Prelim - Week 4 Google Classroom

Week 4 Google Classroom

Objectives

Week 4

This week you will

• Explore Google classroom sections and tools
• Identify possible uses of the G classroom tools

• Discuss the contents of the week in the live class

" I've got a theory: If you love your workspace, you'll love your work a little more."

Cynthia Rowley

Google Classroom - Sections

There are four main sections in each Google Classroom: Stream, Classwork, People, Grades. We will look at each section individually and we will also look at the tools you can use. When you work with some of these tools for the first time, remember that you can always come back to Week 4 and use this content as a reminder.

The STREAM is ideal for communicating with your class or classes.

Google Classroom - Stream

Google Classroom - Classwork

In this section, you will be able to ask your students to complete a variety of assignments. Some of them can be done live, during your class, but most will probably be assigned as homework. We will go into the different kinds of assignments and how to use them in class in another session. Today, let’s focus on how to keep them organised and how to make sure that student’s know what to do when.

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Google Classroom - Assignments

To create a new assignment, you follow the same steps as when you want to create a new topic. Click Create and choose assignment, which is the basic type of assignment.

Google Classroom - Assignments

Google Classroom - GRADES

The assignment tool feeds directly into another section of the Google Classroom: GRADES. You can see clearly who has submitted, who has not, and who has submitted late. We will explore how to mark assignments and how to give feedback to each student in another session in more detail.

Google Classroom - PEOPLE

The final section left to explore is PEOPLE. As you can see this section gives you an overview of who has joined your class and what their status is (teacher or student). If you click the 3 dots on the right of the student’s name, you will be able to:

• email the student (if you need to communicate with them privately)
• remove the student (for example, a students who has been moved to a different level / group)
• mute the student (for example, someone who is disruptive and post irrelevant or inappropriate messages)