Creating Posts

A. Choose which class (s) you want to assign to

B. Select if you want to give the assignments to all kids or select specific students

C. Students can view- you can attach files that students can only VIEW (like a PDF)

D. Students can edit- you can attach files that students can edit (this is 1 copy of the same document. Each child will work in the same document, at the same time)

E. Make a copy for each student- You can attach a copy for each student (individual copy for each student that only they can work on)

F. Assign- press if you want the assignment to go out right away

G. Schedule- schedule assignment to be posted to students at a date in the future. Can set time and date.

H. Save draft- if still want to work on the the assignment or attach documents at a later time, choose this. Once the assignment is posted you will NOT be able to attach new documents in the "make a copy for each student" version

I. Link- attach a website, Google Form

J. Video-attach a video

K. Google Symbol-attach from Google Drive

L. Paperclip- attach from a PC (your H drive or external drives)

M. Assignment Name- mandatory

N. Assignment directions (optional)

O. Due Date- you can give the assignment a day and time it is due. Assignment will then reflect as done, late, missing (optional)

P. Topic- this will group like assignments together. Under STREAM tab, when you click the topic name on the left, anything assigned to the same topic will show up grouped together (optional)

Materials should be used to post reminders, study guides, notes, forms, videos- anything that does not have a due date, does not need to be turned in for a grade, or that does not require students to work directly in the document.

If you post a question, students can respond to it on classroom. You have the option to allow them to comment on other student comments and edit their responses or not. Just like in assignments and announcements, you can attach documents, videos, or links.

If you have a class that is only 1 marking period long, you will most likely want to create a new class per cycle; that way students will not see upcoming assignments. BUT it is annoying to re-create assignments that you've already used. This is where reuse a post comes in handy. You can click reuse a post and a list of every post you have made will come up. You can select to reuse it and edit if needed.