Google Classroom Setup

Follow these steps to setup Assessments Using Google Classroom

Step 1:

Assuming that you have a Google Classroom operational - you will simply assign a "New Assignment".

Select Create Assignment.

Step 2:

Create Assignment

You are going to set-up the assignment to create a portal for the students to share their video.

1 - Make sure you select the appropriate class

2 - Name it.

3 - Assign the due date and time (this is a great tool as it puts this assignment on your Google Calendar as well as theirs!)

4 - Topics are a bit like hashtags. When you use them frequently you can very easily sort for "like" assignments in classroom.

5- Hit Assign

Step 3: Students submit

Students will simply record a video of themselves playing the test. The preferred method is simply to use their smartphone and upload it directly to the Classroom App. There are also other options like Click Champ that allow the use of a Chromebook to record using the Webcam - though there are limitations here. I do have students who do not have cell phones - yet have been able to work with friends/parents/siblings/etc to make the videos. This was a perceived hurdle that ended up being insignificant.

Simple Grading

You will have two ways to grade this assignment. The simple version is you will simply click on the assignment which will bring you to the assessment screen.

1 - Click on the students name. Click the video, it will open it in a new tab and allow the video to play

2 - Simply assign a score. Grade the next student.

3 - When done grading ALL (for that day), you can hit the "return" button. This will allow the students to see the grades and comment.

Power Grading

This will require a bit of setup time, but once you have done this once - it gets very easy after that.

Step 1:

Open Google Sheets. Create a new spreadsheet. I try to name them the exact same thing that I named the assignment, and add "grading sheet" to the end of it.

Step 2:

Assuming you have never done this - click on Add-ons>Get add on. It will pop open a new dialogue box with various available add-ons. In the search area type Doctopus. When the search results come up - on the far right - there will be a green button to "get add-on" - mine says "Manage" because I already have it installed. Click it!

Step 3:

Go back to your spreadsheet that you created. Once again click "add-ons" - but now listed under add-ons you should see Doctopus listed as an option. Roll your mouse over the name and a new sidebar will pop up. Click "Launch".

If successful you will see the panel on the right on the right hand side of your spreadsheet.

Step 4:

You will next "Select mode". You should (1) "ingest a Classroom assignment"

You will then simply select which class you would like to ingest (2). In this case "MMC test Class" and assignment (3) "Concert Cb Major Scale Quiz".

Finally click "ingest" (4).

Once it has processed. It will tell you how many assignments you have turned in, and not. I always click the "only ingest files that are turned in" box. You can always look for new submissions later.

Step 5:

The ingest process takes a few mins. Be patient. The first couple of times I used this - especially with larger ensembles - it took quite a while.

Be sure to click on the "ingested sheet". It can not put anything on the first sheet.

Step 6:

You are now ready to attach a rubric to the party.

Simply click on a rubric that you have made. If you use a name with "Rubric" in the title - it will automatically find it for you! Then - simply hit "Attach Rubric"

You must create your rubric in a Spreadsheet format. It must have ratings across the top and categories down the side!

This sometimes takes a moment too - but hang with me - it's totally worth it!

Step 7:

You are READY TO GRADE!

Select the cell with "Assess file" in it for the 1st student listed. It will pop up a hyperlink above it - click on it!

The teaching window below will pop up. In the upper left panel, you will see your rubric. Each tile is a button you can click on to grade. Each tab is a category.

In the upper right panel - you can use that text box to write in some comments OR click on the microphone to record comments for your students! Be sure to check the box that lists "email scores to...". This will automatically generate an amazing email (see below) to your student - you do NOTHING. They can also reply to this email if they have any questions!

In the lower panel - the video of your student. I typically watch it one complete time - then restart it while I am giving comments to make sure I don't miss anything.

Step 8:

When complete with your final submission. You will simply go to the "rubric scores" sheet. This will show you all of your entered data.

Finish up:

I am not sure why they haven't yet - but they don't give you a total. So - in the far right column, next to the first row of student entry simply type "=Sum(" into the box. In my case in cell L2. It will then allow you to click and drag the cells you need to total. (In my case cells F2-J2.) Hit enter.

After you hit enter, you will see the little blue box in the lower corner of the cell - click and drag that straight down until your last grade is visible. You should have a column of your total grades now. For me - because my students are sorted alphabetically - I simply type my raw scores directly into the gradebook and i am done!

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