Google Classroom

Objectives
Participants w i l l be a b l e to:
❏ Create classes in the Google Classroom
❏ Add students to classes
❏ Post assignments & announcements
❏ Grade assignments & provide feedback for
students
❏ Explore the student & teacher Google
Classroom features
 Google Classroom
Google Classroom is part of the G Suite
for Education (Google for Education)
package that includes Gmail, Google
Drive, Google Calendar and other apps.
It’s targeted to teachers and students in
both K-12 and higher education markets.
 Google Classroom Features
•Set Classroom themes with school colors or logo
•Reuse assignments, tests or other course content in
future classes
•Add content to assignments, such as video, PDFs,
Google Docs or Google Forms survey
•Share videos, links or images from other websites with
students
•View assignments, announcements and other resources
on a class resource page
Google Classroom Features
•Draft assignments or announcements and schedule
them to post on a later date
•Use Google Calendar to track assignment due dates
•Export grades to Google Sheets or a .CSV file
•Set permissions on whether students can make posts
or comments (or mute individual students)
•Set permissions on which teachers can create and
manage classrooms, or which schools within a district
can use Google Classroom
Steps in Creating
Google Classroom
Step 1: Create
Classes
classroom.google.com
Click on the plus (+)
sign, and select
“create class.”
 Enter the following
information and click
Create.
Once y ou have
created a folder
for all classes,
your home
screen should
look similar to
this page.
 In the class you have created. You
can generate the link for google meet
and get the class code.

Click generate
meet link to
create the
google meet
link. At the
upper corner
you will get the
class code.
In order to c h a n g e
the theme of y o u r
class, click, “Select
theme or You can
upload photo.”
Step 2: Add
Students
Go to People Tab To add students and
teachers in your class
click the icon or you may
use the class code.
Type the email address of the
students or teachers and click
invite.
 After inviting your
students/teachers
remind them that there
will be an email from
you for them to join the
class.

Open the email and

click join
Go to classroom.google.com Join class using the classcode.

Click join
Step 3: Create Announcements
& Classwork
 Create
Announcements
 In order to communicate to
the class for
announcements go to
stream tab and click “Share
something in your class” .
 When posting a n
announcement, y o u m a y
select multiple
classes/students to
receive the
announcement.
 Create
Assignments/Classwork
In order to post a class work, go
to Classwork tab and click Create.
Create Assignment After filling out the Select assign,
Option details click assign schedule, save
draft, discard draft
Create Quiz Assignment After filling out the
Select assign,
Option details click assign
schedule, save
draft, discard draft

To link in the
google form
Create Question Option After filling out the Select ask, schedule,
save draft, discard
details click ask draft

Choose multiple
Choose short choice
answer
Create Material Option Select post,
schedule, save
draft, discard
draft
After filling out the
details click post
Reuse Option

Pick one or more

options

Select class

Click Reuse
All works are reuse
Add Topic Option

Type the topic you

want to add and
click “Add”
 All created assignments, quiz,
questions, materials etc. will appear
in the Classwork tab.
You may leave feedback for students on their individual
assignments upon return in grades tab or you can email
the students. .
In addition to feedback, you may also assign grades to
each student assignment/work .
You may also monitor each work of
your students in Grades tab.

Click the icon

with the name of
your student.
You may see the updates of classworks created in
the upcoming just click “View All”.
Step 4: Integrate
with Google
Drive
Classroom creates a Google
Drive folder for each
created class. Click the “Class Drive
folder”
Exploring Classroom
2. S t u d e n t P e r s p e c t i v e
❏ Joining a new class
❏ DIgital workflow - complete & submit
assignments
❏ Digital communication - discussion &
email
❏ Integration with Drive
Step 1: Join
Classes
In order to join a class, students can
accept the invitation sent b y his or
her teacher through email, or can
enter the class code.

Class Code
Homepage
Step 2: Submit
Assignments
 The students’
home screen will
display the names
of all their classes,
teachers and
upcoming
classworks.
The “Classworks” page will
keep track of past and
upcoming class works.
Students can also access, complete, and
turn in their assignments from the class
Stream.

Click turn in when

finishing the task.
Studens can also
communicate by having
a private comment.
 Once the teacher h a s g ra d e d a n d
returned the submitted assignment, the
student m a y a c c e s s his o r her g r a d e o n
Click “View your work”
the “Classwork” page.
Step 3:
Communicate
 Stude nts c an po st
comments,
attachments, YouTube
videos, a n d links
directly to the class
Stream.
 Stude nts m a y
communicate directly
with the teacher o n
assig n me n ts using
the comment feature.
Step 4: Integrate with
Google Drive
 Classroom
automatically creates
a Google Drive folder
for each class.

Stude nts & teachers

m a y a c c e s s the
Google Drive folder in
Classroom o n the
“About” page.
Students m a y also
a c c e s s Classroom
folders from
Google Drive.
Stude nts m a y attach
files from Google Drive
o r create a n
assignment in Google
Drive from Classroom.
 Additional Res o u r c es
● Classroom Help Center
● Introduction to Google Classroom Article
● Teacher & Student Classroom Point of View Video
● Introduction to Google Classroom Video
Jennifer Keigher
St. Anne Community High
School