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1. I would definitely use the creating topics tip to organize my assignments and questions for later review and retrieval. 2. I love posting questions. I find that it engages students and gives them an opportunity to connect with each other and offer feedback. This builds classroom community and responsive learning and thinking. 3. Assigning to individual students and groups is great for differentiating work for the students and personalising their learning. 4. Saving drafts is a great help for long range planning for upcoming units and bends in our UOS.

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1. Creating a topic and organizing topics: This is such a helpful tool to help organize assignments based on modules. I can see myself making topics for the many ELA module topics we cover like 'Frogs' and 'Peter Pan' so that I can easily find assignments.
2. Assigning posts to a specific students: This is an awesome way to differentiate work! For writing assignments. I can give higher students a blank slate to take off running with and lower students scaffolded writing prompts!
3. Moving posts to the top of the stream: Well now I feel like an idiot for always telling my students to keep scrolling down until they find the assignment that we have been working on for some time. I can bring that assignment to the top before the lesson so my kids don't have to waste time searching for it!

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Fatima:  1. Assign posts to specific students: I love this method!! I think it would be great to help differentiate activities for my students. Posts assigned to specific students will only be visible to those students, which will help me discretely differentiate my lessons.2. Creating Topics and Organizing by Topic: Creating topics will help my students better navigate the assignments. Organizing by topic will help me and my student access the material in an organized manner. It will also help my students understand which topics are related to one another based on their organization. 3. Save posts as a Draft and Assigning a Draft Post: This topic is helpful for planning and assigning activities. Saving a post as a draft allows me to plan an activity and come back and review it prior to assigning it. If I fall behind on my pacing, I still have the post saved as a draft and I can go back and alter or tweak the assignment before posting it. 

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Fatima:  1. Assign posts to specific students: I love this method!! I think it would be great to help differentiate activities for my students. Posts assigned to specific students will only be visible to those students, which will help me discretely differentiate my lessons.2. Creating Topics and Organizing by Topic: Creating topics will help my students better navigate the assignments. Organizing by topic will help me and my student access the material in an organized manner. It will also help my students understand which topics are related to one another based on their organization. 3. Save posts as a Draft and Assigning a Draft Post: This topic is helpful for planning and assigning activities. Saving a post as a draft allows me to plan an activity and come back and review it prior to assigning it. If I fall behind on my pacing, I still have the post saved as a draft and I can go back and alter or tweak the assignment before posting it. 

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1. Posting questions- this option is great as an opening for discussion. I can find video clips or articles or images that the students can view and then offer a question to get them thinking and talking about the topic and their thinking about it.
2. Assigning posts to specific students- this is a great way to differentiate a question- with the students that need a little more concrete thinking you can be more specific and for those who are more abstract you can offer them a question that aligns more with their thinking. You can also use this feature to discuss different books or topics and to connect on information at an entry point appropriate to each group.
3. Moving a post to the top- this would be a nice feature to use to highlight some thinking of a student or to enable more discussion around a question or point made by a student.

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1.      Assign an assignment to a specific student: This option will allow me to differentiate assignments easily. I can assign different tasks to each of my guided reading/math groups that would best meet their individual needs/levels.

2.      Saving a post as a draft: This option will allow me to work ahead on assignments and/or make changes before finalizing them and assigning them to students.

3.      Creating Topics/Sorting by Topic: This will help me organize my assignments easily. As a 2nd grade teacher, I would create topics for each subject/unit (ELA Skills unit, Listening and Learning Domain, Math Module, etc.). This can also help for organizing grades by subject.

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Creating Topics: When I have multiple assignments in one unit I like to create a topic so that my students are able to choose the topic rather than having to scroll through the feed to find their assignments.
Posting in multiple classes: As a high school music teacher, teaching multiple sections of the same course, reusing posts between classes has made my life SO much easier. I can post it in one class and then just reuse a post in another.
Assign posts to specific students: This is something that I haven't used yet but am looking forward to using this school year. I plan to have a classroom for my middle school instrumental students for them to input written work. Being able to assign to specific students within one class allows me to individualize based on instrument and their skill level. Or create a class with all instrumental students and then post assignments for specific lesson groups.

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Archiving an Old Class:  I had to archive previous classes, as I have a new grade level this year.

Assign Posts to Specific Students: I plan to have centers this year, I could assign posts to students in different groups.  They could also work collaboratively on assignments this way.

Saving and Assigning Posts as Drafts: I may not be finished with an assignment I would like to give, and would like to have it set up so when I needed it, it is already set to be assigned to students.

