Google Classroom will change your life! Remember the old days of making copies, handing out assignments, tracking student work, and manually grading? Google Classroom reinvents those time consuming tasks by introducing a paperless program that actually works. First, you will receive an introduction to the app and learn why it was developed. You'll move immediately into creating your first class. Then, go step by step into creating, distributing, collecting and grading assignments. Discover the advanced tools like drafts, invitations, calendars, and email notifications. Finally, learn how to properly communicate with students individually, or via posts, announcements and questions. With all that knowledge, you will become an incredible teacher in the cloud!

What am I going to get from this course?

• -Access Google Classroom and discuss different roles
• -Create a class and find out why proper naming is so important
• -Discover themes and why they are important
• -See why the "About" page can contain vital information for your students
• -Enroll students the easy way with class codes
• -Discover why you may want to reset or disable a class code
• -Create your first assignment and name it properly
• -Learn about due dates, the calendar and the effect it has on assignments
• -Classroom without Gmail? Learn how that too can work well
• -"Turn in" or "Done." What's the difference?
• -Begin with a template and set view, edit or copy
• -Collaborate with your students before they hand in assigments
• -Make comments and check history to ensure it was done correctly
• -Grade student assignments and return
• -Download grades for each assignment or all of Classroom
• -Communicate individually with students
• -Make posts and announcements
• -Set permissions to manage student behavior
• -Ask questions to motivate and inspire the whole class
• -Learn the answers to the most commonly asked questions

There will be 2 hours of in-class instruction and hands-on work plus 1 hour of homework. Space is limited to 15 participants so register early if you want a spot.

When: December 2, 2015 - 4:00-6:00pm
Where: Lynch Meadows Library Lab
Who: Open to all Centennial LICENSED staff members only.
Instructor: Ben Petersen