Google for Education: Teacher Center - This is a collection of video tutorials to help you get started with Google Classroom and keep going!
G Suite Learning Center - To use Google Classroom to its fullest, you will need a foundational understanding of Google's Core Tools. Scroll down & click Learn by Product for step-by-step guides for all of Google's Core Tools (except Classroom). You will also find Cheat Sheets for each product as well as Tips & Tricks.
Classroom Help - This is Google's support page for Classroom. If you are a daily Classroom user, check out What's New in Classroom. If you are new to Classroom click How Classroom Works and get started.
Share to Classroom - This Google Chrome extension allows you to push webpages to any of your Classroom classes, so they open instantly on your students' computers.
Google Hangouts Meet is a video-conferencing tool that is available for teachers to use as part of G Suite/Google Apps for Education. It's a great way to connect with your classroom or colleagues.
Check out the Training & Help link for step-by-step directions how to get started with Hangouts Meet, creating a Hangout Meet, collaboration tools, and ideas for ways to use Hangouts Meet in your classroom.
For those using Google Meet for remote teaching, Google has finally rolled out the update so that you can keep students from joining the Meet before you join, and to keep students from rejoining the Meet after you have left.
Eric recorded a short 7-minute video that explains how to do this and demonstrates it in action. You can watch the video here:
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2020/04/no-join-meet.html
In addition, Eric also did a quick 5-minute video for G Suite Administrators on settings in the Admin Console that you will need to adjust if you want to keep students from starting their own Google Meets or from recording a Google Meet they are in. You can view that video at:
https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2020/04/no-starting-meet.html
There are now 8 short videos in my Google Meet tutorial series which can all be found at:
Hangouts.google.com allows teachers to make calls to parents via their computer for free without revealing their personal phone numbers! If you need help setting up Hangouts, please contact us.