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1. GROUP Create a class
CREATION 1. Go to classroom.google.com.
by SECTION 2. On the Classes page, click Add Create class.
(Use of
Google
Classroom
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Next steps: When you create a class, Classroom automatically creates a class code.
You use it to invite students to the class. You can always view the class code on the
Stream page.
Join a class as a student
To use Classroom, you sign in on your computer or mobile device and join classes.
After you join a class, you can get work from your teacher and communicate with
your classmates.
Enter a class code—Your teacher shares a class code with you. You sign in to
Classroom and enter the code.
Accept an invite—Your teacher sends you an invite. You can accept the invite
in your email or in Classroom.
After you join a class on one device, you're enrolled in that class for all devices.
Your teacher can tell you the class code. After you get the code, follow these steps:
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Make sure to sign in with the correct account. If you're already signed in and
need to switch accounts, in the top-right corner, click your profile picture
select or add your account.
3. At the top, click Join class .
Note: Class codes are 6-7 characters, and use letters or numbers. Codes
can’t have spaces or special symbols.
If your teacher invites you to join a class, you get an email invite, and you can see the
class on your Classes page.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Make sure to sign in with the correct account. If you're already signed in and
need to switch accounts, in the top-right corner, click your profile picture
select or add your account.
3. On the class card, click Join.
Unenroll from a class
When you unenroll from a class, you will no longer see it in Classroom, but all your
class files are stored in your Google Drive.
Note: You can’t unenroll from an archived class. Contact your teacher and ask them
to unarchive the class so you can unenroll.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click Menu Classes.
3. On the class, click More Unenroll.
4. To confirm, click Unenroll.
You can see your class information on the Stream page. If your teacher added this
information, it may contain the class’s subject, room number, and description.
Trouble joining a class?
To join a class, you only need to enter the class code once. After you join the class,
you don’t need the code again.
If you forget, lose, or delete the code before joining the class, ask your teacher to
share the code again.
When you’re done teaching a class, you can archive it. When a class is archived, it’s
archived for all students and teachers in the class. If you don’t archive a class,
students and teachers in the class continue to see it on their Classes page.
You can restore an archived class if you want to use it again, or delete it if you’ll
never use it again. To delete a class, you need to archive it first.
Teachers and co-teachers can archive a class, but only the primary teacher can
delete a class. Students can’t archive or delete a class.
It’s placed in a separate area to preserve the class materials, student work,
and posts. You won’t see it with your active classes on the Classes page.
You and your students can view an archived class. To use the class again,
you have to restore it.
You and your students can still access any class materials in Google Drive.
That includes any attachments for assignments or other student work.
Students can’t unenroll from an archived class. This can limit how
students can manage the classes they’re done taking.
The class calendar remains in your Google Calendar and in your students'
calendars. If you no longer need the class, you can remove its calendar from
view, or delete it permanently. For instructions, go to Delete or unsubscribe
from a calendar.
Note: An archived class stays in Classroom until you delete it. That’s why an
archived class’s calendar still shows in your Google Calendar.
Archive a class
You can copy classes before or after you archive them. For instructions, go to Copy a
class.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. On the class card, click More Archive.
3. Click Archive to confirm.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. At the top, click Menu .
Note: If you haven’t archived any classes, this option won’t be in the menu.
4. Select the class you want to view.
When you restore an archived class, you see the class card again with your current
classes. You can use its posts, assignments, comments, and materials again.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. At the top, click Menu .
Note: If you haven’t archived any classes, this option won’t be in the menu.
When you decide you’ll never use a class again, you can delete it permanently. You
have to archive a class before you can delete it. Only the primary teacher can delete a
class. Co-teachers can’t delete a class.
Your Classroom administrator can create classes for you and add students to them.
Classes created by your administrator are in a provisioned, or prepared, state. To
activate a provisioned class so it’s visible to students and co-teachers, you have to
sign in to Classroom and accept the class.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. On the class card, click Accept.
3. Confirm the number of students and activation of the class and click Accept.
After you create a class, you can change the default image or color pattern that's
displayed at the top of the class stream. Only a teacher can change the theme.
