Get Started
Overview
Overview
In this module you will learn how to set-up your own Google Classroom as well as how to enroll and manage your students.
Objectives
Objectives
- Create class
- Enroll Students
- Manage student privileges
- Understand how share information and materials on the Google Classroom "About" page
- Understand how to manage your classes
Student Responsibilities
Student Responsibilities
- View: Google Classroom for Teachers: Locate Classroom and Create Class
- View: Google Classroom for Teachers: Enroll and Manage Students
- View: Google Classroom for Teachers--About Page
- View: Manage Classes
- View: Recent Updates to Google Classroom (August 2017)
- Read/View: Welcome to your First Day of Classroom (Google's Training Center for Google Classroom)
- Read: Get Started (review Google's support materials as needed)
- Read: Create and Manage Classes (review Google's support materials as needed)
- Read: How Classroom Works (review Google's support materials as needed)
- Read: Guardians (review Google's support materials as needed)
- Read: Extending Classroom (review Google's support materials as needed)
- Read: Add a Class Resource Page
Tasks
Tasks
- Log in to your school Google account, proceed to Google Drive: https://drive.google.com, and locate Google Classroom via the "Waffle" icon (Google Apps Launcher). Alternatively, visit https://classroom.google.com. If this is your first visit to Google Classroom, please identify yourself as a Teacher.
- Create a class and invite your classmates for this class and the teacher (Rob) to join ( copy and paste the Class Code in your discussion post). Alternatively, invite the teacher and your current students to join.
- Decide what type of privileges you would like to assign to your students:
- Students can post and comment
- Students can only comment
- Only teachers can post or comment
- Create a Class Description on your About page
- Add Class Materials to your About page
Discuss
Discuss
Complete the following on Google Classroom.
- Share your Class Code to allow your classmates to enroll in your class as students.
- Share your thoughts on the positive/negative aspects of using Google Classroom to collaborate and communicate with your students and how you might integrate this tool into your teaching.
- Feel free to comment on at least one other student's post.