Google Education Tools
1. Getting Started on Tech Platforms - Setting up Chrome
Hello! At this point, you should have received your Geneva Business School email address details. Because Geneva Business School runs on Google Suite, we use most of the Google apps to manage our communication, scheduling and teaching.
The easiest way to keep all you school work in one please is to use the Google Browser - Chrome. Using Chrome makes this easier because once you log into Chrome with your school email address log in details, Chrome keeps all your Google Apps in one place, so all you need to do to access it on any device is log into Chrome. This is especially useful because when you are starting a lesson, all you do is log into Chrome and all your school related apps will be in one place.
If you do not have Chrome on your own laptop/computer/tablet, please download it now and follow the instructions below.
If you need extra help with installing Google Chrome, please follow the instructions in this video.
2. Setting up your Google Classroom
Google Classroom is how all Geneva Business School faculty members communicate with the students. This Learning Management System tool is used mainly for the following:
General announcements about the course
Uploading documents (like the syllabus and course outline)
Asking quizzes or questions to all or some students
Providing material to a specific class or assignment in the form of a link, a Google Doc or a Youtube video
Assigning homework and assignments
To set up your class on Google Classroom:
Go to your Gmail account and open the email from Google Classroom
Accept the invite and it should open a new tab with your course on Google Classroom
Now you can add your course outline, send the students a welcome message and start to plan your course
If you want you can add the content for each session by going to Classwork > Create > Topic and have each session be a new topic.
Watch the video you can find next to this text box to guide you through the process to setup Google Classroom and understand how it works.
3. Google Meet - our videoconference tool for the Hybrid learning approach
In our hybrid approach to learning, it is of vital importance that all our teachers are very comfortable using the Google videoconference tool: Google Meet. In the following video, you can learn about the most important features for us: share your screen, record the meeting, etc. If you need any further training, please contact your local Academic team before your classes start.
4. Google Educator Certification Levels 1 and 2
We are encouraging all faculty on our program to obtain the Google Certified Educator Level 1 certificate before the end of the Spring 2021 semester. You can find some training materials on the official Google training site and through this Faculty Training Google Site.
Geneva Business School will pay to register you for the 3-hour online exam. If you are comfortable with the Google tools already, the likelihood is you will not need to do much in terms of preparing for it. If you already have the Level 1 certificate, please note that the school will also support you in getting the Level 2 one.
Any further questions about the Google Educator Certification, please contact your local Academic team.
5. Crash course on Google Tools and Hybrid Learning (under construction)
Session 1 (1,5-2 hours): Account and sharing fundamentals
Part 1 - Getting to know your G Suite Account
Chrome Users vs Google Users
Sync your Chrome User Data
Useful Chrome Extensions
Manage your GBS Google account
Part 2 - Drive: much more than (unlimited) cloud storage
Upload your content
Create new content
Organise your content
Share your content
Session 2 (1,5-2 hours): Digital transformation now
Part 1 - Improve your productivity with Gmail, Tasks and Keep
Customise your inbox
Schedule send and snooze your emails
Tasks and Keep integration
Part 2 - Manage your schedule and start collaborating remotely
Main and additional calendars
Tasks and reminders
Google Meet integration
Session 3 (1,5-2 hours) - Enhance your synchronous and asynchronous teaching experience
Part 1 - Master your remote classes using Google Meet
Manage your calls
Upcoming features
Helpful Chrome extensions
Part 2 - Google Chat for individual and group tutoring and team collaboration.
How the new Google Chat works
Rooms
Introduction to bots
Part 1 - Introduction to Google Classroom
Stream: Class announcements and peer to peer learning
Classwork: Share contents and assignments with your students
Your student roster
Student vs Teacher user interface
Part 2 - Gmail, Drive, Calendar and Meet integration
Session 5 (2-3 hours) - Google Classroom II: assess your students' work
Part 1 - Rubric based assignments
Create and reuse rubrics
Review your student work
New “To review” widget / page
Part 2 - Going hybrid: Google and Non-Google tools
Google Slides
Jamboard
Loom / Screencastify
EdPuzzle
Flipgrid
Session 6 (1,5 hours) - Manage your classes with both distant and in-person students (on campus session)
Part 1 - New classroom setup
Your Screen
Your Camera and microphone
Your laptop
Part 2 - Manage your class
(This final session is held presencially on each campus, please contact your campus lead for details)
Google Meet: new features
Google Meet: enhanced features
Learn how to use the new enhanced features of Google Meet. New features include;
Break-out rooms
Blur (background)
Background noise