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Teaching with Google Classroom

By : Michael Zhang
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Teaching with Google Classroom

By: Michael Zhang

Overview of this book

Google Classroom helps teachers bring their work online. According to Google Trends, it’s already bigger than Moodle after barely a year in the wild. This book is a complete start-to-finish guide for teachers using Google Classroom for the first time. It explains what Google Classroom is, what it can do, how to set it up, and how to use it to enhance student learning while making your life as a teacher easier. It shows you how to place resources and activities online, gather assignments, and develop group and individual activities. It’s not just a manual, you’ll also discover inspiring, easy ways to put Google Classroom to work for you and your class.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Teaching with Google Classroom
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Assigning a grade


The Google Classroom page for assignment submissions is the same as the page for the Question post submissions you learned about in Chapter 4, Starting an Online Discussion with Questions. Check out that chapter for in-depth steps regarding changing how many points an assignment is worth and other tips. To assign and return an assignment, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the title of the Assignment post you wish to grade:

  2. In the main section of the assignments page, click on the student's assignment to view the document. (If there are multiple attachments, you will be taken to a list of the attachments.):

    Compatible documents that open within Google Docs or media files will play in a new tab of Google Chrome. All other files will be downloaded to your computer. When you finish evaluating the document, close its tab in Google Chrome to return to Google Classroom.

  3. Assign a grade to the student in the student list on the left sidebar:

  4. When you are ready to return the assignments...