
You may be asking yourself, what topics should I have? If you haven’t yet set your topics, you’ll want to click “+Create” select “Topic” and type the name of your topic. Once you’ve clicked “Classwork” the topics for your class are shown on the left-hand side.

One of the very first things you’ll want to do if you have not already done so, is determine how you want students to view assignments in the classwork tab. One of the things I hear most from teachers is, “how do I organize all of the activities that students are completing?” Well, my friend, there is no one-size-fits-all answer, BUT with using these strategies and a little testing on your part I think you’ll find a method that works for you and your students. Today I want to share with you 5 tips that will help you get your Google Classroom more organized, efficient and effective. We won’t get into the benefits or drawbacks of digital activities/learning – that’s a whole ‘nother soap box topic. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.While the shift to incorporating more digital activities has been happening in many teachers’ classrooms for quite some time now, the effects of COVID have truly pushed teaching and learning into a digital age with distance learning, hybrid learning and the need to not share classroom supplies. Google Classroom is a trademark of Google Inc. I honestly don't think I could get by without it anymore." -Physics teacher "Now it's so easy to see when there's an imbalance in group work. "I feel like I was in the dark about what my students were doing, and Classwork Zoom turned the light on." -English teacher All you need to do is build a timeline of the next assignment and see if their habits are changing.ĭid it work? Great! If not, you can try something else, and you will KNOW whether it made a difference. If you then try to address that problem, you don't have to just hope or guess that the situation improves. Let's say that using Classwork Zoom you discover that your students have a time management problem, always doing their work at the last second.

When you can clearly SEE student effort, then you can more effectively encourage and nurture it. Are they contributing evenly enough in group work? Are they doing their own work in individual assignments? Are my students engaged in the work that I've assigned? In this way, Classwork Zoom provides a missing piece in the puzzle of student effort and engagement. Extension for Google Classroom™ As a teacher, I designed Classwork Zoom with a teacher's needs in mind, and my enthusiasm for it is based on how much it truly helped me with my classes.Ĭlasswork Zoom for Google Classroom™ puts student work assigned in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, and even Sites into a scrollable and zoomable timeline.
