Classroom Features

Carol LaRow

Google Classroom is part of "Google Workspace" (formerly called "Apps For Education." ) Schools must have "Google Workspace" for the district in order to use Google Classroom with teachers and students.
When a school or district signs up for Google Workspace, the administration can decide which services, Google tools, ad-ons, etc. can be used within the district. There's also the benefit of additional privacy and security protection.

Google Classroom is also available in personal accounts, but Google does not recommend using it with students under age 14. Any regular user can create classes and manage assignments. The personal accounts are better suited for clubs and informal groups. Several educators have used the regular version of Classroom with college students. However, K-12 students are best protected by having Google accounts, Gmail, and Classroom "within" the added security of their schools' domains.

Some Features

Establish paperless workflows with students
Pass out and collect assignments in one place
Create, assign, collect, and grade student work
Each student can receive his/her own copy of an assignment, including directions and due dates.
As students turn in assignments, Classroom keeps track of those who are done and those who are not
Classroom has a gradebook feature
Teachers can create different Google Classrooms for each of the classes they teach
Teachers can co-teach classes with other teachers or staff members
School districts can "whitelist" other school districts so teachers can co-teach from outside their own districts
Google Classroom works with Google Drive, Docs, Forms, Presentation, Calendar, Gmail, Maps, Slides, etc.
Teachers can share resources
Assignments can have files, links to the WEB, videos, Forms, and more
Classroom facilitates teacher-student interactions
Classroom allows for private comments between teachers and students
All assignments are put in Classroom Folders, in Drive, which are automatically created
Classroom has its own calendar feature which automatically adds assignments as soon as they are created. Students (and teachers) can check due dates of upcoming assignments.

Create Different Classes

Google Classroom Also allows teachers to:

Create assignments
Create quizzes/tests within the Classwork Page
Post class announcements
Ask discussion questions, allowing students to post answers
Create multiple choice questions
Take polls/surveys
Reuse assignments and announcements
Post assignments to multiple classes at the same time
Save assignments as "drafts" to edit and post later
Schedule assignments to "post" to at a later date. Create assignments ahead of time and have Classroom post them automatically later.
Use posts created in other Google Classroom classes they teach

Classwork Page Menu

Reusing Posts Created In Other Classroom Classes:

Choose, "Re-use Post" from the "+ Create" menu
Select the class from the window that opens
Select the post (assignment) you wish to re-use
At the bottom, left of the window, select "Create new copies of all attachments" if you wish to re-use the attachments from the original post
Click the "Reuse" button at the bottom, right of the window
The assignment appears in the class you are working on, in edit mode. You can change the title, directions, and add other files, if you wish.
Choose a due date and topic category, if you wish.
Click, "Assign"

Note: If the original assignment pushed out a copy for every student, the re-used post will do the same thing, creating a new copy for each student.

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Creating Posts And Assigning To Multiple Classes:

Classroom allows teachers to create one post, and
Assign that post to multiple classes
No need to re-type the post for each class you teach
When creating the post, click the drop down arrow next to the name of the current class you are in
The name of the class is located in the middle of the menu at the bottom of the window
A list of the other classes you teach will be viewable
Click the small box next to each of the classes you also wish to assign the post
Click "Assign" when you are done

Each class you selected will be given the exact, same post, and the attached files will also be included

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Workflow

As students turn in assignments, Classroom keeps track of students that are done and those that are not done. Teachers can see a status of the class at a glance. And, the results can be sorted.

Teachers can filter the page to view: all students, those that are done, those that are not done, and assignments that have been returned.

In addition teachers can:

- open individual student's assignments from this page
- write personal comments to students as they return the work
- grade assignments on this page
- return assignments from this page
Students can post personal comments back to the teachers

Viewing Student Work:

Teachers can view each student's work on a single page
Clicking on a particular student's name in the "People Menu" will open a list for that student
There's a filter to choose what to see on the page: all work, work turned in, missing work, and work returned with a grade
The following can be seen at a glance:
- grades for each assignment
- attachments the student has added to an assignment (paperclip icon next to the name of the assignment, opens that student's work
- comments between that student and the teacher

Reorder classes on the Classroom Homepage:

Teachers can re-order how their different classes appear on the Classroom Homepage
Just click and drag each class, or
Use the drop down menu on the icon for each class; the drop down menu is the three dots at the top, right of each class icon

Calendars In Classroom:

Classroom automatically creates a calendar for each class, with assignments and due dates, helping to keep students organized. Students can choose to click on the word "Calendar" in the left sidebar under "Classes" to view the calendar for any class in Classroom. The calendar will open for that particular class, and assignments will be listed in week view. There are arrows at the top for students to scroll through past weeks or upcoming weeks.

Calendars - Regular Tool:

Classroom also can link to your regular Google Calendar. On the Classwork Page, click the "Google Calendar" link (top right). This will open the regular Google Calendar tool.

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