Google Classroom Foundations

Overview

In this instructor-led, online training course, students will be provided with a foundation for Google Classroom knowledge and skills. Students will learn how to create a class, managing their classroom page, configuring grading settings, transferring and removing grades, and more!

Course Instructor: Shannon Jauregui

Course Outline

01. Creating a Class

Any Gmail account can now make a Google Classroom (recent update)
Create a class
Add class information
Class Code

02. Managing the Classroom Page

Select a theme
Uploading photos
Custom headers and graphics
Settings
Edits for the classroom (stream content control, etc.)
Invite codes
Invite link
Display code
Stream settings
Classwork on the stream
Student view needed
Deleted items
Guardian Summaries
Google Meets Link
Side Bar Settings
Profile
Email Notifications

03. Configuring Grading Settings

Coming Soon: Semester, Quarter, and Periods
Total points
Calculated by dividing total points a student earns by total points possible in the class
Create categories and set point values for a classroom
Weighted categories

04. Transferring and Removing Grades

Must have SIS
Infinite Campus (other partnerships are in development.)
District has to have a Campus Learning license
Must have G Suite for Education
Managed by G Suite Administration, Schools or Institutions apply for a free G Suite Education
Must be one roster compliant
Classroom API for grade Export
Admin sets up connection
Remove Grades
Removes grading category from corresponding classwork but does not remove the classwork
Class
Settings
Next to grade = X
If Weighted: adjust remaining categories
Save

05. Stream Management

Upcoming
View All
Review
Announcements or Schedules
Select Classrooms
Typing in entry
Adding attachment
Schedule
Save as Draft
Edit
Delete option
Post
Posts on the stream
Move to top
Edit
Delete
Copy Link
Student Responses and Posts
Reply
Delete
Mute student

06. Type of Assignments

07. Google Meets

08. Calendar and Class Drive

09. Creating an Assignment

Title
Instructions
Add attachment
Google Drive
Link
File Youtube
Create
Docs
Slides
Sheets
Drawings
Forms
For Section
Points
Due
Topic
Creating a topic
Question
Review of previous material
Short answer or multiple choice
Students can reply to each other
Students can edit answer
Student Perspective
Assignment
Turn in
Material
Review of previous materials
Student Perspective
Reuse a post
Other Google Classrooms / Teachers
Create new copies
Topics
Purpose
Student Perspective

10. Rubric

Create a Rubic
Reuse a Rubic
Import from Sheets
Student Perspective
Assignment
Turn in
Grades

11. Plagiarism

Needs a G suite Education Account
Three assignments per class
Unlimited originality reports: G Suite admin to update to G Suite Enterprise for Education
Originality reports for 45 days. After that you can run another report
Students can run 3 reports on their work before they turn it in. You cannot see the reports students run. After students run their last report, they can continue to work on the assignment before turning it in.
You can turn on originality reports before or after getting student work
After: click on classwork, next to the assignment click three dots, and edit, check plagiarism
To view the originality report:
Classroom automatically runs the orginality report for each submitted docs file visible only to the teacher.
If a student unsubmits and resubmits an assignment, classroom will run another report.
Class, classwork, view assignment, student filed, on the right click # flagged passages.