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Assigning to Specific Students: I will use this feature to provide extra practice for those students that are struggling with a topic or if I believe they need to practice more before a quiz and are not studying enough at home. I also plan on using it to provide more challenging assignments to the students that find the material simple, because they have a background in Spanish.
Saving post as a draft: This is a nice feature that I will use when I have time over breaks or the weekend to upload a bunch of assignments. I wouldn't want to assign them all right away, but it will be nice to have them all set to post when we get to that assignment at the busy time of the year.
Using posts in multiple classes: This will be nice, because I have multiple classes that are the same level. Although we complete some different assignments, most of them overlap, so it will be nice to just create that one assignment for them.

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Assigning to Specific Students: This will allow me to have students work on assignments that would target what they specifically need more practice on in math centers/stations, for a warm-up, homework, and assessment.  This will allow students the ability to work on things at their levels and not be scared classmates will know what they are working on.
Using Posts in Multiple Classes: This will allow me to create once and use multiple times.  I can create assignments and games and be able to post where they work.  This saves from creating the same think over and over.
Organizing by Topic: This will help in keeping assignments broken up by topics for easier relocating and being able to refer back to it.  It will also help students know the main idea of the where the assignment is coming from.

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Posting a question: I would use this feature to ask questions of students in multiple classes, a single class, or even specific students within a class.  This allows me to differentiate easily.
Reuse a Post:  I could use this feature if I want to revisit an earlier question that was posted to see growth from students over time.  I could also use this feature if I forget to provide a copy for each student to complete.
Creating topics: My courses (Math) have many distinct units and being able to create topics and organize assignments by topic is very useful for me and my students.

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Archive a class or retrieve an archived class: This option will be useful in staying organized from year to year as more classes are created. I also find it useful that I can retrieve old assignments easily from archived classes to reuse as necessary.
Assign posts to specifics students: This action is useful in differentiating student work and due dates as needed. It can be used to organize students by needs for resources, reading levels and task options.
Moving posts to the top of the stream: This feature is useful in organizing assignments in the order you want students to view as opposed to when they were assigned. Often times we want to go back and look at prior work with a different lense and as another teaching tool.

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1. Assigning posts to specific students - I would use this feature to differentiate assignments among student work groups and language proficiency levels in my ENL class.
2. Posting to multiple classes - I teach two sections of a health class in addition to my ENL classes, so this would be useful to post assignments and readings to both sections of my health classes.
3. Creating topics - I would use this feature to separate all of our RIGOR units in my ENL class, which is the instructional model we follow with ELLs in my school.

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1) Assigning to Specific Students - I would use this to differentiate my work for ability levels, reading groups and work groups.
2) Moving a Post to the Top - Sometimes I get ahead of myself and do things out of order.  This way I can go back and post something but make sure that my students get it in the order that they need and that I want.
3) Creating Topics - As an elementary teacher, this would be great for creating assignements in each of the subjects that we teach.  This way I can create multiple assignments and not have to go and look for them in a mess of assignments.

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After watching all the videos, I realize I will be using all at some point. The 3 three I will be addressing:
1) Archiving and Retrieving Class - I will be able to move a class(es) off the board when no longer needed but have the capability to retrieve for reference.
2) Posting a Question - I can use this for a Bridge (warmup), Ticket out the door, or a homework assignment.
3) Creating a Topic - great tool to be able to stay organized through the various subjects and material covered.  And knowing how to add a topic after a post is very helpful knowing that I know I will forget to do that step at some time(s).

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After watching the video clips I have already archived a class. Love that I can do that incase I ever have to go back for an assignment. I don't like to DELETE things. I love that I can save and schedule a draft post. Sometimes life happens and you cant finish a started assignment. I wish I would have known about the assigning to specific students before...I created separate classes to assign a group of kids last year...UGH!

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Save Poast as Draft/Assign the Draft
This option allows me to create peices I use over and over again and can prepare in advance and assign when we get to that topic.
Moving Posts to top
This allows me to remind students of previous learning and show how it will connect to the next assignment
Assigning Post to Specific Students
This otion allows for easy differentiation and for students to work at their own pace through a unit or topic.

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Assigning Posts to specific students:  as a consultant teacher, this is perfect for providing differentiated or modified assignments to my specific students based on their needs.  If students are working independently on their Chrome Books, there is no worry about others seeing that their assignment is different.
Assigning posts to different classes is also useful for my self contained classes as they work on the same unit.  Unfortunately, I can differentiate those posts for individual students.
Creating topics and saving to those topics is also a huge time saver as I can link certain activities to topics and then the students can just click to that topic to get to the specific activity.

