How Teacher Can Leverage Google Classrooms
Among the different online teaching tools accessible in today's digital age, Google Classrooms has emerged as a favourite among teachers all over the world. Here are some pointers to help you make the most of Google Classrooms to provide your students an enriching experience.
Class materials can be created, saved, and shared
Google Classroom allows you to share instructional materials and resources with your students in a number of formats, including documents and videos. Because Google Classrooms are integrated with other Google products like Docs, Forms, and Drive, this process is simplified, and you have the option of creating your own content for your students.
Communication with parents is essential
If parents choose to receive email summaries about future work, missing assignments, or other class announcements, Google Classroom allows you to send them updates on their child's classwork.
Google Classroom is an excellent online teaching tool that, when used properly, can assist create a genuinely exceptional learning experience.
Create online classes
You may use Google Classroom to establish separate virtual classrooms for each of the classes you teach. You may either personally add students to their classes or send out the unique class code that Classrooms generates for your students to use to join your class.
Make announcements
Google Classrooms offers an announcement feature that helps you broadcast important notices to all your students.
Create Assignments
Google Classrooms helps you gauge the effectiveness of your online teaching by helping you create richer e-assignments by allowing for the use of diverse multimedia resources not just in your questions, but by also letting your students respond in a variety of formats such as images, audio-clips, video, etc. depending on the guidelines you set.
Grading
You can also grade your students’ submissions within Google Classrooms. Not only does it store grades, but it also allows you to share constructive feedback through comments on their work. In the case of objective type questions, Google Forms does the grading for you automatically, saving you a lot of time and effort.
Differentiate Learning
Google Classroom makes it easier than ever to practice differentiation. Firstly, it enhances the ease of formative assessment as it lets you quickly create, distribute, grade and analyse digital exit-slips or assignments. Thereafter you can curate and share resources with specific students as per your assessment of their needs. You can also check in with the child privately to see if s/he requires more support. The online environment helps you differentiate in a less conspicuous manner, so children don’t feel singled out.
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