Choose a different theme image from the gallery
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class and at the bottom of the image, click Select theme.
3. Choose an option:
Select an image from the gallery and then click Select class theme.
Click Patterns, select a color and pattern, and click Select class
theme.
1. Open the class and at the bottom of the image, click Upload photo.
2. Choose an option:
Drag a photo from your computer to the middle of the screen.
Click Select a photo from your computer, choose the image you want
to use for your class, and click Open.
3. Click Select class theme.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. On the class card, click More Edit.
3. Enter a new name, section, subject, or room click Save.
You can display a profile photo next to your name on the Stream page and on class
cards on the Classes page. Classroom uses your Google Account profile photo as
your Classroom profile photo.
Copy a class
To save time, you can copy a class for another section or term. For instructions, go
to Copy a class.
1. Choose an option:
If your teacher shared a meeting link, click the link or paste it into
your browser.
If your teacher sent an invitation in an email message, in the
message, under Join with Google Meet, click the link.
2. In Meet, at the top, make sure you’re signed in with your school account. If
you’re already signed in and need to switch accounts, click Switch account
select the Classroom account.
3. Click Join now
1. Open Google Meet.
2. Sign in with your school account.
If you’re already signed in and need to switch accounts, click Switch account
select the Classroom account.
3. Click Join or start a meeting enter the meeting nickname click Continue.
4. Click Join now.
If your teacher or the meeting organizer shares a Google Calendar event with you,
you can join the meeting from Calendar.
1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Sign in with your school account.
3. On the calendar, click the video meeting event.
If you don’t see the event, at the top, make sure you’re signed in with your
school account.
4. Click Join with Google Meet.
5. In Meet, click Join now.
1. Open Gmail.
2. Sign in with your school account.
3. In the sidebar, click Join a meeting.
Note: If you don't see this option, contact your G Suite administrator.
For each class, you and your students share a Classroom calendar and a Google
Calendar. If you don't see any calendars for your classes, your administrator probably
turned off Calendar for your account.
When you create assignments and questions with due dates, they appear
on your calendars. You and your students can view the classwork on the Classroom
calendar or the Google Calendar.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. At the top, click Menu .
3. Click Calendar.
5. (Optional) To view past or future work, next to the date, click Back or
Next .
On your Google Calendar, you and your students can see classwork due dates
and added events, such as field trips or exam dates.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class Classwork.
3. Click Google Calendar .
Google Calendar opens in a new window.
4. (Optional) For details, click the classwork or event on your Calendar.
You can add events, such as field trips or exam dates, to your Google Calendar. To
see the events, students have to open Google Calendar.
To add a class event:
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class Classwork.
3. Click Google Calendar .
Google Calendar opens in a new window.
4. For more instructions, go to Create an event .
You can add personal reminders to Google calendar that only you can see.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class Classwork.
3. Click Google Calendar .
Google Calendar opens in a new window.
4. For more instructions, go to Add reminders.
You can add reminders in Google Calendar. Reminders carry over to the next day
until you mark them as done. For example, if you create a reminder to make a
restaurant reservation, you'll see the reminder each day until you mark it as done.
Your reminders are private and can’t be shared with anyone else.
Create a reminder
1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Make sure the Reminders box next to "My Calendars" is checked.
3. Click an empty slot in your calendar.
4. In the box that pops up, click Reminder.
5. Type your reminder, or choose a suggestion.
6. Choose a date, time, and frequency.
7. Click Save.
You'll see reminders you create in the Google Calendar, Inbox, and the Google app.
Google Calendar
You'll see your reminders in the Google Calendar the day your reminder is scheduled.
Reminders you create in Inbox, Keep, and the Google app will also show in Google
Calendar.
Edit a reminder
1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Click the reminder you want to update.
3. Click Edit reminder .
4. Update any event details.
5. Click Save.
Remove a reminder
To remove a reminder from your calendar, you can either mark it as done or delete it.
When you mark a reminder as done, it stays on that date on your calendar but is
crossed out.
1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Click the reminder you want to update.
3. Click Mark as done.
Delete a reminder
1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Click the reminder you want to update.