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Assign Posts to Specific Students
I think this would be great to differentiate lessons.  I can give different students different assignments or vary the length of an assignment for each student.  The  best thing is that no of the students will know that anyone's work is any different.
Posting a Question
I will use this when I am having students watch a video or read an article.  I can post a question(s) that they will have to answer at the end so they won't become anxious about what they will have to do.  I personally like to read my questions first so I know what I am looking for in a story or video, and I know many of my students prefer that also.
Moving Posts to the Top
I think this will be helpful for students in the primary grades.  I can put what they need to work on at the top so it will be easy to find and they don't work on the wrong one.  Also it will make it so students don't become overwhelmed at all the choices and I can easily help them find what they need to work on.

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Reuse Posts
I hope I can use old posts with learning targets from archived classes in the new classes I create for this year.

The archive works very well, since I have been using google classroom for three years.  I archived many of my old classes and will get them back to get ideas.

The create and manage topics is nice because I can in the future organize my topics and lesson in my online google classes. I will be doing that over the next week.

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I will use "pose a question" in my classroom because I think it can be used as a good opener and conversation starter.  I did already learn this in Google 101, but this was a good review.

I will also use the archive option.  Because I am in so many content areas, this will be a good way for me to save lessons I developed for my ELLs that can be used for review before regents or for a new semester.

The "create topics" will be useful to help me organize my material.  As I said before, I find myself working in numerous content areas, so this will keep me on track.

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The archive would work well when I have elective classes that are taught only certain semesters.Posting to only certain students can help when I believe the student may need additional support with a health related issue. Finally, posting a question will allow for students to present a preview of what they think a topic entails and review the question upon completion of the topic.

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I would use the Creating Topics and Organize by Topic.  I would add topics for each chapters and give access to the students so they look it up in their book.
This will give the students a better understanding of the assignment if they can review what has been taught.

Posting Questions: is a great post-assessment for the new chapter that will be reviewing in Science class.
I would use an my assessment tool so I can get an idea what students know.

Moving Posts to the Top: I would use this for assignments that need to be looked at over in case they didn't get the concept from a topic taught to them.
It is important to remind students that those options are available and I know sometimes students won't always scroll done for the topics.

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I would use the archive a class to clean up my dashboard and save classes from previous years or semesters. This would allow me to still access my past ideas but not have a cluttered dashboard of classes when logging on.

I could use post a question to get feedback from students on a specific task, assignment or class topic.  It is a quick and easy way to survey the group.

Lastly, I would use assign to specific students to allow for differentiation of assignments. Students may all be working on the same task but with various modifications. This would allow students to complete modified tasks.

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These are some great videos!  I would and am using The Archive, Post a Question and Adding Topic to a Post.  The archive is a great way to keep your home page clean and organized.  Plus you have instant access and can bring it back at any time to see it and use things from it for another year.

The Post a Question I use a lot for the novels we read in class. Its a great way to keep track of questions for each chapter and you can do open ended or mult choice. Then you add a topic/chapter for each part of the book and keep everything organized even more. This is a new feature for me I didnt know about and am excited to use this year

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I would use the schedule and save draft more than anything else. I like to lay out my week in advance and have everything ready to go. I hate prepping the day before or day of and like to have my stuff done ahead of time. With the schedule I can set up projects and assignments for the whole unit.

I really like the assigning to individual students as well. I like to differentiate my lessons for students whenever possible and this allows me to change assignments for different students or include extra resources for some without the embarrassment of giving extra papers to students having difficulties. It's also much less noticeable when I give extra work to students that are having an easier time and need more of a challenge.

The archive class feature seems like something else I would use. I save all my materials from every year and I've taught 3 different classes since starting at Rochester 2 years ago. I really like being able to hide a class from view without having to delete all the work.

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This is such a cool discussion board!

I moved some topics around including to the top. Its funny you can look at a pull down several times without noticing helpful features like that.

Post a question is so quick and easy - love it. I will do morning journal topics using this one.

When using those posts i like archiving them at the end of the week and then reposting them at a later time so kids can see KWL results.

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Using the Archive feature enables the teacher to pull lesson plans, videos, pictures, websites, etc. from previous classes/years.  It can be used as a storage place so that things can be used over again as well as shared with colleagues.

As a Special Education teacher I would use the Specific Students class assignment posts to deal with any differentiated instruction and/or directions that are required by the IEP's of my students.  This is a private way to get the information/details to these kids.  It is possible to categorize the students by modifications so that the directions can be applied to the appropriate students by selecting the students who benefit from each of the specific directions.

