Google Classroom

Google Classroom is a free web service developed by Google for schools that aim to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students.

Google Classroom is designed to help teachers effectively manage document sharing and provide feedback to their students. Google Classroom works side-by-side with Google Drive.

Google Classroom saves you time, keeps you organized and helps you communicate with your students. Get started today, with resources, tips and tricks from educators like you.

Classroom is NOT:

A learning management system (LMS) A student information system (SIS) A gradebook.

Classroom is designed to fit alongside your existing solutions (i.e. Moodle, Edmodo, Hapara, PowerSchool, etc)

Classroom Helps Teachers:

automatically creates Drive folders for each assignment
create and collect assignments paperlessly
create assignments and share a single document or automatically make a copy for each student.
see who has or hasn't completed the work
provide direct, real-time feedback
Students can easily see what’s due, so they can stay on top of their work
make announcements and start classroom discussions
create, review, and grade assignments quickly, all in one place Google Education Trainer

Classroom Helps Students:

stay organized with one Drive folder for each class/teacher notifies students on class stream when work is assigned and due class materials are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive communicate and assist classmates through class discussions Share resources.

Teacher Setup

Classroom is designed to be used by teachers without input from IT or Tech Support. Setting up your classroom will take less than 5 minutes per class!

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Now that you know how to use Classroom, there’s nothing stopping you.