GOOGLE FOR PARENTS

Company Parent University - September 2020

ABOUT , and even Google CLASSROOM Hangouts to chat with the Google Classroom is a class- teacher or the entire class. organization platform that Classroom also includes incorporates Google's core optional "Additional G Suite (, Services," including YouTube Sheets, Slides, Drive, and and Maps, which a school other Google products) so administrator can choose to students can access enable as part of your child's everything they need for a Classroom tools. class, including homework assignments, group projects,

Access Google Classroom quickly: classroom.google.com

Provide your child’s teacher with an accurate email address to be added as a “Guardian” in Google Classroom

PARENT ACCESS TO GOOGLE Each class is private to the Email your child’s teacher if you do not receive an email CLASSROOM people the teacher has regarding your status as a Your child will get an email personally invited, including the “guardian” in Google Classroom. invite from their teacher with a students enrolled in that class and other teachers. Once your link or a code they use to join a Parents and guardians can opt in to kid has joined a class, they can class. They'll be directed to get an email summary of their child's use all the features the teacher classroom.google.com, where work in Classroom, which includes has enabled for that class, they log in (using either their information about upcoming including class schedules, school-created account to assignments, missing work, class assignments, announcements, access the class (or classes) activities and projects. Please contact and even teacher "office their teacher has added them your child’s teacher if you are not hours." to. receiving these email summaries.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM Frequently Asked Questions

HOW IS MY CHILD’S DO I HAVE TO ACCESS details for your child’s class INFORMATION KEPT SAFE? GOOGLE CLASSROOM FROM activity, such as, A COMPUTER? Missing work—Work not Google is committed to turned in when the building products that help Google Classroom is summary was sent. protect student and teacher available as a ,

privacy and provide best-in- of which can be Upcoming work—Work class security for our schools. downloaded to a that’s due today and If your child is using smartphone or tablet. tomorrow (for daily emails) Classroom and G Suite for *Internet is required to use or that’s due in the Education, Google does not the app. upcoming week (for own any of the student WHAT KINDS OF UPDATES weekly emails). data, students are not

subject to ads, and we CAN I EXPECT? Guardian summaries are Class activities— support compliance sent via email and include Announcements, standards such as FERPA1 assignments, and 1 and COPPA . questions recently posted

by teachers.

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