G Suite

• COVID 19 Support Resources: For educators and IT administrators preparing for potential school closures — or currently facing them — here are a few ways to engage students through distance learning.

• Google EDU Blog:

  1. Preparing Students to Learn From Home with Chromebooks: Google's COVID19 guide to using Chromebooks with homebound students.

  2. With school closures, teachers can keep their lessons going remotely: In light of COVID19, Google put together a quick guide on how to use G Suite to keep students engaged, assess learning, connect with Meet, check in on students, and think beyond the clock.

• Google Trainer Group - Coronavirus Resource/Idea Repository - More ideas from Google Trainers

• Hyperdocs can help you create great, self-paced lessons for students

• Google Slides for Distance Learning - Alice Keeler details ways to use Slides as a springboard for activities. Use the same slideshow and update it regularly with instructions. Students only need to bookmark one thing, and Slides can be viewed offline (a few minutes to download changes).

• Distance Learning Strategies - Use Google tools to address common distance learning challenges.

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• Hangouts Meet is a video-conferencing tool that will let your teachers have face-to-face meetings with students, but the premier version (see below) also supports recording of meetings, even with 1 person (teacher) sharing their screen. This allows for lecture capture.

• Upgrade: Last week, Google began rolling out free access to their advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite for Education customers globally including:

  1. Larger meetings, for up to 250 participants per call

  2. Live streaming for up to 100,000 viewers within a domain

  3. The ability to record meetings and save them to Google Drive.

• Using Hangouts Meet (Recording & Streaming): Admins, you will need to TURN ON these features in your admin console.

  1. Turn on Recordings for Hangouts Meet

  2. How to Record with Hangouts Meet

• For basic instructions, see this video: Guide to Hangouts Meet or see the videos lower on this page.

• Use Google Classroom. This platform is specifically designed for distance learning and can handle assignments, quizzes, static content, and student work submissions. Students turning in work on paper can even take pictures of the work with their phone and submit that in Classroom.

• See this list of Apps that work with Google Classroom

• Google Classroom: getting started info

Google Teacher Center: support for specific Google tools or inspirational ideas

• Google Meets: a free messaging, voice, and video chat application, and a G Suite for Education core service.

• Jamboard: a collaborative whiteboard for all students