3. Click Delete reminder .
1. Open Google Calendar.
2. Under "My Calendars," click Reminders.
On the Classroom calendar, you can see classwork due dates. You can't add any
items.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. At the top, click Menu .
3. Click Calendar.
4. Choose an option:
To see past or future work, next to the date, click Back or
Next .
On your Google Calendar, you can see classwork due dates and class events, such as
field trips or exams. In your Other calendars list, you can find all your class calendars,
and select if you want to see or hide them.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class Classwork.
3. Click Google Calendar .
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class Classwork.
3. Click Google Calendar .
Add an event
You can add events, such as a study session, and invite classmates. Anything you
add in Google Calendar won't show in the Classroom calendar.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class Classwork.
3. Click Google Calendar .
With Google Meet, you can start class video meetings in Classroom, Meet, Google
Calendar, and Gmail on your computer or mobile device.
Recent updates
You can set up and start class video meetings in Classroom. To use Meet features in
Classroom, your G Suite administrator has to turn on Meet for your school.
Create a unique nicknamed meeting link that students can use to join your class
video meetings. You and your students can use the same link for all of your class
meetings.
Only you and your co-teachers can create, show, hide, or reset the meeting link for
your class or start a class video meeting in Classroom. These permissions can vary
based on how your admin sets up Meet for your school.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
Students who are in the same domain as the primary teacher can see the class Meet
link on the Stream and Classwork pages. You can hide the link from students until
you want to share it.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
You can copy a Meet link and paste it into an assignment, question, or message.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
Note: You can also schedule the post for later or save it as a draft. For
details, go to Post, schedule, or save a draft announcement.
Note: You can also schedule the post for later or save it as a draft. For
details, go to Post, schedule, or save a draft assignment.
1. Go to classroom.google.com.
2. Click the class.
3. Choose an option:
Note: When you click the Meet link, you start the meeting. Students can join
the meeting even before you join it.
At the top of the Stream page, under the class code, click the Meet
link.
In a question or assignment, click the link for the class video meeting.
4. In Meet, before you join the meeting, at the top, check that you’re signed in
with your Classroom account. If not, click Switch account select or sign in
to your Classroom account.
5. Click Join now.
6. If you’re the first person to join the meeting, you’ll see a window to invite
others. If you don’t need to invite anyone or share the meeting link, you can
close this window.
You can create, start, and join a class video meeting in Google Meet, Google
Calendar, and Gmail.
In Meet, you can start an impromptu meeting or one that you previously set up. After
you start the meeting, you can share the joining information with your students in a
Classroom post or message.
Tip: For greater control, create a nickname for your video meeting. If you’re the last
person to leave a nicknamed meeting, students can’t rejoin.
1. Go to meet.google.com.
2. Sign in with your Classroom account.
3. Choose an option:
For a nicknamed meeting, click Join or start a meeting enter the
nickname.
In the list of meetings, click the meeting.
4. Click Join now.
Note: If you sent guests a message with the meeting link, they can click the
link in the message to join the video meeting.
You can create a class video meeting in Calendar and invite your students to join.
You can also add view-only live streaming to an event for up to 100,000 people.
As the meeting organizer, you can control how people can participate in a video
meeting.
Note: For a limited time, the following premium features are available to all G Suite
for Education and G Suite Enterprise for Education users: live stream, recordings, and
250-participant meetings.
To prevent students from rejoining a meeting after it ends, you can create a
nicknamed meeting. If you are the last person to leave a nicknamed meeting,
students can't rejoin the meeting.
Before you leave the meeting, you can remove any remaining students.
Tip: To create a longer event, drag your mouse down the page while you're selecting
the time.
You can quickly create an event for a specific time if you see "Add title and time" in
the text box.
Examples:
Tip: You can use the keyboard shortcut Shift + C to quickly create an event in any
view.
You can create a calendar event from a Gmail message. The calendar event
automatically invites people on the Gmail message, and includes the Gmail message
in the calendar event description.
Tip: To invite more people, on the right under "Guests," enter an email
address.
Important: Event settings, like guest permissions, aren't transferred over when you
create an event from Gmail.