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Wouldn't it be great if you could organize assignments, resources, and grades for your students in a single location? Fortunately, Google for EDU listened intently to teacher needs and designed Google Classroom to do just that. It's what I like to describe as the anti-LMS (learning management system) because it's both simple and effective. Students have a single source of information for assignments, parents can see missing assignments and student progress, and educators are more easily able to manage digital assignments and communication.

Google Classroom makes teaching more efficient and meaningful by giving educators a hub for student assignments, boosting student collaboration, and fostering communication. Educators can create classes, distribute assignments, send individual feedback, and see everything in one place. Classroom also seamlessly integrates with other Google tools like Calendar, Google Docs, Slides, and Drive.
Signing into Classroom
Since we are talking about using Classroom with students, I am going to assume you are in a school or district that is using G Suite for Education. I am also going to assume you know your login information for Google that has been provided to you by your school or IT department. And finally, I am going to assume you will be logging into Classroom from an internet-connected desktop or computer. I recommend doing this before trying it on mobile or tablet.

To sign into Classroom, go to classroom.google.com
Create a Class
As a teacher, one of the first things you'll do in Classroom is create a class. In a class, you can assign work and post announcements to students. If you teach multiple classes (at the secondary level), then you would create a class for each section you teach. For this exercise, I'll only have you create one class.

To create your first class, follow the steps below:

1. Go to classroom.google.com and sign in.

2. Select the Teacher role

3. On the Classroom Home page, click the + symbol and then choose Create class

4. Give the class a title that is meaningful to you and your students

5. The following are optional, but may be relevant to your personal teaching situation:

1. To enter a short description of your class, grade level, or class time, click Section and enter the details.

2. To add a subject such as Algebra I, click Subject and enter a name or click one from the list that appears when you enter text.

3. To enter the room location for the class, click Room and enter the details.

6. Click Create.

You will now see a class code displayed, but you won't need that right now. We'll come back to that at a later time when you are ready to invite students to your class. If you ever need to see the code, you can view it on the Stream page.

Congratulations! You have now created your first Google Classroom. You're well on your way to using Google Classroom to support student learning. In the next post, you'll learn how to add assignments and resources to your class before inviting students.

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Wouldn't it be great if you could organize assignments, resources, and grades for your students in a single location? Fortunately, Google for EDU listened intently to teacher needs and designed Google Classroom to do just that. It's what I like to describe as the anti-LMS (learning management system) because it's both simple and effective.

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Steps to Creating Content on Google Classroom

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Creating assignments and materials

Google Classroom gives you the ability to create and assign work for your students, all without having to print anything. Questions, essays, worksheets, and readings can all be distributed online and made easily available to your class.

Watch the video below to learn more about creating assignments and materials in Google Classroom.

If you haven't created a class already, simply click the Plus icon in the top-right corner and select Create class.

Fill out all of the necessary information, then click Create.

Creating an assignment

Whenever you want to create new assignments, questions, or material, you'll need to navigate to the Classwork tab.

In this tab, you can create assignments and view all current and past assignments. To create an assignment, click the Create button, then select Assignment. You can also select Question if you'd like to pose a single question to your students, or Material if you simply want to post a reading, visual, or other supplementary material.

This will bring up the Assignment form. Google Classroom offers considerable flexibility and options when creating assignments.

Click the buttons in the interactive below to become familiar with the Assignment form.

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Once you've completed the form and clicked Assign, your students will receive an email notification letting them know about the assignment.

Google Classroom takes all of your assignments and automatically adds them to your Google Calendar. From the Classwork tab, you can click the calendar icon to pull this up and get a better overall view of the timeline for your assignments' due dates.

Using Google Docs with assignments

When creating an assignment, there may often be times when you want to attach a document from Google Docs. These can be helpful when providing lengthy instructions, study guides, and other material.

When attaching these types of files, you'll want to make sure to choose the correct setting for how your students can interact with it. After attaching one to an assignment, you'll find a drop-down menu with three options.

Let's take a look at when you might want to use each of these:

Students can view file: Use this option if the file is simply something you want your students to view but not make any changes to.

Students can edit file: This option can be helpful if you're providing a document you want your students to collaborate on or fill out collectively.

Make a copy for each student: If you're creating a worksheet or document that you want each student to complete individually, this option will create a separate copy of the same document for every student.

Using topics

On the Classwork tab, you can use topics to sort and group your assignments and material. To create a topic, click the Create button, then select Topic.

Topics can be helpful for organizing your content into the various units you teach throughout the year. You could also use it to separate your content by type, splitting it into homework, classwork, readings, and other topic areas.

In our next lesson, we'll explore how to create quizzes and worksheets with Google Forms, further expanding how you can use Google Classroom with your students.

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helpful video for creating a Bitmoji classroom

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How to Create a Bitmoji Virtual Classroom Using Google Slides