Classroom is designed to help teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly, including time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google document for each student. It also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized.
Students can keep track of what’s due on the Assignments page and begin working with just a click. Teachers can quickly see who has or hasn’t completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in Classroom.
Google Docs: Google’s version of word free to use and almost identical in use.
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Google Slideshow: Google’s version of Powerpoint also free.
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Google Calendar: Allows teachers to set dates online so the children can see. when assignments are due .
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Google Drive: a cloud based storage service that google offers for free. Students can save projects,videos, photos and more to the drive.
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Before parents go to sleep remind child to charge Chromebook
Reason: Many children come into school with Chromebooks that seem to have an issue when really all the Chromebook needs is to be charged.
Check to make sure the charger is properly plugged in and connected
Reason: Sometimes a simple fix for a non charging chromebook is that a cord is not plugged into the wall properly or that the power cord is not connected to its power adapter.
If Online printing is not working for the chromebook then connect it via printer cable to print
Reason: There are instances where a chromebooks won’t be able to connect to a wireless printer. In these occasions to overcome this simply plug the printer cable into the chromebook to establish a wired connection.
Tips for online Chromebook usage
If a website will not load on the Chromebook and the page is all white or unresponsive look to the top left of the website for a small circle icon with a “i” in it. Click it and goto flash and switch it to allow always . if done correctly a blue bar should appear underneath the search bar that says reload page. Reload and wait a few minutes to see if changes have been made.