VCUSD utilized Google Classroom at all levels. This staff resource page borrows heavily from sites created by other districts as well as knowledge gained from our unique VCUSD experiences. We encourage you to enlist parents in this endeavor and direct them to the Google Classroom Resources for Parents page.

Archive any Former Google Classrooms

• Archive or Delete any old Classrooms

Start off Fresh

Create New Classes

• Create a new Classroom (link to Eric Curts video)

• Link to Eric Curts video

• Roster your Google Classroom (do this through Aeries - watch Lori's video)

  • Aeries Class Summary > Add Website > Link

• Add co-teachers: ie. RSP teacher, bilingual tutor, principal, teacher leader

Organize Your Classroom

• Utilize naming conventions for your topics and posts

  • Dates are a recommended best practice for topics (see example)

  • Numbering posts is a recommended best practice (see example)

Add Guardians to Classroom

Turn on Guardian email summaries...Parents/Guardians can't have a Google Classroom account, but they can have the ability to receive a daily or weekly email that summarizes any missing work for their student, any upcoming due dates entered into Classroom, and any activity that has happened in the Classroom since the last email.