Google Classroom

There are a couple of different ways you can communicate with students from within Google Classroom.

1. Every time you post an assignment, announcement, or question, Google Classroom will automatically send all the students an email notifying them of the post.
2. If you go into the People tab you can select the students you want to email, click the action button and then compose and send an email.
3. Every time you add an item to the Stream, each student and the other teachers added to the class receive an email notification and a push notification on any mobile device on which the Classroom app is installed.
4. When you add items to the stream that have a due date, the item is added to each student's Classroom Calendar which can be accessed in the application only. (See images below)

Communication with parents is a little different.

Each time you add an item to the stream that has a due date, an event is also created in that class's Google Calendar. That Calendar can then be shared with students and parents.

If you make the calendar accessible to the public you can give the parents the link and then they can keep track of when things are due as well.

To do this, go into Google Calendar and click on the three vertical dots to the right of the calendar you want to share. Then click Settings and Sharing. Scroll down to sharing settings, make the calendar public, then copy the URL.

You can also add guardian email addresses for each student. This allows you to easily email guardians, and it gives them the option to set up a daily or weekly update via email of what their child has completed, what they have coming due, and what is late. There is not much more information in those updates other than assignment titles, descriptions, and due dates. There are no links to Classroom assignments or artifacts. It is simply an informational update. Adding a guardian’s email does NOT give them access to your Google Classroom.

An example of this email update is below: