Practical Guide to Google Classroom

Welcome to Section 2 of the Practical Guide to Google Classroom.

Welcome to the first lecture. As a teacher, the first thing you'll want to do in Google Classroom is to create a class. Are you ready? Follow the lecture right along! It is easy! In a few minutes, you will have your own Google Classroom.

You can use the downloadable guide that shows you the most critical steps to refresh your memory later. The lecture also provides you with a link to the Google Help Center, where you can find directions on different features in Google Classroom from the development team at Google.

You can use a personal Google account as well as a Google account from your school or organization to set up your Google Classroom. But you want to make sure you choose the right one, and you are logged in the right one. This lecture talks about why that matters and how you can double-check.

Now that you have your first classroom, you might want to make it look like yours; you want to individualize your classroom. You have the option to change the image and color. You also have the opportunity to choose a different theme image from the gallery or even upload one of your photos. This lecture will show you how.

You can use the downloadable guide that shows you the most critical steps to refresh your memory later. The lecture also provides you with a link to the Google Help Center, where you can find directions on different features in Google Classroom from the development team at Google.

This lecture will show you how you can change class information, duplicate a class, bring order into your classes, archive classes, and delete classes if you need to.

You can use the downloadable guide that shows you the most critical steps to refresh your memory later. The lecture also provides you with a link to the Google Help Center, where you can find directions on different features in Google Classroom from the development team at Google.

This lecture teaches you an essential concept of Google Classroom. The more you are familiar with the concepts, the more you can use Google Classroom's full potential for your teaching.

This lecture talks about the code for your Google Classroom. What is that code, and what can you do with it? This code is critical, as you can use it to invite students and co-teachers. Learn where to find it and share it.

This lecture provides you with a link to the Google Help Center, where you can find directions on different features in Google Classroom from the development team at Google.

You have made awesome progress! Here is a short recap of this section.

Welcome to Section 3 of the Practical Guide to Google Classroom.

In this session, I will show you how to create a topic. Topics allow us teachers to organize the content we will create. Imagine a subject as a chapter or as a headline. It is not content, but it is meant to give your class structure, so your students can easily find things.

This lecture will show you how to add an assignment to your classroom.

This lecture will show you how to add a quiz to your classroom.

This lecture will show you how to add a question to your classroom.

This lecture will show you how to add learning material to your classroom.

A lot of work goes into preparing material for students. So, would it not be cool to copy things I have done and use them again? The good news is, you can. Google Classroom gives you the option of “reusing” posts. That means you can copy assignments, questions, quizzes, and material - and use them again without having to set it up from scratch. This lecture will show you how.

This lecture talks about the difference between saving, scheduling, and drafting. Understanding the differences will equip you with a better understanding of how Google Classroom works.

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Welcome to Section 4 of the Practical Guide to Google Classroom.

You have different options to add students to your class. You can invite them with a link they can click or give them a code to join. This lecture will show you step by step how you can do that.

Do you want to invite other teachers to your Google Classroom? This lecture will show you step by step how you can do that.

As a teacher, you can make postings, but depending on the settings you choose, the students can interact, too. This lecture will show how you can create a message, share those messages with individual students, and make important announcements for the entire class.

You have learned before making an announcement, and you may have seen that whenever you add new learning material, Google Classroom posts that automatically on the Stream. But it gives you different options on how these announcements show up. This lecture will provide you with insights into the settings and how you can choose the best option for you.

You are a Google Classroom pro by now! Here is a short recap of this section.

Welcome to Section 5 of the Practical Guide to Google Classroom.

This lecture shows you the different options Google Classroom has to set up grading. You have three options: Not to give grades at all, give students points, or have grades in different categories and weigh them differently.

Google Classroom allows you to organize your grades with points for different categories. This lecture will show you how you can do this.

Google Classroom also allows you to organize your assignments with different categories and weights assigned. This lecture will show you how you can do this.

Grades! Every teacher loves them, right? This lecture focuses on setting up grades in Google Classroom, but how can grading be done most efficiently?

The final section is in the books! Here is a short recap of this section.