Proposing a Question )Essential Question} can serve as an assessment tool of what was learned during the lesson. The State has asked that teachers ask "higher level" questions that require our students to make connections and reflect. This is a great way for the teacher to keep a pulse on the students and make changes in the lessons when necessary.

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I would use the archive class option for organization, possibly from year to year. I might also want to archive a class that was taught previously but then was altered in a way such that I would need to reconstruct documents and materials. Keeping an archived classroom will provide a reference as well as comparison between the older classroom and a more current version. I would also use the post to some students in the event that I would like to differentiate and/or provide additional opportunities for learning. I may also use the post to some if I am offering a make-up or posting to students who have not completed a task while others have received feedback/grades. I would post a question as both a means to higher order thinking as well as to obtain feedback from students.

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I typically teach at least 2 sections of a class so I like the idea of doing one post to multiple classes rather than having to repeat the process with each class. - time saver!
I also can see myself using the topics and categories to organize assignments and posts rather than have to search through everything for my 8 units.
I also like the idea of posting a question to use as an essential question each day.

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I would use the archive class option if I didn't want my main classroom screen cluttered.
I would use assign specific students work when I am asking students to complete a college associated task. Since not all students are on the same step in this process, it would be helpful to differentiate.
I would use the reuse a previous post because we need to work smarter and not harder! Most of my instructions for students regarding college do not change year to year.

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Posting a questions- As a social worker, I like the idea of posting a question to group participants to continue group work between sessions. Maybe allowing group members to support each other in efforts to try new skills/ strategies. Moving a post to the top of the stream highlights the topic/ focus for that week. Maybe a challenge a student had can be moved to the top for support of group members. Assigning posts to specific students- individuals or groups- to follow up on specific groups or individuals between meetings.

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Archiving a class and restoring a class: 

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Archiving a class and restoring a class: 

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are useful actions to be familiar with in Google classroom because at times an archived class may need to be recovered in order to analyze data trends from year-to-year.
Assigning posts to specific students:

is great for differentiation and group assignments

Assigning saved posts:

is helpful because sometimes I need time to add piece of information or tasks to an assignment and I want to be able to work on it over a period of time rather than all at once.

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Assign Posts to Specific Students:  I would use this feature to assign group projects.  It would be amazing for students to be able to work together online, to see what each other is accomplishing, and to offer suggestions and positive feedback to each other as the project progresses.  I would also like to use this feature to differentiate an assignment when needed.  It would be a less obvious way to assign work at various levels without necessarily drawing attention to any one particular task.

Reusing a Post: We have some assignments that will be repeated throughout the year, allowing students to achieve mastery of the skill or content measured by the assignment.  This particular feature will make this very easy to accomplish with minimal adjustments.

Creating Topics and Organizing by Topics:  This feature will be invaluable for keeping posts organized and for routinely evaluating topics for consistency, differentiation, and completion.  If each subject has its own Classroom, and within each Classroom are the topics to be covered, the amount of time saved searching for posts, projects, and assignments is truly a gift!!

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Post a Question: I would use this to post comprehension questions for students to answer.
Assign Post to Specific Students: I would use this to post questions to groups of students who are reading the same book club book.
Create Topics: I would use this to organize posts by comprehension skill/strategy.

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Because I teach multiple grade levels at any given time assigning to specific students and organizing/sorting by topic would be incredibly useful.  I would use the question feature as a ticket out the door, warm-up, or just to ask students to gauge their understanding.

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Archive a class and recover a class-I would archive a class that has ended which will clear up my Google Classroom page and for organization.
Assigning posts to specific students-This would allow me to differentiate and create activities based on students needs.
Post a Question-I would use this to post my weekly question based on what we were learning in class. The answer would usually be due on Friday and the question would be posted on Monday.

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I would use the assign to individual students to create activities that are targeted to specific needs of the student.

I would use Save as a draft for planning assignments and publishing them according to the  pace of the group.

I would use Post a Question prior to introducing a topic to use as a gauge for previous knowledge or perceptions and then use again at the end of the lesson for reflection

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Posting a question - I would use this for the daily EQ....why?  I can then use their answers to see if they learned the concept adequately or what re-teaching needs to happen next.
Reusing a post - I would do this when I realize that students would benefit in their learning from doing the activity again....so called 'do-over'  To do this I would hit the '+' sign, find the assignment to be re-used and then make a copy for each student and assign.
Using posts in multiple classes - I would use this to assign like assignments for my regents classes, for example, since they all need exposure to the same assignment.  I do this by using the drop down, select the classes I would want the assignment to go to and click the assign button.

