1. “Classroom” App
Kelsy Power
Edu 620

2. What is it? Classroom is a free google app
It helps teachers save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students
It is linked to your google drive, so everything is saved in real time
This is an web-based app, so you can access it anywhere you have internet

3. Getting started
If you don’t already have a google account, you’ll need to create one.
Go to:
I already have an account, so I will walk through what to do if you don’t have one. I will then show screenshots of my mom’s account (she teaches with me). I would show my account, but she has more uploaded in hers currently and it is a better example.
Once you get to this page, click “sign in with a different account” at the bottom.

4. Creating a new account
If you don’t already have an account, click “add account” and then “create account”
Fill in your information in order to create a new account
Once your new account has been created, type in the address bar:
You’ll be taken to a page that says you have to sign in with google Apps for education
Fill in this information, confirming that you are an educator
It should then take you to the classroom application

5. Classroom App When you create your classes, it should look like this.
She has 6 classes created. You can create as many as
you need.
You can add another class by clicking
the plus sign in the corner
In order to access your class, just click on
the box of whichever class you want.

6. You’ll have to add your classes for whatever sections you teach
You’ll have to add your classes for whatever sections you teach. She teaches science and religion, so I’ll click on one of the science sections to show you around
This page will come up. You’ll see three sections:
Stream, Students, and About
These sections will help you navigate through Classroom.
Stream is where all your assignments that
you post will show up
Currently, there is one assignment that has
Been posted.
You can see how many students have turned it in
in real time.
To assign something, click the red +

7. Creating a New Assignment
Type in the title of your assignment, when it’s due, and any other additional information.
Here you can click which classes you want to assign it to, if it’s meant for more than this class.
You can attach anything you want to add from Google drive, Youtube, etc.
Then, click assign. Students will see this assignment on their Stream feed.
This works the same way for an announcement or a question.

8. When the students turn in their assignment, their assignment will be in Google drive. Each student will need their own account name in order to access Google Drive. These were created by our administrator.
You’ll see which students are done because they’ll upload their assignment from Google Drive to the assignment on Classroom.

9. This student is completed with her assignment.
The assignment was to use Google Slides
(which is like a PowerPoint).
She submitted her assignment and you can see
that she’s under the “Done” section. In order
to view her assignment, you just click on the
Slides.
This will open her presentation in another
window.
You can then grade it and give her points.
This is where you can change the point value.

10. Students To invite your students to a class
or manage your students, click
on the “Students” tab.
Your class code is what you’ll
give your students in order to
invite them into the class page

11. About
On this page, you can tell your
students about yourself

12. Final Thoughts
This app has been amazing for the teachers and the students. The kids get excited to use it because it feels like an online course. For the teachers, it’s nice because we are able to easily access our students’ work from anywhere with internet access.
It’s very user friendly once you get the hang of it!
As we currently use it, I would consider “classroom” to be somewhere between the Augmentation and Modification SAMR level.
It allows students to use technology to organize, complete, and turn in their way in a different way than in the past. They’re able to access more because they are doing everything completely online and with the use of technology.