Google Classroom Tips and Tricks by Evelyn Chaleki https://padlet.com/acds/classroom Streamline information and make it easy for students, parents, and teachers. Green - teachers How To, Yellow - Students How To, Blue - Resources, Purple - Tips/Did You Know, Red - Open Issues en-us 2020-07-15 14:17:32 UTC 2023-01-25 15:22:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png Stream: Post announcements for your students acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655250697 Stream is the communication hub. Use it to make announcements.
It will push out to students if they receive notifications.

]]> 2020-07-15 16:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655250697 Settings: Student permissions to post and comment on the Stream acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655251654 You can allow students to post and/or comment.  Note: you can “mute” individual students to stop them from posting & commenting.]]> 2020-07-15 16:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655251654 Stream: Students Post to the class stream acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655252601 If enabled, students can post to the class stream - e.g. ask questions about assignments and other students can answer.  

DYK: If a post or comment is deleted. It will no longer be visible to other students. Teachers will still see it, but it will be grayed out.  Teachers can still reply to the student.

]]> 2020-07-15 16:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655252601 Settings: How Classwork is displayed on the Stream acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655270900 Teachers can determine how "Classwork" is shown in the "Stream": Detailed, Condensed (default), and Hide. 

TIP: If your students find it confusing to have classwork announced in the “Stream.", you can disable this feature to avoid confusion.]]> 2020-07-15 16:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655270900 TIP: Tag People in Comments acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655333108 You can tag collaborators when you comment in G Suite (Docs, Classroom, etc.) so they receive an email notification.]]> 2020-07-15 18:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655333108 How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655366995 This document describes the most popular ways to organize your Classworks page.

TIP: Create a Topic for Past Assignments, drag it to the bottom of your Classwork page. Once an assignment is complete, or you are no longer accepting work, move it to this topic.]]> 2020-07-15 18:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655366995 How to Package Your Digital Assignments acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655367681 This document provides tips on how to package your digital assignments.

TIP: Give each assignment a dedicated Number.  This makes it easier search, find, and reference assignments.

DYK: the keyboard shortcut control/command + F will help you find words or numbers on a page?]]> 2020-07-15 18:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655367681 How to add Materials+ acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655379703 TIP: To clean-up the Classworks page - create a single source (e.g Bitmoji Virtual Classroom) that links to all the materials and information students will need:
  • Syllabus
  • Schedule
  • Class Rules
  • RUP/Media Agreement
  • Back-to-school night info
  • FAQ
  • Frequently Used Materials
Then share it with students under Materials in Classwork.
]]> 2020-07-15 19:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655379703 How to add topics to the Classwork page acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655400613 On the Classwork page, you can group assignments, quiz assignments, questions, and class materials under topics.]]> 2020-07-15 19:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655400613 TIP: Reuse a Post acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655406941 Save time and reuse an announcement, assignment, or question from a class - even if it's archived.]]> 2020-07-15 19:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655406941 DYK: Google Classroom Uses Google Drive? acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655410690 Google Classroom automatically sets up a folder called Classroom in Google Drive.  And it sets up a folder for every class you create.
It also sets up a subfolder for every assignment that has a Google file attached. 

TIP:  Don't make any changes to Google Drive directly.]]> 2020-07-15 19:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655410690 TIP: Link to Assignments acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655416326 You can get a link to an assignment (e.g. to include in an email). Go to the 3 dots to the right of the assignment and click on "copy link".]]> 2020-07-15 19:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655416326 View all of a student's work in one place acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655425140 You can see a list of an individual student’s assignments, grades, and missing work all in one place. You can filter the list by status—turned in, returned with grade, or missing. You can also email it to the student and their guardian.]]> 2020-07-15 20:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655425140 TIP: Get Classroom email summaries (for guardians) acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655428191 As a guardian, you can get email summaries about your student’s activity in Classroom. Email summaries do not include grades. In email summaries, you can review:
  • Missing work
  • Upcoming work
  • Class activities
Guardian email summaries FAQ

]]> 2020-07-15 20:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655428191 TIP: Turn notifications on or off acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655432394 By default, you get email notifications for some activities, such as when someone comments on your post or your teacher returns work. Students and teachers can change their notification settings at any time.

