Student Instructions: How to Use Google Classroom

On a school chromebook? All you have to do is click the green chalkboard with the yellow outline at the bottom dock to go to classroom and you are automatically logged in.

How to Join a Google Classroom:

1. Go to Classroom at classroom.google.com or click the icon as in the photo above.
   
2. Log in as you would from a school chromebook.    First time logging into classroom? See below *
3. From the home page, click the + icon.
4. Enter the code that your teacher gave you in the box and click JOIN. (see photo below)

* first time logging in scroll down the "welcome" page until you see the box that says "I'm a student" Click it and then you will see the plus sign (a chalk arrow points to it!)

Click that plus sign and enter the code teacher gives you.

How to View and Submit Assignments in Google Classroom:

1. Login to your Google classroom (same as chromebook login) at classroom.google.com
2. Click on the name of the class you need if more than one class is shown.
3. Scroll down to the assignment you wish to complete.  DO NOT CLICK THE NAME of it in the stream -it is ok to click the name of the assignment if it is n the sidebar
   
4. Click the box to the right of the assignment that says OPEN (do NOT click on the actual name of the document attached to the assigment yet!)
   
5. Click the name of the attachment/s if any. If teacher has not included attachments,  follow the prompts you see to open our create your own attachments within Google Drive.
6. Complete or edit the work as needed. It may take a moment for any attachments the teacher has made you to load and become editable. Be patient.
   
7. Click Turn In (at the top right) to submit.
8. Select Turn it In again if prompted.
9. You know you have done it when  you see a black bar across the top of  your screen with the message  saying you have submitted the assignment!

Note: After submitting an assigment, you will NO longer be able to edit the document! If you unsubmit in order to make changes AFTER the due date the work will now be seen as late.

Make sure you open the assignment by clicking the "open" box to the right of the assigment name. This will allow you to edit any files your teacher has included!

You Know you did it properly when you see the word "done"

Hints:

If weird things happen, you might need to go to History or settings of your browser and clear you cookies.

• make sure you Log in to Google Drive using your SCHOOL (gaggle.net) email address
  
• Your Google Drive and Google Classroom login is the same as your school chromebook login. 
  
• Classroom is totally glitchy now so don't freak out if something doesn't work the first time. Wait. Re read these instructions. Refresh the page. it will get better and we are sending in suggestions each day.

Thank you for helping us test it out! This will all make an amazing story to tell your grandkids when you are old "back in my day we used to have to turn in assigments by writing on paper! I remember when we first got Google Classroom..."

Dont forget to sign out:

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Your teacher may give you an assignment to edit or create a document as a group.

edit the document by waiting until the word processing toolbar loads and the curser moves and typing whatever you wish to add. All changes are automatically saved. When you are finished and ready to submit the work to your teacher, click "turn in" (top right)

You can resubmit if you need to edit after you turned it in.

Make sure you sign out of the school device when you are done! (small square at bottom right)

All your class documents are stored in the folder icon "the class folder"

Once your teacher has graded the assignment, you will automatically see the grade.