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Post A Question-Before introducing a new topic I plan to align this with Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) to get them talking about our current topic. I will also use it with CNN 10 as a "Do Now" to get them talking about current events.
Move a Post to the Top-will be handy when the thread of work becomes lengthy.
Assign A Post to Specific Students will be handy to create small group work for students students with similar reading levels or similar interests.

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"Assign Posts to Specific Students" -Being able to assign work to specific students would allow me to better differentiate my instruction and their learning....I could create different assignments for different students or groups of students.

" Post a Question"- I could use this to jigsaw a lesson.....posting different questions to different groups  or students and sharing through Google Classroom.

"Creating a Topic and Organizing by Topic"- A great way to keep assignments and materials organized. I could also see it a s a way for students to review material taught and practiced. A great way to have everything in its place!

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I will "Post a Question" as a bellwork assignment for students to complete as they finish breakfast. The question can be used as a review from the previous lesson and a springboard into today's lesson.

I would "move a post to the top" to make it more apparent which post is current and requires student attention.

I would "save a post and assign a draft" if I created assignments ahead of time in my planning and am not ready to assign them yet.

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I would "Assign Posts to Specific Students" to differentiate assignments in my English lab classes.  Students who are struggling might have a different  or chunked text, a different way of approaching it (including different scaffolds), or a different assessment.

I will use "Saving Posts as Draft and Assigning Draft Post" in order to work on lessons ahead of time and come back to them prior to assigning them.

I will use "Posting a Question"  as bellwork.  I can have that assignment open in my computer to see which students have completed it within the assigned time.

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I would use "Creating Topics and Organizing Topics" in order to make sure that my class was well organized and that students could easily navigate around.

I would use "Repost a Question" in case students struggled with the concept the day before and I want to see if my reteaching was effective".

I would use "Posting to Multiple Classes" because I teach four sections of the same class and use the same curriculum for all.

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I would use "Assign Posts to Specific Students" as a tool to differentiate assignments and or expectations. As I get new students throughout the year that are not yet familiar with the English language this will allow me to vastly modify assignments between students without students having the ability to easily see the differentiation, which help the focus remain on the specific task rather than where that student is compaired to their classmates.

I would use "Saving a Post as a Draft" when wanting to start planning ahead. This will give me the ability to modify it according to where the students are in the lessons leading up to it. Perhaps we are ahead of schedule in class. This also gives me the freedom to post the assignment earlier than anticipated.

I would use "Reuse a Post" when I needed to either edit a post that otherwise can not be edited or to revisit a topic. This allows me to quickly fix mistakes and/review a topic easily.

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I would use "Assign Posts to Specific Students" to differentiate assignments for my classroom in a discrete manner. This would allow me to not only help those students who are struggling, but also would allow me to challenge the students who are doing well in the classroom.

I would certainly use "Posting to Multiple Classes" as I am a high school teacher and have multiple sections of the same course. I could see it being problematic if I was trying to differentiate as it sounds like the only option is to assign it to everyone. Perhaps for a bellwork assignment?

I would use "Creating Topics" definitely as there are massively large modules in Algebra 1, and it would certainly be helpful to have them organized for students as I have them organized for my own sanity.

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I would use "Archive Old Classes" to remove classes that were samples I created during my training. It will be nice to recover them so that I can refresh my mind if I can't remember what I learned.

I would use "Reuse a Post" if I make a mistake. I would also reuse a post the following year with another class.

I would use "Saving a Post as a Draft" when planning ahead for future lessons.

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I would use Topics to organize information in Google Classroom as there are many "topics" students are targeting in therapy (e.g. vocabulary, articulation, fluency, etc.).

I would use Reuse a Post when I've posted an assignment with a mistake that cannot be edited.

I would Assign Posts to Specific Students because my students are working on a variety of different areas in therapy. They won't all be completing the same assignments.

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I would use "Archive Old Classes" to help organize my dashboard and move old classes from my view. I also like this function because I know that I can recover that information at a later time if needed.

I would use "Moving Posts to the Top" to assist with organization of information on my stream and move urgent posts to the top.

I would use "Saving Post as a Draft" because I like to plan and prepare ahead of time. This function allows me to plan in advance and then schedule the activation for a later time.

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I would use the assign to individual students to differentiate assignments for my students.

I would use Save as Draft to load all assignments for the week, then each day just hit publish to make them go live.

I would use Move Post to the Top to help organize my stream