What is Google Classroom?
Google Classroom is an educational platform that offers a wide variety of features to help enhance teaching and learning, boost collaboration, and streamline assignments. These features include the ability to create and manage classes, share assignments with students, grade students work paperlessly, provide real-time feedback, and many more. Students can use it to turn in assignments, engage in discussions, share learning resources, track learning performance, and more. Google Classroom is available on the web and as a mobile app for Android and iOS.Google Classroom How-to videos
Below is a compilation of Classroom video tutorials I curated from Google for Education YouTube channel. Go through the list and click on the title you are interested in to watch the tutorial in YouTube. These tutorials include:
- Google Classroom 101
- How can I utilize Sheets for my differentiated lessons?
- How can I save time with Classroom hacks?
- How do I capture creative work and improve imagery?
- How can I save time when grading?
- How do I know what my students see on their screens?
- How can I integrate Jamboard to make classwork collaborative?
- How can I organize my classes?
- How can I foster Social and Emotional Learning?
- How can I use Digital Storytelling with my classes?
- How can I give students a voice in their learning?
- How do I give meaningful feedback to my students?
- How can I deliver asynchronous learning?
- How can I facilitate ongoing assignments?
- How do I connect with family and guardians?
- Help - I cannot find my students' work!
- How can quiz assignments assess students' learning?
- How do I differentiate learning for my students?
Google Classroom video tutorials for students
In this playlist, Google for Education shares a number of interesting tutorials to help students understand how to use Google Classroom in their learning. These tutorials include: how to use Google Classroom code, how to join Classroom with a link and/or email invitation, how to join a video meeting in Classroom, and how to turn in assignments in Classroom.- How to Use a Google Classroom Class Code
- Join Google Classroom with a Link (Web)
- Join Google Classroom with a Link (Android)
- Join Google Classroom with a Link (iOS)
- Join a Video Meeting in Google Classroom (iOS)
- Join a Video Meeting in Google Classroom (Web)
- Join a Video Meeting in Google Classroom (Android)
- Join Google Classroom with an Email Invitation (Web)
- Join Google Classroom with an Email Invitation (iOS)
- Turn in an Assignment Using Google Classroom (Web)
- Turn in an Assignment Using Google Classroom (iOS)
- Turn In an Assignment Using Google Classroom (Android)
Google Classroom guides for teachers and students
Check out this collection of resources covering the main important things you need to know to start using Google Classroom in your teaching and learning. All of these resources are sourced from Classroom Help Center.
A. For Teachers
Check out these Google Classroom guides created specifically for teachers:
1- Getting Started
2- Creating and Managing Classes
1- Managing Classes
2- Managing Assignments
3- Connecting with Your Classmates
2- Creating and Managing Classes
- Add a class
- Add a class resource page
- Invite teachers to a class
- Set class permissions
- Invite students to a class
- Remove a student from a class
- Remove a teacher from a class
- Archive a class
3. Creating and managing assignments
4- Communicating with your Students
B. For Students
The guides below are intended for students. They include:
2- Managing Assignments
3- Connecting with Your Classmates