TIP: If you use Classroom on a mobile device, you need to update the settings on your device as well.

TIP: Tell students what you expect from them and suggest notification settings.

TIP: Teachers might want to turn email notifications "off" for when a student marks an assignment as “done.”

TIP: Specials teachers can be added to grade level classes and then they can turn notifications off.

TIP: Turn on cellphone notifications using the Classroom Mobile App.

Manage Google Classroom Notifications Like a Boss]]> 2020-07-15 20:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655432394 How to Invite Guardians acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655442428 Set up guardian email summaries

This video does a nice job showing both the teacher and guardian interface for this feature.  

TIP: Students can be added as a guardian to get a summary email.]]> 2020-07-15 20:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655442428 TIP: Late assignments acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655445704 Ask students to make a private comment when they turn an assignment in late.]]> 2020-07-15 20:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655445704 Classroom Mobile App - Write on Assignments acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655447110 On the Classroom mobile app, students can draw and write on assignments with the note tool. On these types of files:
  • Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
  • Microsoft® Office® documents
  • JPEG or GIF
  • Adobe® PDF®
NOTE: It turns all documents into PDFs.
]]> 2020-07-15 20:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655447110 Classroom Mobile App - Take Photo and Turn In acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655450469 2020-07-15 20:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655450469 How to create an Online Discussion Assignment acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655453517 Online discussions can encourage back-and-forth exchanges that probe more deeply into a topic and engage students in thinking collaboratively. Many students who are not comfortable sharing their thoughts orally in class find it easier to contribute when they have some time to compose their ideas and a bit of distance from their classmates. 

TIP:  It is helpful to provide clear instructions for how students are expected to participate in an online discussion, including expectations for responding to others. ]]> 2020-07-15 20:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655453517 People Tab (Teachers) acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655976671 The People Tab is where you can Add, remove, and email (automatically BCCs recipients): 
  • co-teachers
  • students
  • guardians
You can also mute students.
]]> 2020-07-16 12:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655976671 People Tab (Students) acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655986564 Students can use the people tab to email teachers. If enabled, they can also use it to email other students.]]> 2020-07-16 12:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/655986564 Tour of Google Classroom acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656062503 This is a great site that has a screen shot of each part of Google Classroom along with information on every feature on the page. ]]> 2020-07-16 14:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656062503 Cheat Sheet for Students acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656075102 A great document from Shake Up Learning with information a student needs to get started with Google Classroom.  ]]> 2020-07-16 14:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656075102 Cheat Sheet for Teachers acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656079278 A great document from Shake Up Learning with information a teacher needs to get started with Google Classroom.]]> 2020-07-16 14:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656079278 Google Calendar acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656112848 Each class has a Google Calendar.  Assignments automatically show up on the calendar.  If you don’t assign a “due time”, the assignment will show up as an “all-day event”

TIP: Teachers should add Zoom meetings into Calendars and then invite students to join the meeting.

TIP: Teach students how to use the calendar features like: 
  • turning individual calendars on and off
  • different views (day, week, month)
  • setting notification alerts

TIP: Add the class schedule to the class calendar.
]]> 2020-07-16 15:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656112848 To Review (Teachers) acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656139737 You can get a quick overview of work you assigned across all your classes on the To-Review page. You can see which work is turned in, graded or not graded, or returned. You can also mark work reviewed.]]> 2020-07-16 15:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656139737 Email students with the same work status acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656144150 You can email all students with the same work status. For example, you might want to send a reminder to the students who haven’t turned in an assignment. You can see and sort students in the following ways:
  • Turned in
  • Assigned
  • Graded
  • Returned
You can select any combination of students and groups in each assignment.
]]> 2020-07-16 15:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656144150 ? acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656154381 If you click on the "?" at the bottom left-hand corner of Google Classroom, you will find:]]> 2020-07-16 16:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656154381 Meaningful Feedback acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656168876 This blog post from Shake Up Learning explores ways to give meaningful feedback.

TIP: Getting students to read and take action on feedback can be a challenge. Try this, delay the final grade until they have responded or made revisions based on feedback.

DYK: you can send a private comment on an assignment even before the student turns it in?

