Create a new class
Title your class
Create your first assignment
Add a due date, an attachment, and a Youtube video to the assignment
Create a post in your stream with an attached Google Doc.
Create a custom banner for your class
Know where and how to join Google Meet from Google Classroom
Create a Meet from Calendar
In Meet, know how to share your screen, pin a colleague, share a link, and change your background
Locate Google Meet controls and use the controls in your meeting
In Youtube, create a playlist for your Google Classroom
Share that playlist with your colleagues
Upload a video to your channel
Add Cards to your video in Youtube editor
Add an optional message and teaser at the end of the video
Reuse posts from other classes within Google Classroom in the Classwork Tab (under Create)
Send work to multiple classes in an assignment by clicking the dropdown under For
Add a rubric to your assignment
Teachers can attach a blank document to an assignment by using the plus sign under the assignment description
Allow students to create the classroom name (makes it personalized and can be very fun)
Grades can by calculated differently and grade categories can be added under the settings
Google Assignments LTI 1.3 gives teachers Google Assignments from Classroom in Canvas
Know the difference between Public, Unlisted, and Public videos on Youtube
Use embed codes from Youtube to eliminate suggestions. Also teachers can use an outside tool like Nearpod Video or Edpuzzle to remove suggestions from Youtube videos
Google Classroom will allow teachers to customize their classrooms including with Gifs; this was made through Canva, a free graphic design tool.
Google Assignments now exists outside of Google Classroom as a stand alone feature or as an add on to Canvas. It strips Classroom down to just the assignments portion with grading added on. For teachers that are moving from Google Classroom to Canvas, using the Google External Tools LTI in Canvas can be very helpful. Depending on your LEA, you might have two options. Explore those below:
Google Cloud Assignments allows teachers to link their Google Drive; make a copy of a Doc, Sheet, or Slides; then give that copy to their students within Canvas. That copy is now the student's and they can work on it in a window within Canvas. Once they are done with the assignment and they turn it in, their work will be turned in via Canvas and scored by the teacher in Speedgrader.
Google Assignments (LTI 1.3) strips Google Classroom down to its assignments portion and add it to Canvas. Teachers will login to their Google accounts and be taken to a page in Google outside of Canvas. They will choose the document they wish to copy for all their students, choose a due date, a point value, add plagiarism detection if they wish, and add a rubric. Students will then get a copy of the assignment, work on it in Google and turn it in on Google Assignments. Teachers will then score and annotate the assignment in Google Assignments. However, when they hand back the work to their students, the scores should transfer to Canvas Gradebook.