Teaching with Google Classroom

Michael Zhang



Put Google Classroom to work while teaching your students and make your life easier

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

1: GETTING TO KNOW GOOGLE CLASSROOM
2: INVITING STUDENTS TO THEIR VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
3: SENDING YOUR FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
4: STARTING AN ONLINE DISCUSSION WITH QUESTIONS
5: HANDING OUT AND TAKING IN ASSIGNMENTS
6: GRADING WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS IN A FLASH
7: GOOGLE FORMS FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE AND FILL-IN-THE-BLANK ASSIGNMENTS
8: KEEPING PARENTS IN THE LOOP
9: CUSTOMIZING TO YOUR SUBJECT