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.

Getting started with Chrome/Gmail.mov

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:

  1. Go to your Gmail account and open the email from Google Classroom

  2. Accept the invite and it should open a new tab with your course on Google Classroom

  3. Now you can add your course outline, send the students a welcome message and start to plan your course

  4. 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

Session 4 (1,5-2 hours) - Google Classroom I: all-in-one hub to connect with your students and manage all your classes

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

GBS - 6 NEW GOOGLE MEET FEATURES.mp4

Google Meet: enhanced features

Learn how to use the new enhanced features of Google Meet. New features include;