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Get started with Google Classroom. Login and create a class

First line is your class name, make it unique to any other Google Classroom classes you have. Put school year on the 2nd…

After creating a class you will be taken to the settings cog. Set the general settings and grading.

In the settings of Google Classroom under General settings reset the code until you are confident no student will mess u…

Teach students how to behave online and how to responsibly post on social media by leaving ON "Students can post" in Goo…

Important! Turn on "Show attachments and details" in the General Settings of Google Classroom

Toggle on show deleted items when you need to review inappropriate posts that you deleted.

In the settings cog of Google Classroom go down to the bottom to set the grading categories. I hack this to not be grade…

Click the save button after setting Google Classroom settings.

Learn how to set classroom settings in Google Classroom with tips from Alice Keeler.

In the Google Classroom header banner click on "Select Theme" to choose your theme.

Customize your Google Classroom with alicekeeler.com/goto Google Drawing. Download your banner as PNG and upload to Clas…

On the Stream in the Google Classroom class click on the broken square to display the code.

After uploading your custom Google Classroom banner header it will dim. These are the rules of material design, you have…

When you go to your Google Classroom class it goes straight to the Stream. This is your social space. Click to add a mes…

Record a video with the Screencastify Chrome extension and since it saves to Google Drive, add to an announcement on the…

Go to the Classwork Page and Create Topics

You will need a topic created in Google Classroom that gives you a place to organize resources such as the class syllabu…

Create your syllabus in a Google Doc and add to an assignment using Google Drive. Make it no due date. No points. Studen…

Students go to the Classwork page on Google Classroom to locate the About Resources topic to review the syllabus.

Use the 3 lines menu in the upper left to return to the class tiles page. Organize your classes, access another class or…

Not ready to share your materials or assignments with your students? Use the tiny triangle in Google Classroom to save i…

After saving an assignment or materials as a draft in Google Classroom you will want to post it eventually. Click on the…

If you want to make updates to a document in Google Classroom it is NOT ATTACHED it is linked from Google Drive. Go to G…

I have invited a student via their email. They go to the class tiles page and see the join button. This takes them right…

Students can find the syllabus by going to the Classwork tab and looking under the About/Resources topic you created.

Google Classroom is designed to be organized on the Classwork page by topics.

In Google Classroom eliminate "What are we doing today?" by creating a today topic.

At the end of the day drag the assignments under the today topic to the topic you want to organize under.

Use the Classwork tab to CREATE a question to students and switch to multiple choice.

For all your Google Accounts manage them in Chrome to make it easy to switch accounts and multi task.

Use the Create button on the Classwork page to ask a question. Have students check in through a multiple choice question…

Create an assignment in Google Classroom and in the instructions tell them to respond in the Private Comments. This is w…

Google Classroom generates a lot of email. Honestly, I love this! It helps me to know what is going on in Google Classro…

It is important to MANAGE the email notifications from Google Classroom. Set a filter to look for "Added a private comme…

Tell students that when they want you to reply to their private comment in Google Classroom that they start their commen…

I LOVE THIS! Just click create in Google Classroom assignment. Add Slides. Change to Students Can Edit File. Boom, now w…

If you have turned on Attachments and Details you will be able to see from the Stream if anyone has done any work.

Get to a filtered list of assignments you need to give feedback on by clicking on "View all" in the sidebar of the Strea…

Every Google Classroom class automatically has a class calendar. Adding office hours to the class calendar lets all stud…

Add a new photo to Google Classroom for your profile.

From the class tiles page, students will click on the Your Work icon in the bottom right of the class tile.

Students can see a list of all of their assignments and the assignment status on the View Your Work page

On the Classwork page use the Create button to assign a question. Students can find this question on the Stream if you h…

Teachers can share their Google Classroom files. Here's how!

Alice Keeler shows the teacher side and Vicki Davis shows the student side in this Google Classroom duo-demo which inclu…

Use the Jamboard web app jamboard.google.com to create a Jam and add it to Google Classroom. This allows students to col…

In Google Classroom ask students to CREATE a document right in Classroom. This gives you instant access to the document.

On the Classwork tab hover over the assignment stripe to find the 3 dots to edit the assignment.

Google Classroom is designed to be organized by topics on the Classwork page. Frequently direct students from the Stream…

Students navigate to the Classwork page to locate the assignment, click on open assignment, and find their work in the Y…

Go to Google Classroom and click on the class title

If you are adding a group of students to Google Classroom and you have a list of their emails, no need to add one at a t…

Google Classroom has updated to make it easy to add Google Forms to an assignment. Use the Create button to create a For…

Quiz assignment adds some funky code to your Google Form that makes it tricky to reuse and reset. Avoid the hassle and j…

Materials do not allow for private comments. Use an assignment that is ungraded without a due date instead.

In Google Classroom give a return comment when you return assignments to students.

Create an announcement on the Stream of Google Classroom

On the announcements, by default, students and teachers are able to reply to the announcements and have conversations ri…

In Google Classroom display the class code to allow students to join your class.

After going to a class in Google Classroom, click on the Classwork page

View list of students in Google Classroom from the People tab

Make sure you click on the Settings cog in the upper right of your Google Classroom class to set the settings.

Collaborate in Google Slides! Google Classroom makes this so easy! Use the Create button in the assignment to create a G…

Create a blank Google Slides right in Google Classroom for students to collaborate on.

If you already have a Google Slides that you want to collaborate with students on add it to Google Classroom and change …

It is important to have a way to visually communicate with your students. Google Classroom is so great for so many reaso…

Students can easily find all of their assignments and all of their missing work in one place.

Version history is now in Google Jamboard. In this webinar we talk about version history and how it is similar and diffe…

Go to http://classroom.google.com or use the Apps Chooser (Waffle) to log into Classroom. Make sure you are logged into …

There are 3 ways to add a student to a Google Classroom class.

If you are new to using Google Classroom go to http://classroom.google.com and login with your Google Account. Learn …