Google Apps For Education (GAFE) for Parents

This webpage is designed for parents and guardians to help them understand GAFE tools that their children may be using in their class. This will enable them to support their children should they be having any difficulties with the Google apps.

Click here for our GAFE for Students page for short instructional videos for studentson how to use specific features with Google Apps for Education or GAFE.

Introduction to Google Classroom & Google Meet for Parents

Parents Guide To Google Classroom

Parents Guide to Google Meet

Parents Guide to Google Classroom Email Summaries

Google Education Groups (GEG) Global

Google Guardian Online Learning Academy Series

The Global GEG Google Guardian Academy is a series of tutorials designed to support parents & guardians in understanding the ins and outs of Google apps so they can support their learners. These videos are longer (20+ minutes), but they thoroughly describe everything aspect of Google apps that may be utilized in their children's education.

Watch what you need to, skip what you don't.

Google Classroom Overview

Turning In Assignments

Chromebook Basics

Google Slides

Google Forms

Gmail & Google Calendar

Google Jamboard & Google Draw

Google Drive & File Attachments

The Adolescent & Teenage Brain

Tech Toolkit for Families & Guardians from Google

Google knows that many families have questions about the technology their children are using for learning. This series by Google will cover the basics of Google’s tools for education including G Suite for Education and Chromebooks, Google Classroom, Google Meet, Accessibility and Security features.

Click the playlist icon (top-right corner) to review all videos in the series.

Topics in the Tech Toolkit for Families and Guardians series include:

Be Internet Awesome & Family Link

Be Internet Awesome is a program that helps kids learn to be smart, positive, and safe online, so they can get out into the digital world with confidence.
Family Link is an app that helps parents and guardians set digital ground rules and control how their kids are using the internet on their mobile devices and Chromebooks.