GOOGLE

CLASSROOM
Features and Benefits, Basic How To’s
 Agenda
Topic Contents Slide number
WIIFM Save facilitators time 5-6

Communicate and collaborate 7

Classroom Homepage Homepage 9

Hamburger 10

Calendar 11

To-do 12

Archive 13

General Settings 14-15

Classroom Sections Stream 17

Classwork 18
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Topic Contents Slide number

Classroom Sections People 19

Grades 20

Classroom Basic Settings and How Links to: Create a class, Add a co-teacher, Inviting a student, and
22
To’s Classroom Settings

Links to: Create a Topic, Assignment, Quiz assignment, Question,

Classwork Components Material, Reuse a post/material, Classwork Features: Attachments and 24
Student interaction

Links to: View student submissions, Enter grades and return work, Per
View or Update your Gradebook 26
student summary, Download a copy of your gradebook

Resources Weblinks for Google Classroom support articles 28

Classroom Features
and Benefits
 WIIFM - Save facilitators time

Add students easily Manage multiple classes Teach together Enrich assignments
Students can join a class with a Reuse existing materials from Co-teach a course with up to 20 Use various materials such as
code, giving you more time to another class. Share posts across other instructors YouTube videos, PDFs, and
teach multiple classes, and archive other items from Google Drive.
classes for future use Also accessible via the
Classroom mobile app

One-click worksheets Customize assignments Customize grading Prepare in advance

Attach a worksheet to an Add grade categories, due dates, Choose a grading system, create Draft announcements,
assignment and create a copy point values, and topics to the grade categories, and see all your assignments, and questions, or
for each student with a click assignments you create grading for a class on the Grades schedule them to post at a certain
page time
 WIIFM - Save facilitators time
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Quick exit-tickets and polling Customize your class graphics Keep resources in one place Keep students organized
Post a question to students, then Change the default color or theme Create a topic for key resources, Classroom creates a Google
view results within Classroom for your class so students can always access Calendar for each class and
materials easily updates the calendar with work
and due dates. Students can also
view upcoming work with a click

Keep teachers organized Keep classes organized Individual assignments Grade quickly and easily
Review student work, including Teachers can organize the Teachers can post work and Sort students, see who's turned in
assignments, questions, grades, Classwork page by creating announcements to individual work, add feedback, draft grades
and previous comments. View topics that can be easily students in a class. Export final to share later, or return graded
work by one or all classes, and reordered grades to Google Sheets or to a work to all students with a click
sort by what needs reviewing CSV file for upload elsewhere
 WIIFM - Communicate and collaborate
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Access anytime, anywhere Real-time feedback Create class discussions

Access Classroom 24/7 on the View, comment, and edit student On the Stream page, post
web or via the Android and iOS work in real time in the Docs announcements, engage students
Classroom mobile apps grading tool. Annotate student in question-driven discussions,
work in the Classroom mobile app encourage them to reply to
classmates, and move important
topics to the top

Manage class discussions Share content

Control who can post to the Share links, videos, and images
Stream page, and mute individual from websites to Classroom with
students from posting or one click in the Share to
commenting Classroom extension
QUESTIONS?
Classroom
Homepage
 Classroom Homepage
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Create or
Join a class
Other options
● Edit - modify Class name,
Section, Subject, Room
● Copy - create a copy of the
class
● Archive - keep old/ completed/
unused classes

Created or
Joined Class

Open Access Google

gradebook Drive folder
Hamburger icon
for “Class”
(Other tools)
Classroom Homepage (Hamburger)
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Go to your Classroom Homepage and see all your classes

View your weekly calendar and class due dates

See tasks you need to review and you have reviewed

Go inside the class to access Stream, Classwork, etc.

View your archived classes - either restore or permanently delete the class
Access general Classroom Settings
Classroom Homepage (Calendar)
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Choose your week view

Classwork due date; Click to get to the

specific classwork
Filter your classes to see
a specific class due date
Classroom Homepage (To-do)
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Classroom Homepage (Archive)
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Other options:
● Move - arrange class order
● Copy - make a copy of the
class
● Restore - restore class to
class list
● Delete - Delete the class
*A class needs to be put to Archive first
before completely deleting
 Classroom Homepage (Settings)

General Settings
● Profile:
○ Change Profile Picture
○ Account Settings
● Notifications - Turn the following setting
on/off:
○ Email
■ Receive email notifications
○ Comments
■ Comments on your posts
■ Comments that mention you
■ Private comments on work
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General Settings
● Notifications - Turn the following setting
on/off:
○ Classes you teach
■ Late submissions of student work
■ Resubmissions of student work
■ Invitations to co-teach classes
■ Scheduled post published or
failed
○ Class notifications - Turn email and
mobile notifications on or off for a class
QUESTIONS?
Classroom Sections:
Stream, Classwork,
People, Grades
 Classroom Sections: Stream
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Class code to be
shared to students Change theme using
saved themes or
upload a photo

Google Meet link

Post directly to Stream.
You can also add files,
Youtube videos, Google
Upcoming tasks /
Drive files, and links
assignments and
due dates

Updates are posted here

 Classroom Sections: Classwork
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Links to open Google Meet,

Google Calendar, and Google
Drive class folder
Filter your
view to a
specific
topic or
view all
topics

Create the following:

● Topic
● Assignment
● Quiz Assignment
● Question
● Material
● Reuse post
Classroom Sections: People
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Invite a teacher

Teachers list Other options:

● Email
● Remove
● Make class owner

Invite a student

Students list

Actions:
● Email
● Remove
● Mute
*Note: A student needs to be selected first
before performing any actions
 Classroom Sections: Grades
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Name sorter: by
first or last name Tasks assigned to students in class

Class average per task

Score per student per task

Click on the student name to see all

assigned tasks and which ones were
submitted
QUESTIONS?
 Classroom
Basic Settings and
How To’s
Basic Settings and How To’s
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Add a co-teacher
Create a Class

● Inviting a student using

Invite Feature Classroom Settings
● Inviting a student using
a code
QUESTIONS?
 Classwork
Components
 Classwork Components
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Create a Quiz
Create a Topic Create an Assignment Create a Question
assignment

Create a Material Classwork Features: Classwork Features:

Reuse a post/material
Attachments Student interaction
View or Update your
Gradebook
View or Update your Gradebook
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View student Enter grades and

submissions return work

Per student Download a copy

summary of your gradebook
QUESTIONS?
 Resources

● Classroom Support Page:

https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/?hl=en#topic=6020277

● Classroom Help:
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/topic/7175444?hl=en&ref_
topic=6020277
QUESTIONS?
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THANK YOU!
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