In this video I'm going to teach you the basics of how to use Google Classroom as
a student. So you can see here on Google Classroom's homepage
that you can see all the classes that you're already enrolled in.
Then in order to join a class you're going to go up to the 'Add' button
and then enter the class code that your teacher gave you.
It's also possible that your teacher just sent you a direct invite
through your email and if you click on that link, that's another way you can
join the class as well. You'll see after you enter the class
code and click 'Join,' that you'll be taken directly to that
class and then to get back to the Google Classroom home page,
you can just click on the three bars on the top left hand side of your screen
and select 'Classes.' In each class you can also see whether or not you have any
upcoming assignments. So here in the Math class you can see
that you have Sample Assignment #4 due on
Thursday, but in the other class you don't appear
to have any assignments. And then if you log back in and
something's been assigned for that class, you'll see that it changes and that
assignment will show up. Before we actually get into these
classes, let's take a look at some of the features that are available to you
on the home screen. If you go up to the three bars on the top left hand side of
the screen and then scroll down to Calendar, that's
going to allow you to see all the assignments that you have coming up
this week. And you can tell that you have assignments for different classes
because they're in different colors. And then if you click on the assignment
it's going to take you into Google Classroom so that you can see what that
assignment is all about. So this is actually an assignment that this student
already turned in and you can tell that because at the top
it says 'Turned In.' So let's go back up to those three bars to see what else you
can do here. In addition to the calendar, you can also
go down to the To-do list. That's going to allow you to see all of
the assignments that you need to do for all of your classes in a big list.
So here at the top, you'll see that this student has several missing assignments
and you can also see the specific class and date for that assignment. Then if you
scroll down you'll also see upcoming assignments for this week and the weeks
ahead. So for example the student has
assignments due Thursday and Friday of this week,
as well as some assignments due the following week. Then you can also go up
to the 'Done' tab to see any assignments that you've
already turned in. And just like on the calendar, you can
also click directly on those assignments to be taken directly to them.
Let's go back here to the home page again. Without even logging into your
class, you can also just see the specific assignments that you have for one class,
as opposed to all of your work together, which is what we just looked at.
So here you can click on the clipboard icon and that will allow you to see
assignments that you have just for the specific class that you chose.
Again you can also see assignments that have been assigned to you,
assignments that have been returned to you, as well as missing assignments.
All right now let's actually just jump into a class. So I'm going to click here
on Mr. Kary's 6th Grade Class. First I just want to show you another
place where you can go to find your upcoming assignments.
You'll see down below that it says 'Upcoming' and then you can see that you
have an assignment due this Friday. If you click 'View All,' that's
going to take you back to the same page that will allow you to see all of your
upcoming assignments, returned work, and missing work. Now you'll notice here
that we're on the Stream tab. Your Stream might look different depending on how
your teacher sets it up. Here you can see that your teacher
posted an announcement for you in the Stream and if you try to click on
it to comment you can't because your teacher has turned off
comments, but if you see this open box beneath the comment that says 'Add
Comment,' then you can actually write a comment
underneath that post. But be careful because if you write
something that's not related, your teacher can mute you
and you could tell that you've been muted because if you try to access that
again to comment on it, it's not going to let you do that.
So make sure that when you're commenting, you're actually answering the question
and that it's school appropriate. And when you're ready to submit it, click
the 'Submit' button and it will show up with your name.
It's also possible that you're going to see a big running stream
of assignments and announcements on the class Stream.
In this case the teacher has chosen to post all of their announcements,
assignments, materials, and questions on the Stream
in one place. Now let's go to the Classwork tab, which is the most
important place you're going to go in Google Classroom.
Again depending on how your teacher set it up, you might see different
topics in the Classwork tab. So I'm going to show you a couple typical ways that
teachers might set this up, just so that you know what it might look
like. A teacher might set up their topics where they're actually just showing you
the different weeks of school and expecting you to do the assignments
that are at the very top of Classwork. And then another option is that teachers
might set up their topics based on areas of study.
