Step-By-Step Tutorial of “How to Create a Google Classroom” Option

Step-by-Step Tutorial of “How to create a Google classroom” Option #1: Youtube video tutorial For those that can learn through a Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6L-nZGIUTE Option #2: Step-by-step directions Click on the “waffle” that are in the upper right corner of your Google account (whether gmail, calendar, or drive) Once you click on it, the drop down screen will show you different options. Click on “classroom” option. Once you click on it, it will open a new tab and look like this: 1 Click on the + icon that is in the upper right corner. An arrow will be pointing towards it that states create or join your first class. Click on the “create class” option. A new window will pop up which will look like the following: Enter in the following information based on Rum River East specifications: Class = First name of teacher + hour; Section = keep blank; Subject = Class Name; Room = YOUR specific classroom number. It should look like the following: 2 Click on the blue “create”. Once it’s created, it should look like this: Click on the blue “got it” button to remove the window message. Once that’s gone, you’ll notice options on the top bar of the classroom: Your options will be: stream, classwork, people, and grades. ● STREAM = communication to students; daily announcements, bellwork, etc. ● CLASSWORK = assignment, quizzes, tests, hangouts ● PEOPLE = enrolled students to your classroom & number of teachers (can include ABMs, if assigned) ● GRADES = current student grades 3 How to add hangouts your classroom: Click on “classwork” which is the second tab in the top bar of your classroom: Once you’ve clicked on the “classwork” tab, it will give you different options. To create a hangout, select “Google calendar”. Click on “Google calendar”. Once you click on it, it will open to a different window that has a calendar view. Once you’re in class’s calendar, double check that the calendar is only for classroom versus other calendars. You can find this by looking at the left side of your screen. You will see different boxes that demonstrate the options: 4 Click on the day and date that you would like to create a hangout for students to attend. Once you click on the area, a new window will pop up that you can enter in information and edit: If you click on “more options” the window will open to a new page and allow you to enter in specific information that is more detailed. It will also allow you to invite people to the event: Use the same title as your class hour so that students are not confused. Enter in the time that students should access the hangout. You can also repeat to avoid having to enter in separately for that specific hour. 5 Press on the drop down box that says “does not repeat”. Once you click on the drop down option, you will see the following options: You can customize to the rest of the school year by clicking on “custom”. Once you click on that option, it will bring you to a different window that will look like this: 6 You will want to click on “M, T, W, T, and F” and repeat every “1 day” so that it is automatically added to the calendar. You can also have it end at a specific date (ex: May 30, 2020). Click “done” and it will add to the class calendar. Once it’s been added, the calendar will refresh and show that the class is added. If it’s wrong and you need to edit, there are 2 ways that you can do this. (1) You can slide the event to the appropriate location by clicking on the event with your mouse. This will move the event without having to go in and edit manually. (2) You can click on the calendar event and a new window will pop up. There will be a pencil icon on the top right of the window that will allow you to manually edit. Click on the pencil. You can edit the same way as if you originally created the calendar event. How to add assignments to your classroom Make sure that you’re on the “classwork” tab. There is a purple “+ Create” button at the top middle left of the page: 7 Click on the + Create button and a drop down menu will give you options as to what to do: To simply add an assignment: click on the assignment option. It will open to a different page and it will look like this: You can add in the information as to what you want, including a point value and who the assignment is available to. 8 To create different sections, click on “topic”. A window will pop up once you click that will look like this: You will need to figure out how you want to organize your classroom and what the easiest way will be for students to access the necessary assignments. Helpful Hints: ● Some teachers will place the Google Hangout as an actual assignment option that includes an attachment of the assignment as well as the structure of the classroom and how it will be operated that day. Here is an example: 9 ● A lot is based on trial and error. There are also other helpful Youtube videos that will discuss helpful hints and tricks to Google classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOUEP29MX58 10 .

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