Google Classroom

I started using Google Classroom with students early in the year.  I was co-teaching a unit on research with my colleague Karen McGrath so we could learn more about Google Classroom and provide important research skills to students.  

First of all Google Classroom is easy to set up:

• Login into your Google account
• Go to Classroom
• Click on the + (top right)
• Click Create Class 
• Add a Class Name & Section
• Click Change class theme (on the right side) Choose from a gallery images or upload your own image which will become a banner for your classroom.
• Click on the About tab to add details about the class such as name, description, room number.  You can also attach files such as the course outline to this page.

Now it's time to add students (there are a couple of ways to do this)

1. Invite Students (via email) to join the class:

• Sign in to Classroom at classroom.google.com.
• Click the class you want to add students to.
• At the top, click Students.
• Click Invite.
• Check the box next to the students you want to invite or check the Select all box to invite all the students listed.
• To see other contact lists, click My contacts.
• Invited students will receive an email
•  The student must then click a link in the email or sign in to Classroom and click Join.

2. Give students a code to add themselves:

• To get the code go to the class page. The code will be on the left of the stream.
• Send an email to students with the class code or write it on the board in your classroom.
• Give the students these instructions:
  • Sign in to Classroom at classroom.google.com.
  • On the Home page, click .
  • Enter the code that I gave you in the box and click Join.
• To reset the code or disable it, click the code and select Reset or Disable.