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BDUSD Parents’ Guide to Google Classroom What is Google Classroom? Think of Google Classroom as your child’s digital link to learning (for grades 2-12). Teachers use it to share assignments, homework, newsletters, and much more with students AND parents! Getting Started Your child was provided with a secure login and password that is unique to them. If you are not connected with a google classroom already, email your child’s teacher. Ask them to add you so you can receive email notifications of coursework. Getting Started Go to classroom.google.com and click “Go to Classroom” Getting Started Type in your child’s BDUSD Google Email address & click “next.” Student google email is: The first 5 letters of their last name, first 3 letters of their first name followed by three zeros Example: Jane Smithers would be smithjan000 Note: If you are not using a BDUSD issued device, then you also add “bdusd.org” to the email Example: Jane Smithers would be [email protected] Getting Started Type in your PASSWORD & click “next.” Student password is: BDUSD followed by their 4-digit lunch pin # Example: BDUSD1972 If your student (grades 6-12) changed their password and forgot it, contact [email protected] to request a password reset. You can find your child’s lunch pin # by going through Skyward Family Access - Food Service - Keypad # Getting Started If there is a welcome message, read it and click accept. Getting Started If a teacher sent You’re your child an In! invitation, you will see Join on the class card on their Google Classroom homepage. Navigating Classroom Click on the class you wish to view. = High Interest for Parents Navigating Classroom Page tools (Left side) Navigating Classroom Assignment details Google Click on the 9 squares (Waffle/Rubik’s Cube) icon in the top right hand corner to see the Google Suite of Products! GOOGLE ICONS to recognize: CHROME DOCS DRIVE SLIDES SHEETS FORMS CALENDAR GMAIL PHOTOS MAPS KEEP CLASSROOM MEET HANGOUTS SITES CONTACTS CLOUD CLOUD SEARCH YOUTUBE NEWS VAULT MY ACCOUNT GROUPS access anywhere Android Iphone Tablet desktop questions? 1. Contact your classroom teacher via their school phone number or school email address 2. Submit a help request at [email protected] ● We will attempt to respond to help requests within 24 hours on regular business days Slide Templates from slidehood.com & SlidesCarnival. Presentation adapted from Tanya Bratton, M. Ed..