– by +Sarah Woods
This is another in our series of Google Classroom preview posts!
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You can’t add people from outside the domain
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You can’t grade by rubric or multiple criteria, which really limits grading. You can change the number value by clicking on the “point value” 100 and typing the number you want.
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You can’t automatically comment on the submitted documents (they are shared with the teacher view only by default).
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So far, there’s no gradebook. Keeping track of student grades outside of assignments isn’t going to be easy. You’ll have to look at each assignment and look at the grades. (But since there’s no rubric/multiple criteria option, this may not be an issue for most teachers because they won’t use the grading.)
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You can’t have multiple teachers for a class – you can only add students. There doesn’t seem to be an administrative option, so you can’t add classes other than your own. Actually, you can even add another class for yourself. Hopefully this will be resolved with the full release.
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Assignments don’t show up in students’ Google calendars.
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See more:
- Part 1 – Google Classroom: From the Teacher’s Perspective
- Part 2 – Google Classroom: From the Student’s Perspective
- Part 3 – 6 Things You Can’t Do with Google Classroom…Yet
- Part 4 – 4 Ways to Impact Your Students’ Learning Experiences Using Google Classroom
- Part 5 – 5 Problems Google Classroom Solves Right Now
- Part 6 – Google Classroom: FAQ
UPDATE:
Lots of interesting changes to Google Classroom recently. Make sure to check out our comprehensive online course on Google Classroom by Google in Education guru Allison Mollica. The course will help you get up to speed with ‘Google Classroom’ and features video lessons with an online quiz after each video chapter to test your knowledge. The course is being updated regularly to reflect the most recent changes. Get access here: http://goo.gl/ddspKc
All our upcoming summits will have a dedicated session about Google Classroom. If you want to learn best practices from Google Certified Teachers and Google Certified Trainers, register for a Google in Education Summit in your area! We will also be running Classroom Workshops soon. Use the sign up form below to get exclusive updates from us.
About the Contributor
Sarah Woods
Sarah Woods is an MYP Design Technology teacher at the International School of Amsterdam; previous to that she was was the IT Director and an IT Integration Coach at Pechersk School International in Ukraine. She can also be seen on the TEDx stage in her talk, “Identity: Where Fear and Change Intersect in Education”. She is a member of the ECIS technology committeeand holds a Masters of Science in Education in K-12 Technology Integration.
