You may not know that when you create a Google Classroom, a Calendar is created as well. When you assign a due date in Classroom, the assignment's title will display within Google Calendar. This is a helpful tool for students and families. Be sure to check the privacy settings on each of your Google Calendars. Dig in even deeper and create appointment blocks to schedule meetings with colleagues and families!

Technical Tips: Archive past Google Calendar every summer, and hide Calendars by clicking on the Calendar settings.

Organize and access your files from multiple apps. Imagine the Shared With Me tab as a file stream documenting the history of your Google Drive, as well as the district Google Drive. Don't try to organize it, as it's simply telling the story of what's happening behind the scenes across all Northbrook 28 accounts. Check sharing settings regularly for accuracy. Use Team Drives as a district warehouse to house documents vital to every member of a team. Files stored in Team Drives cannot be deleted easily, and won't disappear if an account is deactivated.

Technical Tip: Use of Google Classroom automatically generates a Classroom folder within Google Drive. Each file shared with you via Google Classroom also lives within Google Drive.

Google Classroom is a content management system: your turn-in bin and your copy machine. Use this tool to manage student assignments and post announcements including links, videos, and more!

Google Classrooms with full capabilities (redesigned August 2018) include three tabs:

• Stream: The conversation hub of your digital space. Recent updates now display a compact view for assignments that better emphasizes questions, discussions, and classroom announcements.
• Classwork: Store and organize ongoing resources using this tab. Utilize Topics to organize your content in list form. Updated Classwork features were created in response to teacher feedback about student navigation of the Stream. Link documents from Drive to your whole class or specify groups and individual students.
• People: Manage students, families, and coteachers permissions. Consider specific settings and permissions.

Google Classroom gains new ‘Classwork’ view, Stream redesign