{"id":5797,"date":"2021-02-01T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/?p=5797"},"modified":"2021-01-28T11:52:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:52:41","slug":"3-google-classroom-tips-for-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/2021\/02\/01\/3-google-classroom-tips-for-management\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Google Classroom Tips for Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Classroom is a wonderful instructional tool for teachers whether you are teaching face-to-face, online-only or in an hybrid environment. Staying organized can help you and your students stay on top of things! Here are a few tips for managing your students through Google Classroom.<\/p>\n<h2>Tip #1: Use Topics for Organization<\/h2>\n<p>Organize your classroom into subject areas, or even by date, to keep your assignments easy-to-find and easier to navigate for students. Adding topics allows you to create a more organized classroom not just for you, but for your students! <em><strong>Teachers<\/strong><\/em> can create topics and drag and drop elements into the topics to create categories or sections. Simply click Create and choose \u201cTopic\u201d or use the Topic dropdown menu when adding new elements in Classroom.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_createtopic.png\" alt=\"Create button with Topic selected\" width=\"265\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_createtopic.png 265w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_createtopic-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_chooseorcreate.png\" alt=\"Choose or Create a Topic in the Topic Menu\" width=\"343\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_chooseorcreate.png 343w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_chooseorcreate-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Students<\/strong><\/em> can click on a specific topic to narrow their view to see only elements included in specific topics.<\/p>\n\r\n    <div>        \r\n    <video id=\"plyr69e7928812f61\" autoplay loop controls class=\"easy-video-player\">\r\n       <source src=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/narrowingbytopic.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>\r\n    <\/video>\r\n    <\/div>    <script>\r\n        const evplayerplyr69e7928812f61 = new Plyr(document.getElementById('plyr69e7928812f61'));\r\n        evplayerplyr69e7928812f61.ratio = '16:9';\r\n        evplayerplyr69e7928812f61.iconUrl = 'https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-video-player\/lib\/plyr.svg';\r\n        evplayerplyr69e7928812f61.blankVideo = 'https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-content\/plugins\/easy-video-player\/lib\/blank.mp4';  \r\n    <\/script>\n<h2>Tip #2: Use the Stream Wisely<\/h2>\n<p>Consider using the Stream for <em><strong>announcements only<\/strong><\/em> in order to help students know where to go for work and where to go for news. Knowing exactly where to go for information is important to student success. Making the Stream for announcements only helps reinforce going to the organized Classwork tab to find assignments and resources. This is found in the General Settings for the specific Classroom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_classworkonstream.png\" alt=\"Classwork on Stream setting\" width=\"502\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_classworkonstream.png 502w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_classworkonstream-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_classworkonstream-495x61.png 495w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/Classroom_classworkonstream-450x55.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This can take your Stream from a tidal wave of information to a calming trickle!<\/p>\n<h2>Tip # 3: Use the Activity Dashboard<\/h2>\n<p>The Activity Dashboard tool, available in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings, can help you see if students have viewed files and provide you insight into their learning.\u00a0 Simply open the shared document and click on the Activity Dashboard icon. See when the document was viewed and activity for those with whom the file was shared. Just another way to support your students!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/ActivityDashboard.png\" alt=\"Sample Activity Dashboard\" width=\"890\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/ActivityDashboard.png 890w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/ActivityDashboard-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/ActivityDashboard-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/ActivityDashboard-705x472.png 705w, https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/files\/2021\/01\/ActivityDashboard-450x301.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Classroom is a wonderful instructional tool for teachers whether you are teaching face-to-face, online-only or in an hybrid environment. Staying organized can help you and your students stay on top of things! Here are a few tips for managing your students through Google Classroom. Tip #1: Use Topics for Organization Organize your classroom into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,94,108,110,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-google","category-learn-from-home","category-remote-learning","category-tech-integration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/instructional-technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}