Google classroom is a free online
service that lets teachers and students
easily share files with each other
teachers can post assignments quizzes
and more and then grade them all without
having to print anything it also makes
it easy for teachers and students to
communicate you can post announcements
on the class homepage or email your
students directly you can even message
their parent or guardian to access
Google classroom visit
classroom.google.com
while logged into your Google account
the first thing you'll need to do is
create a class just click the plus icon
in the top right corner then choose
create class a dialog box will appear
asking how you plan to use Google
classroom Google classroom requires
schools to use G suite for education if
their teachers intend to use it with
their actual students this provides
teachers and students with more security
and privacy if you teach at a school and
you're seeing this message check with
your school or district to make sure
they're signed up otherwise if your
plans are for personal use only you
won't need to worry about this next
you'll need to enter the name of your
class there's also the option to enter a
section
a subject and a room number if you're
using Google classroom in a school when
you're done click the Create button once
you've created a class you'll be taken
to it automatically you might want to
spend some time getting to know the
interface let's start with the class
Stream which is kind of like your
class's home page on the stream you can
post your own announcements for your
class to see you can also allow your
students to post and comment on the
stream under upcoming you'll find any
work that's due soon and also reminders
for things like tests and trips at the
top of the page you'll see the menu
command where you can access other
classes your calendar to-do lists and
more to the right you'll find tabs for
your stream classwork people and grades
on the class work tab you can create a
sign and organize all of the work for
your class on the people tab you can
view and communicate with the students
and teachers in your class the grades
tab lets you manage everything to do
with grades including grading
assignments and monitoring your students
progress you'll see more here once you
start working with students finally in
the settings menu you can view and edit
details about your class like the name
and description the class code and more
you can also control whether students
can post and comment on the stream and
customize how class work is displayed
under grading you can enable the overall
grading feature which will automatically
calculate your students overall class
grades this is completely optional but
without it you'll be missing out on some
useful features no overall grade means
nothing will be calculated automatically
total points will calculate your
students averages based on their graded
work weighted by category will let you
create your own custom categories so you
can use a weighted grading system with
this option you'll need to commit to
adding a weight category to every test
and assignment manually or your students
overall grades will be incorrect
now once you've created your class
you'll need to add students to it one
method is to
by your students via email to do this
navigate to the people tab click the
invite students icon and you'll be taken
to a menu where you can type your
students email addresses when you're
done click the invite button an email
will be sent to your students with a
link inviting them to join your online
class you also have the option to add
students using a class code this is a
shortcode that anyone can use to join
your class all you have to do is send it
to them you'll find your unique class
code right here on the stream tab you
can even use the Display button to make
it easy to copy and paste now you can
share your code with anyone you like
that covers the basics of Google
classroom check out the rest of our
series for help creating assignments
communicating with students and more GCF
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