a demonstration of how this can be achieved.

Access additional videos from the Google Classroom video series

Google Classroom Tutorials for Pupils

The following video tutorials can be shared with pupils to familiarise them with the main features of Google Classroom.

Joining Google Classroom

Accessing Google Classroom

The difference between Stream and Classwork

Checking upcoming assignments

Turning in an assignment in Classroom

Unsubmitting assignments to continue editing

Checking grades in Classroom

Managing email notifications in Classroom

Further Student Resources

Additional videos showing pupils how they can use other Google Workspace for Education apps used in the workspace of a digital portfolio, including Docs, Drawings, Sheets, Slides, etc. are available at this YouTube playlist.

Getting Started with Google Workspace

Workspace with Google Workspace

Showcase with Google Workspace

Storage with Google Workspace

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