Welcome back! It’s hard to believe that summer is coming to an end. I hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing summer. As you begin to settle back into school mode, I wanted to let you know Google Classroom has made some new updates.
First and foremost, Google Classroom has added a ‘Classwork’ page. The ‘Stream’ page is now used for general announcements and student posts (if enabled). Each time you post an assignment on the ‘Classwork’ page, an announcement will also appear on the Stream page as well as the Classwork page.
Your students will spend most of their time on the Classwork page. This is where you will post any new assignments or pose a question to the class.
Previously, assignments the stream may have been cumbersome. You can now add assignments by topic. Assignments can easily be moved up and down in the stream.
In the past, you managed student and guardian access on the ‘Student’ page. Now on the ‘People’ page, you can manage student, parent, and co-teacher access.
Students can be invited to join your class using the class code. The code can be found on the People page. However, you can quickly project the code to your class by clicking on the word “About” on the Stream page.
There are also new features within the grading features of Google Classroom. Let me know if you want more information regarding grading features.
I also found this overview video of Google Classroom 2018 updates.
Coming soon: you will have the ability to lock down tabs on student Chromebooks as they take a quiz using Google Forms!
Let me know if you have any questions or would like help setting up your Google Classroom.
