Applications

of Google Classroom

Laura Smith
EDTC 5753

Practical Applications of Google Classroom: Analysis

Summary of Course:
This course is an introduction to utilizing Google Classroom as a learning management
system in a 3rd through 5th grade classroom. The students in this course will be learning
the basic functions of Google Applications for Education (GAFE) as well as the various
unique functions of Google Classroom.
Performance/Needs Assessment:
This course is needed because technology integration in general has not been effective in
the 3rd-5th grade classrooms. Teachers are currently utilizing skill and drill programs but
have not adapted their instruction to include the meaningful use of educational
technology. Teachers are in need of explicit instruction in specific tools and strategies for
integrating said technology.
Purpose Statement:
This course will serve to instruct educators in the best practices for integrating Google
Classroom and other Google tools into a 3rd-5th grade classroom.
Instructional Goals:
Learners will create their own Google Classroom to integrate into their current
classroom.
Learners will create products using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Google
Forms in conjunction with Google Classroom.
Learner Analysis:

3rd-5th grade teachers (referred to as learners or students)

15-30 Students
Minimal to intermediate computer skills needed (familiarity with basic computer
and internet functions necessary)
Students will need to be open to new techniques and willing to learn

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Required Resources:

30 computers
projector
projector screen
conference room/computer lab
Internet access
Google-ready accounts with access to Google Classroom

Delivery System:
This course will be given in a face to face setting. This is due mainly to the fact that there
will be a need to help individual students as they navigate through the different tools of
the system. It could be adapted to be a blended or self-paced course depending on the
technology background of the learner.

Project management:
This course could be given in a full-day (8hr) professional development, or spread out
over shorter sessions on multiple days., depending on time constraints and budget
limitations. Since this course relies heavily on technology, internet connection problems
could create a scenario where hands-on learning would be impossible. It would be
recommended that the instructor have back-up tutorial videos that could be viewed in
the event of internet issues. The budget for this course would depend entirely on what
the district has already provided. Basic costs would include the computers the teachers
will be trained on, the devices their students will use, and internet access fees.

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Practical Applications of Google Classroom: Design
Outline:
1) Purpose Statement: This course will serve to instruct educators in the best practices
for integrating Google Classroom and other Google education tools into a 3rd-5th grade
classroom.
a) Learners will create their own Google Classroom to integrate into their current
classroom
i) Participate on the student side of Google Classroom
(1) Performance Objective: Students will join a predesigned Google Classroom,
navigate the site and execute basic tasks.
(a) Reply to a discussion question
(b) Complete an assignment
(i) View assignment details
(ii) Attach a picture
(iii)
Reply to a private comment
(c) View class calendar/shared documents
(d) View announcement and reply with a comment
(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation in each task will assessed for
completion.
ii) Create a sample classroom
(1) Performance Objective: Students will create a sample classroom on Google
Classroom.
(a) Create a classroom (Designate a name and theme)
(b) Enroll 3-5 students (from the current cohort)
(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation and completion of each task will be
assessed for completion.
iii) Utilize posting features
(1) Performance Objective: Students will utilize posting features in Google
Classroom.
(a) Create an announcement
(b) Create an assignment
(c) Create a question
(d) Pin an item
(e) Add a file to shared documents
(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation in each task will be assessed for
completion.

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b) Learners will create products using Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets,
Google Slides and Google Forms in conjunction with Google Classroom
i) Google Drive
(1) Performance Objective: Students will explore the functions of Google Drive
(a) Create a folder
(b) Upload a file
(c) Share a file
(d) Locate Google Classroom Folder
(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation and completion of each task will be
assessed for completion.
ii) Google Docs
(1) Performance Objective: Students will explore the functions of Google Docs.
(a) Create a doc
(b) Share a doc
(c) Collaborate on a Doc
(d) Utilize in doc search tools
(e) Attach a Doc to an assignment in Google Classroom
(i) Create a copy for each student
(ii) Allow students to view
(iii)
Allow students to edit
(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation and completion of each task will be
assessed for completion.
iii) Google Slides
(1) Performance Objective: Students will explore the functions of Google Slides.
(a) Create a Slideshow
(b) Share a Slideshow
(c) Collaborate on a Slideshow
(d) Convert a power point to Slides
(e) Attach Slideshow to an assignment in Google Classroom
(i) Create a copy for each student
(ii) Allow students to view
(iii)
Allow students to edit
(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation and completion of each task will be
assessed for completion.
iv) Google Forms
(1) Performance Objective: Students will explore the functions of Google Forms.
(a) Create a form
(b) Share a form
(c) Complete someone elses form

