Google Classroom Classroom.google.com Steps For Setup: Here is a quick video Classroom Setup Video 1. Log into your google account at drive.google.com 2. In a new tab type in ​Classroom.google.com 3. Click “I am a Teacher” 4. Hit + in the upper right hand corner and title the class you’d like to create a classroom page for and give it a name i.e. “COMPUTERS” 5. Here is your Home Page 6. This is your Stream. Here is where you can add assignments, change your classroom theme, and find your classroom code. To add an assignment: When your students login at classroom.google.com they will follow the following steps: 1. First log into drive.google.com 2. Go to a new tab and log into ​classroom.google.com 3. Click “I am a student” 4. Click the + in the upper right­hand corner and enter your class code. (You can find the code on your classroom stream page. Hit JOIN 5. Your stream page should look similar to their page. The assignment should be listed. Students should click on the assignment and then click open. 6. Once they have opened the assignment there will be a classroom folder in their Drive. This folder is automatically shared with you, as well as, any progress the student makes on the documents. 7. Students can hit submit when they are finished with the assignment. Again, you can see the progress whether they hit submit or not. a. If students are completing a Form they will need to return to their Classroom to mark it as DONE for you to be able to add a grade to it. Another Helpful Video​ ­ Overview Video Google Form Link a Google Form to your Classroom Page​ ­ Helpful Video You can plan events, make a survey or poll, give students a quiz, or collect other information in an easy, streamlined way with Google Forms. Google Forms can be connected to spreadsheets in Google Sheets. If a spreadsheet is linked to the form, responses will automatically be sent to the spreadsheet. Otherwise, users can view them on the “Summary of Responses” page accessible from the Responses menu. You can create a form from your Drive or from any existing spreadsheet. Create a form from your Drive To poll, survey, quiz, or otherwise collect information using a form in Google Drive: 1. Go to Drive at ​drive.google.com​. 2. Click ​New​ in the top left, hover over ​More​, and choose ​Google Forms​. ○ Don't see ​New​? You may be using an older version of Drive. Try clicking ​Create​ in the top left, then ​Form​. 3. In the form template that opens, you can add any questions you'd like. You can also organize your form by adding headers and dividing your form into several pages. ​Learn more about editing your form​. 4. If you’d like those who complete your form to see a progress bar indicating how much of your form they’ve completed, check the box labeled “Show progress bar at the bottom of form pages.” After you’ve created your form, you can ​add and edit questions, headers, and page breaks​. You can also ​choose how to collect responses to your form​. ● Use Flubaroo to grade the Form Spreadsheet. Here’s a helpful video to walk you through the steps. ○ Flubaroo Overview Adding Apps and Extensions to Chrome Installing Apps on Chrome​ ­ Helpful Video You can find resources for your Chromebook at the Chrome Web Store. There, you’ll find both apps and extensions developed by Google and other web developers. It takes mere seconds to add items to your Chromebook and you don’t have to deal with any complicated installation process. Your apps can be found in your apps list, while extensions normally appear in the browser window. Follow these steps to explore the Chrome Web Store: 1. Visit the Chrome Web Store by clicking the icon on your new tab page or apps list. You may also visit the store by typing "http://chrome.google.com/webstore" into the omnibox. 2. Once you’re in the store, browse or search for the item you’d like to add. The store contains both free and paid items. 3. If an item is free, click ​Add to Chrome​ on its details page to add it to your account. 4. If you’re adding an extension, review the types of data that the extension will be able to access. Click ​Install​ in the dialog to grant the extension access to the data described. Added apps automatically appear on your apps list. Most extensions show up in the browser window as buttons on the browser toolbar. You won't be able to add apps or extensions if you're browsing in Guest Mode. If you try to install an item from the Chrome Web Store while browsing as a guest, you'll be prompted to sign in with your Google Account. Tips for managing your added items ● Sync your apps and extensions to your account, in order to find them on other computers where you’re signed in to Chrome. ● Pin the apps you use most often to the launcher at the bottom of the screen for easy access. To pin an app, right­click the app (or click with two fingers on a Chromebook) from the apps list and select ​Pin to Launcher​. You can access all your windows or tabs for each app by clicking on its icon. (If an app has more than one window or tab open, it will focus on the one you used most recently and show a list of all of the windows or tabs this app owns.) ● Some extensions may have additional settings that you can edit. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar and go to ​Tools > Extensions​ to find these options. Here, you can also adjust whether you want your extension to be available in incognito windows. ● Adjust the order of extension buttons in the browser window or in your apps list by clicking and dragging to move them around. .