Google Classroom & Semester 2

We made it through the first half of the school year!  As we start second semester, there are a few Google Classroom housekeeping items you will want to take care of.

1.  Use Google Classroom in All Classes (4th through 12th grades)

The District is using Google Classroom as a main communication tool with parents.  Here are the Google Classroom expectations for all teachers grades 4 through 12.  

2.  Archive Semester 1 Classes

If you teach a semester class, it is a good idea to archive it at the end of the semester.  This means that the Google Classroom is no longer active which will remove it from your dashboard and the dashboards of the students enrolled in that class.  Also, by archiving it you are saving all the posts that can then be reused in other classes this school year or next school year.  (This might save you some time when posting things in your classroom.  Here is a video explaining how to reuse posts.)

To archive a class, follow the steps in this video:

3.  Invite Guardians of Students

This is also a good time to look at the guardians that are listed by each student in your Google Classroom.  If the students are new to your Google Classroom and don't have a guardian listed, invite them to your classroom.  Here is a video showing you that process if you need a refresher.  

If there is a guardian listed, but it says "(invited)" behind his/her email, they received an invite email  sometime during first semester, but never looked at it.  It is a good idea to send out another email to this guardian at this time.  To remove a guardian so it can be invited again, follow these steps:

1. Copy the email of the guardian you are going to re-invite.  
2. Click the three dots to the right of the guardian email.
3. Click on Remove Guardians.
4. Check the email of the guardian you which to remove.
5. Click OK.
6. Click the three dots again.
7. Click on Invite Guardians.
8. Enter in the guardians email again.
9. Click Invite.