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(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation and completion of each task will be

assessed for completion.
v) Google Sheets
(1) Performance Objective: Students will explore the functions of Google Sheets.
(a) View data from form in sheets
(b) Create a Sheet
(c) Share a Sheet
(d) Collaborate on a Sheet
(e) Attach a Sheet to an assignment in Google Classroom
(i) Create a copy for each student
(ii) Allow students to view
(iii)
Allow students to edit
(2) Assessment of Objective: Participation and completion of each task will be
assessed for completion.

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Laura Smith
EDTC 5753

Practical Applications of Google Classroom: Development

Instructional Goal:
Learners will create their own Google Classroom to integrate into their current
classroom
Module 1:
Students will join a predesigned Google Classroom, navigate the site and execute
basic tasks.
List of Content items:

Prerequisite Knowledge Basic computer skills, an understanding of hyperlinks

and basic keyboarding skills.
Expectation At the end of this lesson, students will be able to navigate through
Google Classroom and execute basic tasks.
Demonstrate Instructor will show how to enroll in class, view/reply to a
discussion question, view class calendar and shared documents, view an
announcement.
Guided Practice Students will view an announcement and reply to the
announcement with a public comment.
Independent Practice - Students will view an assignment, follow the directions,
attach a picture and turn in the assignment.
Review Demonstrate how to complete an assignment and any other tasks the
students struggled with.

List of Supporting media

Projector with connected computer and screen

Google Classroom Sample with tasks created need to be developed
Computer lab/iPads/Chromebooks with enough equipment for all participants

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Guidance for the Student:

The instructor will guide the student through this lesson. Sufficient time should be given
for students to explore and navigate through the classroom. As a source of support,
students may utilize a general question on Goggle Classroom to send private questions to
the instructor to answer as necessary.
Guidance for the Teacher/Trainer:
The goal of this lesson is for students to be familiarized with the Google Classroom
learning platform. Students should be given time to explore, make mistakes and ask
questions. The instructor should move throughout the classroom to assist with
troubleshooting issues.

This course should be piloted before implementing it. This could be done by testing out
each aspect of the sample Google Classroom to locate any errors and to anticipate any
problems. The instructor could test this by creating a student account and navigating
themselves, or a sample set of students could be used.
As the instructor is implementing this course, frequently asked questions should arise
and through repeated courses, the questions can be anticipated.

Instructional Goal:
Learners will create their own Google Classroom to integrate into their current
classroom
Module 2:
The students will create their own Google classroom.

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List of Content items:

Prerequisite Knowledge Basic computer skills, an understanding of hyperlinks

and basic keyboarding skills. Basic knowledge of Google Classroom (from Module
1)
Expectation At the end of this lesson, students will have created their own
Google Classroom.
Demonstrate Instructor will demonstrate how to create a Google Classroom by
modeling the creation process.
Guided Practice Students will follow along with the steps as the instructor
creates a Google classroom.
Independent Practice - Students will enroll three other students from the cohort
into their class.
Review Review the process for adding a class and enrolling students

List of Supporting media

Projector with connected computer and screen

Google Classroom Sample with tasks created need to be developed
Computer lab/iPads/Chromebooks with enough equipment for all participants

Guidance for the Student:

The instructor will guide the student through this lesson. Sufficient time should be given
for students to explore and navigate through the classroom. As a source of support,
students may utilize a general question on Goggle Classroom to send private questions to
the instructor to answer as necessary
Guidance for the Teacher/Trainer:
The goal of this lesson is for students to begin building their own Google Classroom.
Students should be given time to explore, make mistakes and ask questions. The
instructor should move throughout the classroom to assist with troubleshooting issues.
The instructor should be familiarized with the skills required before teaching this course.
As the instructor is implementing this course, frequently asked questions should arise
and through repeated courses, the questions can be anticipated.

