Google Classroom Parent/Guardian Weekly Summaries

Earlier this month, Google released a great update to Classroom to help keep Parents/Guardians informed of class assignments and announcements for their students in Classroom. Teachers can enter the Parents/Guardians email address in the Student section of classroom where it says to “Invite Guardians”.  You should easily see if their email address is already in…

Google Classroom and Forms Fall Updates 2016

Google released some great updates this week to get ready for the new school year.  You can easily annotate assignments in the mobile Classroom app, add parent/guardian emails to send weekly reports from Classroom, create Topics for sorting in Classroom, and add images to options in multiple choice or similar questions in Google Forms.  You…

Using EdPuzzle with Google Classroom

Last summer Google released the Classroom API so other programs and apps could communicate and integrate with Google Classroom.  One of the most recent ones to do this is EdPuzzle.  EdPuzzle is great tool for adding questions, feedback, and your voice to premade videos for use in your classroom.  You can assign videos as homework…

Google Classroom Introduction – Updated 1-20-15

Google updated Classroom last week and added some features that teachers were asking for.  (This shows that Google is listening to the feedback that teachers are leaving and that if there is a feature you want, make sure to suggest it.)  Classroom now gives you a way to view all assignments in one place, for all classes…

Google Classroom Updates 10-14-14

Google is constantly listening to teachers and updating Classroom to better meet the needs of many.  You do have to remember that this is a free and lightweight service so you should not be expecting full LMS features but this is a great tool to use to help organize and streamline many things.  It is…

Student Introduction to Google Classroom

With Google Classroom being fully rolled out and being used in multiple classes here at AHS, it is important for students to know the basics of how to use Classroom.  Classroom is very easy to use and takes very little time to learn.  The following video should help students get started and help teachers see…