So for example if you have all subjects with one teacher, you might see topics
like Social Studies and Math in your Google Classroom and then
teachers might also make topics like Homework or Resources
so that you know where to go for specific things in Google Classroom.
It's best to make sure you just clarify with your teacher so that you understand
the way that they're using topics so that you can find all the materials
and assignments you need on their Google Classroom. Now let's just
take a look at some individual types of assignments that you're going to see
in Google Classroom. So before we actually look at the assignments,
notice how some assignments are blue and some are grayed out.
If you guessed that the assignment that's grayed out means you've already
done it or it's an assignment you don't need to
turn in, then you're correct. The blue assignments indicate it's
something you still need to do. So let's click on this first assignment
that has a question mark icon and that question mark also tells you
that you're going to have to respond to a question here. Here you can see your
teacher wants you to answer a question. You can also see how many points this
question is worth, as well as the due date. So let's start
typing our response. Oops I just made a mistake! Notice where
I put the answer to this question. Instead of writing it where it needed to
go, I actually wrote it in the class comment.
This is a common mistake and it's easy to make because the comment is right
below the question, but where you actually need to type it
is up there where it says 'Your Answer.' And if you want to message
your teacher directly about this assignment
and not have anyone else in the class see it, you can do that
in the private comments section below. Click 'Post' and it will show up so your
teacher can read it. Then when you're ready to turn the
assignment in, click on that blue 'Turn In' button
and then click 'Turn In' again. Notice that since this is a question,
you can also read your classmates answers. You can do that by going up here
to the 'Classmate answers' tab and there you'll see the other responses
that students in your class made. And if your teacher has the setting
turned on, you can hit the reply button and respond to their post with your own
comment and then just actually make sure you click
'Post' so that your comment shows up. All right let's check out this next
assignment on the list called the Han Dynasty Hyperdoc,
and when you click on it make sure again to click 'View Assignment'
to get all the information that you need. Here you can see that your teacher
attached Google Slides to this assignment
that they want you to complete. So to get into those slides, you'll just want to
click on them and then go through them and see what
you need to do for this assignment. And when you're ready for your teacher
to check it, hit that blue 'Turn In' button again. And again if you
want to ask your teacher a private comment about this assignment,
you can do that below. Notice as well that this teacher is allowing students
to unsubmit work and then redo it if necessary. So here if
you decide that you actually want to go back and
fix something, you can click on 'Unsubmit' and that will allow you to go back in
and edit your work and then turn it in again when you're
finished. Let's look at this other type of assignment.
Instead of a Google Slide, this assignment is in Google Docs.
When I click on it, you'll see that I'm given some directions about what I need
to type and then when I'm ready to hand it in,
there's actually just a 'Turn In' button on this Google Doc that you can press in
order to turn in. If the button isn't there, you can
still turn the assignment in by clicking 'Mark as Done.' And now
let's look at this last icon, which is grayed out, which remember means
that there's nothing that you actually have to turn in.
When you click on it, you'll see that for some reason your teacher thinks that
this funny cat video is a really important resource and they
want you to watch it. In all seriousness though,
teachers might post different websites or videos or articles that they want you
to read, just because they're important resources,
but there's no specific assignment that you have to
do with this resource. The last thing I'm going to show you here is what to do
if your teacher gives you an assignment and asks you to upload work from your
computer or from your Google Drive folder. So if I
click on this favorite food assignment here,
I'll notice that my teacher wants me to attach an image of my favorite food
to this assignment. So I'm going to go up here to the 'Add or create' button,
then I'm going to scroll down to 'File,' and there I'm going to find an image
that I already took either in my Google Drive folder
or just on my computer. If you find a file that you want, you need to make sure
you click 'Open' and then once the file has uploaded,
click 'Turn In' and then 'Turn In' again to make sure that
your teacher gets it. All right those are the basics of how to
use Google Classroom and remember that this is just an overview and that your
teacher might have some specific ways that they want you to use it,
that weren't shown in this video.
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