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EDTC 5753

Instructional Goal:
Learners will create their own Google Classroom to integrate into their current
classroom
Module 3:
The student will utilize Google Classroom posting features.
List of Content items:

Prerequisite Knowledge Basic computer skills, an understanding of hyperlinks

and basic keyboarding skills. Basic knowledge of Google Classroom (from Module
1)
Expectation At the end of this lesson, students will be able to use various Google
Classroom posting features.
Demonstrate Instructor will demonstrate how to use posting features on Google
classroom as a teacher. (create an announcement, create an assignment, create a
question, pin an item, add a file to shared documents)
Guided Practice Students will practice with each demonstration to create their
own.
Independent Practice Students will create a new item with each new skill
learned.
Review Review the various skills learned.

List of Supporting media

Projector with connected computer and screen

Google Classroom Sample with tasks created need to be developed
Computer lab/iPads/Chromebooks with enough equipment for all participants

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EDTC 5753

Guidance for the Student:

The instructor will guide the student through this lesson. Sufficient time should be given
for students to explore and navigate through the classroom. As a source of support,
students may utilize a general question on Goggle Classroom to send private questions to
the instructor to answer as necessary.

Guidance for the Teacher/Trainer:

The goal of this lesson is for students to become familiar and comfortable with the
teacher tools on Google Classroom. Students should be given time to explore, make
mistakes and ask questions. The instructor should move throughout the classroom to
assist with troubleshooting issues.
The instructor should be familiarized with the skills required before teaching this course.
As the instructor is implementing this course, frequently asked questions should arise
and through repeated courses, the questions can be anticipated.

Instructional Goal:

Learners will create products using Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets,
Google Slides and Google Forms in conjunction with Google Classroom

Module 1: Google Drive
Module 2: Google Docs
Module 3: Google Sheets
Module 4: Google Slides
Module 5: Google Forms

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List of Content items:

Prerequisite Knowledge Basic computer skills, an understanding of hyperlinks

and basic keyboarding skills. Basic knowledge of Google Classroom (from Module
1)
Expectation At the end of this lesson, students will be able to create different
resources using Docs, Sheets and Slides. Students will also be able to store and
share information via Google Drive.
Demonstrate Instructor will demonstrate how to use each tool, including
sharing features and potential use in a blended classroom.
Guided Practice Students will practice with each demonstration to create their
own.
Independent Practice Students will create a new item with each new skill
learned.
Review Review the various skills learned.

List of Supporting media

Projector with connected computer and screen

Finished examples for each tool Need to develop
Computer lab/iPads/Chromebooks with enough equipment for all participants

Guidance for the Student:

The instructor will guide the student through this lesson. Sufficient time should be given
for students to explore and navigate through the classroom. As a source of support,
students may utilize a general question on Goggle Classroom to send private questions to
the instructor to answer as necessary.

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EDTC 5753

Guidance for the Teacher/Trainer:

The goal of this lesson is for students to become familiar and comfortable with Google
Tools. Students should be given time to explore, make mistakes and ask questions. The
instructor should move throughout the classroom to assist with troubleshooting issues.
The instructor should be familiarized with the skills required before teaching this course.
As the instructor is implementing this course, frequently asked questions should arise
and through repeated courses, the questions can be anticipated.

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Laura Smith
EDTC 5753

Practical Applications of Google Classroom: Implementation

1. Who will be teaching the course?

Teaching this course will be a K-5 teacher or technology coach. They should have
some familiarity with GAFE (Google Applications for Education) as well as
familiarity of the reasonable expectations for 3rd-5th grade students.

2. What kind of support will be available to instructors while the course is underway?

While the course is underway, the instructor will have the following tools available:

How to: tutorial videos for basic functions of GAFE

Diagrams explaining the different functions of GAFE buttons (share, new,
undo, etc.)
Troubleshooting documents
Login information for learners
Back up videos for explanation in case of internet issues

3. How will you deal with unexpected problems that occur during implementation?

The instructor will have support tools available to assist with potential problems
that occur. The major issue that could occur would be connectivity issues. This could
be solved with some pre-made videos demonstrating the skills

4. How will you manage changes (e.g., immediate bug-fixes versus improvements to
make for the future, etc.)

Immediate fixes should be able to be remedied by utilizing the support tools
provided for the instructor. Improvement for the course as a whole could be
completed after feedback from the learner population with an exit survey.

