Terry's Tech Tips

If you teach a semester course, you may want to consider these handy tips for cleaning up Google Classroom. Tip #1:  To-Do list in Google Classroom: Look at your To-Do list in Google Classroom, and make sure you have returned all work to students.  Click on the three horizontal lines on the top left.  Your To-Do list is located there.   Why should you return work to students?  Google Classroom manages the permissions of documents that you assign using Make a copy for each student .  When students turn in the assignment, they only have View Permission to the document.  When you return the document, the document permissions change to student ownership.  This way, you allow students access to all their work when you archive the class.  If you want to clean up your To-Do list, simply click the three dots and click Mark as Reviewed any assignments you do not need to return.  Courtesy Shake-Up Learning Tip #2:  Clean Up the Google Drive Classroom Folder G

Ah, students!  In spite of posting several announcements in CCHS Student News NOT to unenroll from first semester Google Classrooms, some may have.  This means their assignment submissions might disappear from your Google Classroom assignment view.  Finding Unenrolled Student Work: If students unenroll from your Google Classroom - don't worry.  You still have access to their assignment submissions, just in a slightly different place! Google Classroom built a Classroom folder located in Google Drive when you created your first Google Classroom.  Navigate to this folder ( My Drive>Classroom). Within the Classroom folder, Google creates a folder with the name of each course.  Find the  course folder you are looking for.   Within the course folder, Google Classroom creates a folder for each assignment  where students will turn something in.  Find the assignment folder you are looking for. The unenrolled student document should appear in the fol