August 24, 2015
Google Classroom announced today the liberate of a bunch of interesting features to boost your Classroom productivity during this novel schoolhouse year. Most of these features are especially focused on rendering Classroom to a greater extent than interactive together with collaborative. Here is a brief overview of the principal features released today:
1- Engage students alongside question-driven debates
With this novel update teachers are able to add together to a greater extent than interactivity to the content they portion alongside their students inwards Classroom yesteryear posing questions together with allowing students to respond together with concur discussions to a greater extent than or less them. ‘ For example, yous could post service a video together with enquire students to respond a inquiry near it, or post service an article together with enquire them to write a paragraph inwards response.’
2- Re-use posts
Teachers forthwith are able to re-use materials they used inwards the previous schoolhouse year. You tin easily select grip of an assignment or an proclamation from i of your concluding year’s classes together with add together the changes yous desire together with thus portion it alongside your students. This applies both to the classes yous learn or the ones yous co-teach.
3- Calendar Integration
Starting side yesteryear side month, Classroom volition automatically practice a calendar for each of your classes inwards Google Calendar together with all assignments alongside due dates volition last kept updated. You volition too last able to access your calendar correct from your Classroom page.
Other features announced today include:
‘A-cBump a post:
When yous desire to brand certain an older item is slowly for students to find, yous tin forthwith motion whatever post service to the exceed of the stream.
B- Due dates optional:
For long-term projects or student-driven assignments, you’ll forthwith accept the choice to practice assignments that don’t accept due dates.
C- Attach a Google Form to a post:
Many teachers accept been using Google Forms every bit an slowly means to assign a test, quiz or survey to the class. Coming inwards the side yesteryear side few weeks, teachers together with students volition shortly last able to attach Google Forms from Drive to posts together with assignments, together with learn a link inwards Classroom to easily stance the answers.’
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