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5. Can you think of any other implementation issues not listed above that you may
have to address?

GAFE may encounter regular updates and changes during future implementations.
Help tools would need to be adjusted to reflect these changes.

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EDTC 5753

Practical Applications of Google Classroom: Evaluation

Level 1 Perception (to determine degree of satisfaction with the content and with
the teacher)
a. Who will administer the evaluation? (Personnel)
i. The instructor will administer the evaluation to the students.
b. What will specifically be measured? (Type of Data)
i. Students will be given a Likert scale to measure instructor
effectiveness and perceived course usefulness using objective
statements.
1. = strongly disagree
2. = disagree
3. = undecided
4. = agree
5. = strongly agree
c. When will the evaluation be administered? (Timing)
i. The evaluation will be administered throughout the course at the
completion of each module.
d. Where will the evaluation occur? (Venue)
i. The evaluation will be given via Google Forms and will be
completed in the same environment that the course is given.
e. Why is this evaluation important? (Purpose)
i. This evaluation is important because the instructor can make
frequent changes to instruction based on feedback from the
students.
f. How will the evaluation data be collected? (Tools)
i. Data will be collected using Google Forms. After the students have
completed the Google Form, the data will automatically be sent to
Google Sheets and can be analyzed by the instructor immediately.
Level 2 Learning (to measure knowledge and skill acquisition)
a. Who will administer the evaluation? (Personnel)
i. The instructor will administer the evaluation to the students.
b. What will specifically be measured? (Type of Data)
i. Students will be required to complete specific tasks for each
module. This will be measuring whether or not they understand
the process of using Google Classroom. This evaluation will be
pass/fail.
c. When will the evaluation be administered? (Timing)

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i. The evaluation will be given throughout the course. Each module

will have a task that needs to be completed to measure basic
understand of the tool being taught.
d. Where will the evaluation occur? (Venue)
i. The evaluation will be given in the classroom through the use of
Google Classroom.
e. Why is this evaluation important? (Purpose)
i. This evaluation is important for the instructor to know which
tasks should be reviewed before moving on to more difficult tasks.
f. How will the evaluation data be collected? (Tools)
i. The data will be collected through observations of the tasks. The
instructor will match the roster with the submissions from the
students to see who still needs assistance with the task and which
students have completed the task successfully based on a rubric
grading scale.
Level 3 Performance (to determine students ability to perform task with genuine
consequences and judge whether the performance gap has been closed)
a. Who will administer the evaluation? (Personnel)
i. The instructor will administer the evaluation to the students.
b. What will specifically be measured? (Type of Data)
i. Students will be evaluated on a rubric scale to determine their
understanding of the practical applications of Google Classroom
through a final project.
c. When will the evaluation be administered? (Timing)
i. The evaluation will be given at the end of the course.
d. Where will the evaluation occur? (Venue)
i. The evaluation will be given during the final course session in the
same location of the rest of the course. The students will be
creating an online product.
e. Why is this evaluation important? (Purpose)
i. This evaluation is important because students will be
demonstrating the practical applications of Google Classroom.
f. How will the evaluation data be collected? (Tools)
i. The students will be evaluated using a rubric scale so that the
instructor can evaluate how well the course was taught and the
information transferred to the students.

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Sample Rubric
1

Remediation

Near Mastery

Mastery

Student created a Google

classroom that included at
least one of the following:

Student successfully created Student successfully created

a Google classroom that
a Google classroom that
included 3-4 of the following: included:

One assignment using a

GAFE tool

One assignment using a

GAFE tool

One assignment using a

GAFE tool

One announcement

One announcement

One announcement

One Question

One Question

One Question

One Google Form.

One Google Form.

One Google Form.

The student successful

enrolled 5 students in the
class and assisted in
participation.

The student successful

enrolled 5 students in the

class and assisted in
participation.

The student successful

enrolled 5 students in the
class and assisted in
participation.