TIP: Keyboard shortcut for inserting a comment: 
  • PC = Control + Alt + m
  • Mac = ⌘ + Option + m
]]> 2020-07-16 16:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656168876 See your work for a class(s) (Students) acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656215260 This post explains different ways you can see your upcoming assignments and announcements and what's late or missing:
  • On each class card, you can review up to 3 assignments that are due in the next week.
  • See all your work for a class
  • See work for all classes
  • Check for late or missing assignments
  • See work arranged by topic
]]> 2020-07-16 17:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656215260 Turn on originality reports acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656220812 When you turn on originality reports, you and your students can check work for authenticity. Originality reports use Google Search to compare a student’s work against billions of webpages and millions of books. Originality reports link to the detected webpages and flag uncited text. ]]> 2020-07-16 17:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656220812 Create or reuse a rubric for an assignment acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656222236 You can create, reuse, share, view, and grade rubrics for individual assignments. You can give feedback with scored or unscored rubrics. If a rubric is scored, students see their scores when you return their assignments.]]> 2020-07-16 17:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656222236 Google Classroom Cleanup Tips for the End of the Year acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656224714 TIP:  Copy your class so that you can use it next year. It makes all your assignments "drafts" that can easily be edited. 

Blog post from Shakeup Learning.]]> 2020-07-16 17:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656224714 TIP: Bookmark Frequently Used Pages acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656232354 Teach sgudents how to bookmark frequently used pages such as:
  • Google Classroom - Classwork
  • Google Calendar
  • Virtual Classroom
  • Bobcat Den
]]> 2020-07-16 17:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656232354 70+ Apps that Integrate with Google Classroom acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656243884 2020-07-16 18:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656243884 Create a Google Classroom Custom Header with Google Drawings acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656245593 Make your own headers or challenge your students.

TIP: Different headers for each class makes it easier to differentiate.]]> 2020-07-16 18:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656245593 TIP: Side by Side Chrome Windows acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656247126 Have you ever needed to have two windows open, side-by-side?  Maybe you want to review the student assignment and enter data in the Bobcat Den grade book simultaneously.  This Chrome extension splits a window into two at the selected tab.

Then use Tab Glue to glue them back together.]]> 2020-07-16 18:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656247126 TIP: Share to Classroom Chrome Extension acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656249963 This Chrome extension allows you to push webpages to any of your Classroom classes, so they open instantly on your students' computers. You can also post announcements, create assignments, or save webpages to post to Classroom later.]]> 2020-07-16 18:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656249963 TIP: Use Chrome Browser acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656251506 Google Chrome is the best browser to use with Google Classroom.]]> 2020-07-16 18:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656251506 Switch between teacher and student views acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656304618 Have you ever wanted to switch between your account and a student account, so you can see what your students see in Google Classroom, Seesaw or Book Creator? You can do that by logging into your teacher account in one browser (e.g. Chrome) and a student account in another browser (e.g. Safari).  At ACDS we have a generic student account that you can use. You can also setup run two Google Profiles.]]> 2020-07-16 19:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656304618 Google Classroom Master Class acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656312501 If you are new to Google Classroom, I highly recommend you take the Shake Up Learning Google Classroom Master Class. Definitely worth the time and money.]]> 2020-07-16 19:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656312501 OPEN ISSUES acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656315841
  • What is the most effective way to share schedules?  Using Google Calendar?  Printed?
  • Are there any issues with grading between Google Classroom and Bobcat Den (MS)?
  • What is the best way to communicate with parents (Guardian? Bobcat Den? Google Mailing Lists?)
    • ]]>     2020-07-16 19:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656315841     Settings: See or change class details (Gear Icon) acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656979279 After you create a class, you can see or change your class details. Class details include:
    • Basic information, such as the class name, section, and room number
    • Settings for posts to your Stream page
    • Your class video meeting link 
    • Your class code
    You can change class details in your Settings page. 
    ]]>     2020-07-17 15:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/656979279     TIP: Set Google Calendar Notifications acds https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/657022922 Show students how to set Google Calendar notifications. Encourage them to set it for Zoom calls and important assigments.]]> 2020-07-17 16:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/acds/classroom/wish/657022922