Benefits ●Saves time and paper ●Easy to learn ●Always available, anytime, anywhere ●Keeps work organized for students ●All their classes in one place ●All materials accessible from anywhere ●Enhances communication with students ●Instant feedback from the teachers ●Teachers can see easily see what the students are struggling with and what needs improvement ●Parents stay informed about student's school work

How does Classroom work with other Google Apps? ● Each class automatically creates a folder in Google Drive ● Assignments – Docs, Sheets, Slides. ● Calendar – Assignments organized by due date ● Notifications for Class Invites, Assignments, Announcements, etc.

Joining a New Class ● Students will join classes at their teacher’s discretion ● Classroom App or classroom.google.com ● Enter code or select Join. ● First time they can take a tour on how to use it.

Student Dashboard

Student Dashboard Navigating

Class Stream ● Comments posted to the Stream everyone in the class can see ● Teacher can see deleted posts and comments

Announcement

Question: Short-Answer or Multiple Choice?

Assignment

Comments posted to the Assignment only teacher can see

How do the Assignments work? ●Once you turn-in an assignment you lose editing rights and you can only view until you un-submit.

Un-submit ● Teacher can see how many times turn in or un-submit and each version – what needs improvement

Classmates ● Chat History in Google Drive can be retrievable by the teacher

About our Class

Coming this fall: keeping parents and guardians in the loop ● notifications for guardians so they can stay involved and help to motivate their students. ● Guardians will be able to sign-up to receive daily or weekly digests of their student’s progress, upcoming work and class announcements. ●District 204 will review this new feature and communicate the directions for accessing it.

Classroom App for Cellphones and Tablets ● Join classes ● Post to the class stream ● View their assignment planner ● View, complete, and turn in assignments ● Contact teacher and classmates

More Questions? Andrew Fekete Instructional Technology Specialist Google Apps Domain Administrator Indian Prairie School District