Google Classroom
What you need to knoW
Google Classroom is a Google platform that we have used, for five years, across our the KGA Hampshire Schools. We use the Google Classroom to set weekly Home Learning tasks. We also use our Google Classrooms to provide live lessons. Every child at Gomer is provided with a Google Classroom. Please use the password provided in the letter sent to you.
We find Google Classroom relatively easy to navigate as a new user. To help troubleshoot issues we have put together a step by step guide (at the bottom of this letter) to help you to login and navigate the classroom. There are also some links to helpful videos, which can also be found on our website under the ‘For Parents/Carers’, ‘Online Home Learning Help’ tabs or http://gomerjuniorschool.co.uk/online-home-learning-help/
Google Classroom Step by Step Guide:
Accepting the class: Your child’s new Year 3 teacher will have invited your child to join the class on Google Classroom via an email sent to their Gomer email address. To accept the class, you need to go to Google and sign into email with their email address and password. This video will help; ‘Logging in and accepting the class’
Once you have logged in, you will be able to see the homepage which is called the ‘Stream’. This is where new tasks will appear, where you can write messages to your class and where your teacher will post welcome morning videos. There are two other tabs along the top; ‘Classwork’ and ‘People’. The ‘Classwork’ section is where you can find your tasks that have been set. This video shows you what this should all look like; ‘Navigating Google Classroom’
The next thing you will need to do is to find your task that has been set that day, read the instructions, open the document. The work will usually be set on either a Google Docs or Google Slides document. Note: if you are using a tablet or phone, you will need to download the Google Docs/Google Slides app to be able to open and edit the documents. You then need to complete the tasks and hand them in. There is also the option to add comments, ask a private question to your teacher and attach images and photos if you wish for your teacher to see. This video will explain how to do all of that; ‘Finding, completing and handing in your tasks (transition)’
You then need to wait until your teacher has marked your work and sent it back to you. They can add comments onto your work directly, or leave you a comment in the ‘private comment’ box. You may be asked to go back and add or change something, in which case you can ‘resubmit’ your work after. This video will show you what this will look like; ‘Receiving your work back again’
If you have a general question that you think would benefit the whole class, or if you are answering a question set in the morning video, then you can post comments on the ‘Stream’. Try not to post your work to the Stream, as it can sometimes get missed. Some children like to upload photographs of what they have been up to on there, which can be lovely for us and the rest of the class to see. Watch this video to find out how to post comments on the stream; ‘Leaving comments on the stream’